the 500 most influential muslims - The Royal Islamic Strategic ...

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for understanding between the faiths and is involved in helping Muslims claim employment and
civil rights.
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cader, rushdi abdul
Rushdi Abdul Cader is a co-founder and advisory board member of the UMMA Community
Clinic. Working to improve the health and wellbeing of the underprivileged, Cader has dedicated
his time and passion to helping others since the clinic first opened in 1996.
clay, mohammad ali
Muhammad Ali is a legendary three-time world heavyweight boxing champion who was crowned
Sportsman of the Century in 1999 by 'Sports Illustrated'. He was an incredibly important figure
in the civil rights movement in the United States, who used his talent and his wit to draw public
awareness to the inequality in American society. He has remained a figure of great influence
commentating on injustices where he sees them. Now, in retirement, he travels throughout the
world promoting social justice issues.
idriss, shamil
Shamil Idriss is the director of the Alliance of Civilization's media fund. Prior to this he was
director of the Search for Common Ground Organization where he facilitated the first public visit
of Americans to Iran since 1979.
khan, mansur
Mansur is co-founder of the University Muslim Medical Association of Los Angeles; a full-time
medical clinic which serves the city's poorest residents, and has succeeded and grown despite the
failure of many other similar charitable clinics.
khera, farhana
Farhana Khera is the executive director of Muslim Advocates and the National Association of Muslim
Lawyers (NAML). Previously, she was counsel to the US Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee
on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Property Rights and focused on civil liberty issues in the US
after September 11,2001.
latif, imam khalid
Imam Khalid Latif is the chaplain and director of the Islamic center at New York University and the
Muslim chaplain for the New York Police Department. He posts podcasts of his Friday sermons,
which are regularly downloaded in 40-50 countries around the world, and works with many organizations
within New York on interfaith relations. Interfaith relations remain incredibly important
in New York after the events of September 11, 2001.
al marayati, salam
Al Marayati is the executive director of the Muslim Public Affairs Council in Los Angeles. He is a
journalist who writes in respected newspapers about the Middle East, Islam, and human rights.
Additionally, he has promoted interfaith and cross-cultural dialogue between Muslims and non-
Muslim Americans.
nashashibi, rami
Rami Nashashibi is the executive director of the Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN),
a Chicago-based community organization. A community activist and an advocate for the poor
living in inner cities, Nashashibi works on making Islam more relevant and significant to those
living in urban areas.
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