Outlining a sketch part of my life, I’m going to tell how a change (turning point) took place in my life. I was not a sort of solitary person, but sometimes when I was four years old or so I used to go to the countryside alone. One day out, it was about midst of the day, nobody over there except creatures than human beings. Lying on my back, I imagined different kind of pleasant sounds. The sun was shining; the breeze was blowing a cooling spray around; the sparrow was singing on trees behind; the grasshopper was jumping. I imagined a choir of some beautiful little girls singing joyfully. Over there I felt secure. I was dreaming great goals for future. Was I really alone?! Yes I believed in a personal God who kept eyes on me forever, and I never felt alone. Sometimes I felt I was so close to Him that I asked for a new motorbike to be sent from heaven, after some minutes waiting I got inspired, “When you got a bit older” and I simply and innocently accepted. Was I really alone?!
When I was old, I had the same feeling, but a bit different in understanding. Two years ago, I got a serious accident. Hitting the highway bars, I smashed up my car in the front. Fastening the seatbelt, the rear seats collapsed on me. I could just call One in the name, and got silent.
It was dark. The engine was off. For few minutes I never moved. I thought time was up. I felt sort of singing, but this time not from a choir, from a cd player that was on already. I likely found that I was not dead. So, I moved myself a bit. I pushed the rear seat back with my head. Cars were rushing a head in a high speed. They thought no body was alive. I found that I got stuck in the car, so I started waving them with a smile on my lips. Astonishingly, they never stop. My mobile phone fell under the seats; I found and called my friend. He drove to me in 15 minutes. He thought I smashed seriously in my body, and I couldn’t feel yet. With an iron bar he opened the door and got me out. I breathed deeply, did some hands ups and hands downs, and did some push ups to see if I was that healthy. This time, too, I felt the same eyes were keeping on me. My memory flashed back ten years ago when I was a college student and used to teach too. That time I helped a disabled twelve year old boy understand himself and felt confident, for, my behavior made the other schoolboys be friendly with him. Tomorrow that day his mom came to me. Looking at me with lingering drops in her eyes and the face full of hope, she only prayed to God, “Oh God keep this noble man safe from any harm or danger throughout his life.” The car was not fixable anymore, but I was totally sound and safe!
I believe in God the all seeing. I believe that He sees and hears us through any call from us. I believe that even if you help a disabled boy play with school boys, or boys next door, He may grant you a second birth, but this time a glorious one!
Cast your bread upon the Waters, it’ll come back in abundant.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Friday, April 9, 2010
Open letter to President Barack Hossein Obama
Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy
URGENT & Open Letter May 22, 2009
President Barack Hussein Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. President:
First of all, congratulations on your victory in November. Like so many others throughout
the world, we find ourselves both hopeful and inspired. Your election is proof of
America’s continued promise as a land of opportunity, equality, and freedom. Your
presidency presents a historic opportunity to chart a new course in foreign affairs, and
particularly in the troubled relationship between the United States and the Muslim world.
We are heartened by your promise to listen to and understand the hopes and aspirations of
Arabs and Muslims. By shutting down Guantanamo Bay and forbidding torture, your
administration will inspire greater confidence between the United States and the Muslim
world. Last month, in your first major interview, millions of Arabs heard your call for
mutual respect on one of the Middle East’s most watched television channels. They were
encouraged to find that you hold a resolution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict as an
urgent priority, as evidenced by the appointment of Senator George Mitchell as your
envoy. Reaching out to the people of the region so early on in your presidency is a step of
no small significance. But it is a step that must be followed by concrete policy changes.
Improving relations between the United States and Middle Eastern nations is not simply a
matter of changing some policies here and there. For too long, U.S. policy toward the
Middle East has been fundamentally misguided. The United States, for half a century, has
frequently supported repressive regimes that routinely violate human rights, and that
torture and imprison those who dare criticize them and prevent their citizens from
participation in peaceful civic and political activities. U.S. support for Arab autocrats was
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supposed to serve U.S. national interests and regional stability. In reality, it produced a
region increasingly tormented by rampant corruption, extremism, and instability.
In his second inaugural address, President Bush pledged that the United States would no
longer support tyrants and would stand with those activists and reformers fighting for
democratic change. The Bush administration, however, quickly turned its back on Middle
East democracy after Islamist parties performed well in elections throughout the region.
This not only hurt the credibility of the United States, dismayed democrats and
emboldened extremists in the region, but also sent a powerful message to autocrats that
they could reassert their power and crush the opposition with impunity.
In order to rebuild relations of mutual respect, it is critical that the United States be on the
right side of history regarding the human, civil, and political rights of the peoples of the
Middle East. There is no doubt that the people of the Middle East long for greater
freedom and democracy; they have proven themselves willing to fight for it. What they
need from your administration is a commitment to encourage political reform not through
wars, threats, or imposition, but through peaceful policies that reward governments that
take active and measurable steps towards genuine democratic reforms. Moreover, the US
should not hesitate to speak out in condemnation when opposition activists are unjustly
imprisoned in Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, or elsewhere. When necessary, the
United States should use its considerable economic and diplomatic leverage to put
pressure on its allies in the region when they fail to meet basic standards of human rights.
