Our Founders

Raheel Raza

Raheel Raza is President of The Council for Muslims Facing Tomorrow, author of the book Their Jihad – Not My Jihad, award winning journalist, public speaker, activist for human rights, gender equality and dignity in diversity. She is a participant in the award winning documentary “Honor Diaries” and also a recipient of the Queen [...]

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M. Zuhdi Jasser

M. Zuhdi Jasser, M.D. is the Founder and President of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD) and is the author of A Battle for the Soul of Islam: An American Muslim Patriot’s Fight to Save His Faith (Simon & Schuster, June 2012). On March 20, 2012, Dr. Jasser was appointed by Senate Minority [...]

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Hasan Mahmud

Hasan Mahmud is an expert on sharia law, and is General Secretary of Muslims Facing Tomorrow (Canada) and a veteran activist against radical Islam for over two decades. • Founding Member, American Islamic Leadership Coalition (AILC). • Research associate, Deen Research Center, Holland. • Representative, Free Muslims Coalition, Canada Chapter. • Ex Director of [...]

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Courtney Lonergan

Courtney Lonergan Courtney Lonergan is the Community Outreach Director for the American Islamic Forum for Democracy. She is an enthusiastic and compelling participatory facilitator who engages the diverse perspectives of her stakeholders in meaningful dialogue to elicit inspired action and thoughtful working groups. She has led several non-profits and grassroots initiatives and is [...]

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Asra Nomani

Asra Nomani Born in Bombay, India, in 1965 to a conservative Muslim family, Asra Q. Nomani grew up in Morgantown, West Virginia, becoming a reporter for the Wall Street Journal. In 2000, Ms. Nomani returned to India to do reporting for a book, Tantrika: Traveling the Road of Divine Love, journeying through Hindu [...]

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Arif Humayun

Arif Humayun Arif Humayun is a senior fellow with the American Islamic Forum for Democracy. As a US citizen and a practicing Muslim, Arif is a student of comparative religion – an interest he developed while living in Australia from 1989-92. His first book Islam: The Summit of Religious Evolution was published in 1992 [...]

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