THE 500 MOST INFLUENTIAL MUSLIMS - CESD

Medianahdi, fuadFuad Nahdi is founding editor of Q News a leading British Muslim magazine. He is also thedirector of The Radical Middle Way, a UK-based Muslim initiative set up to promote youthactivism, authentic Islamic scholarship and education and the development of a distinct BritishMuslim identity.omaar, ragehRageh Omaar is a television news presenter and writer who was stationed in Iraq and South Africa.He was the world affairs correspondent for the BBC from 1991 until 2006 when he moved to AlJazeera English, where he currently presents the documentary series ‘Witness’. Omaar also hosts anew show, called ‘The Rageh Omaar Report.’North AmericaCANADAbaksh, nazimBaksh is a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation television and radio producer specializing in rootcauses of terrorism. He also covers issues relating to traditional Islam. He is a former MasseyFellow and has produced the international affairs radio program ‘Dispatches’ since 2000.UNITED STATESamanat, omarOmar Amanat is an entrepreneur, and successful businessman. He founded TradescapeCorporation before its sale to E*Trade in 2002 for $280 million. Amanat is the founder of SummitEntertainment, a production and distribution studio in Hollywood worth $1 billion that createdthe popular sitcom ‘Aliens in America’. The Wall Street Journal named Amanat one of the ‘Top TenMost Influential Technologists’.amanullah, shahedShahed Amanullah is the editor-in-chief of altmuslim.com, a website dedicated to opinions andsocial analyses from the Muslim world. An award-winning journalist, Amanuallah has also createdwebsites that serve as an online platform for Muslim products and mosques.godlas, dr alanGodlas is an American academic focusing on Islamic mysticism. He is known for his Islamicstudies (www.uga.edu/islam/) and Sufism websites that are highly regarded as leading academicresources for research on Islam.gouverneur, aishaAisha Gouverneur is the founder of the Islamic Texts Society and director of the non-profit,charitable foundation and publishing company Fons Vitae. Gouverneur is the co-writer of TheLife of the Prophet Muhammad (2003).wolfe, michaelMichael Wolfe is the president and executive producer of Unity Productions Foundation, whichpromotes peace through media. The company’s first full-length, award-winning film, ‘Muhammad:Legacy of a Prophet’ was broadcast extensively as a television documentary after its release in 2002.Wolfe has written a number of works on Islam and also hosted a televised account of the Hajj for‘Nightline’ in 1997 that was nominated for several awards.zakaria, fareedFareed Zakaria is one of the United States’ foremost public intellectuals. He is a politicalcommentator, journalist, bestselling author, and TV host specializing in international affairs. Hehas been editor of Newsweek International since 2000, and was former editor of Foreign Affairs. Hehas hosted several political shows, his current being ‘Fareed Zakaria GPS’ on CNN.166