THE 500 MOST INFLUENTIAL MUSLIMS - CESD

PhilanthropyNorth AmericaUNITED STATEScheema, dr tariq hDr Cheema is the founder of the World Congress of Muslim Philanthropists, a Chicago-basedorganization seeking to promote effective and accountable giving. The organization is the premiercommunity of Muslim philanthropists in the world, with a number of high-level stakeholders.Cheema is a physician by profession and in 1998 he co-founded Doctors Worldwide, whichprovides medical relief in 18 countries. He was formerly the associate director of the IslamicMedical Association of North America. In early 2010 Dr Cheema announced a new global awarenessinitiative, ‘Empowerment Through Enlightenment’, aimed at achieving the UN MillenniumDevelopment goal of promoting gender equality.140