We recognize that taking these steps will present both difficulties and dilemmas.
Accordingly, bold action is needed today more than ever. For too long, American policy
in the Middle East has been paralyzed by fear of Islamist parties coming to power. Some
of these fears are both legitimate and understandable; many Islamists advocate illiberal
policies. They need to do more to demonstrate their commitment to the rights of women
and religious minorities, and their willingness to tolerate dissent. However, most
mainstream Islamist groups in the region are nonviolent and respect the democratic
process.
In many countries, including Turkey, Indonesia, and Morocco, the right to participate in
reasonably credible and open elections has moderated Islamist parties and enhanced their
commitment to democratic norms. We may not agree with what they have to say, but if
we wish to both preach and practice democracy, it is simply impossible to exclude the
largest opposition groups in the region from the democratic process. At the same time,
to reduce the future of the region to a contest between Islamists and authoritarian regimes
would be a mistake. Promoting democratic openings in the region will give liberal and
secular parties a chance to establish themselves and communicate their ideas to the
populace after decades of repression which left them weak and marginalized. More
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competition between parties of diverse ideological backgrounds would be healthy for
political development in the region.
In short, we have an unprecedented opportunity to send a clear message to the Arab and
Muslim world: the United States will support all those who strive for freedom,
democracy, and human rights. You, Mr. President, have recently relayed such a message
in your inaugural address when you said: “To those who cling to power through
corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side
of history, but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.”
We are fully aware that, with a worsening global economic crisis, and continuing
challenges in Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, political reform and progress toward
democratic reform in the Middle East will need to compete with a whole host of other
priorities on your agenda. Policy is often about making difficult choices. However, as you
work on other Middle East priorities, we urge you to elevate democratic reform and
respect for human rights as key considerations in your engagement with both Arab
regimes and Arab publics.
In conclusion, we are writing this letter to raise our profound belief that supporting
democrats and democracy in the Middle East is not only in the region’s interests, but in
the United States’ as well. Perhaps more importantly, what we choose to do with this
critical issue will reveal a great deal about the strength of American democratic ideals in
this new era – and whether or not we will decide to respect and apply them in the Middle
East.
Coordination Committee:
Radwan A. Masmoudi
Center for the Study of Islam &
Democracy
Geneive Abdo
The Century Foundation
Larry Diamond
Ctr. on Democracy, Dev. & Rule of Law,
Stanford University
Shadi Hamid
Project on Middle East Democracy
Michele Dunne
Carnegie Endowment for Int. Peace
Jennifer Windsor
Freedom House
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American Scholars, Experts & Organizations:
Tamara Cofman Wittes
Saban Center, Brookings Institution
Francis Fukuyama
The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced
International Studies
Matt Yglesias
Center for American Progress
Mona Yacoubian
U.S. Institute of Peace
John L. Esposito
Georgetown University
Reza Aslan
UC Riverside
Morton H. Halperin
Formerly Office of Policy Planning,
Department of State
Will Marshall
Progressive Policy Institute
Randa Slim
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Neil Hicks
Human Rights First
Robert R. LaGamma
Council for a Community of Democracies
Jack DuVall
Int. Center on Nonviolent Conflict
Robert A. Pastor
Center for Democracy and Election
Management, American University
Jean Bethke Elshtain
University of Chicago
Peter Beinart
Council on Foreign Relations
Bob Edgar
Common Cause
Rachel Kleinfeld
Truman National Security Project
Robert Kagan
Carnegie Endowment for Int. Peace
Dokhi Fassihian
Democracy Coalition Project
Dina Guirguis
Voices for a Democratic Egypt
Andrew Albertson
Project on Middle East Democracy
Nathan J. Brown
George Washington University
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Marc Gopin
Ctr for World Religions, Diplomacy, &
Conflict Resolution, GMU
Graham E. Fuller
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver BC.
Rabbi Michael Lerner
Network of Spiritual Progressives
Farid Senzai
Institute for Social Policy and
Understanding
Frank Kaufmann
Inter Religious Federation for World
Peace
Ammar Abdulhamid
Tharwa Foundation
Arsalan Iftikhar
Islamica Magazine
Richard Bulliet
Columbia University
Seth Green
Americans for Informed Democracy
Joseph Montville
Toward the Abrahamic Family Reunion
Joseph K. Grieboski
Institute on Religion and Public Policy
Jim Arkedis
Progressive Policy Institute
Asma Afsaruddin
University of Notre Dame
Joe Stork
Human Rights Watch
Will Dobson
Carnegie Endowment for Int. Peace
Anisa Mehdi
Arab-American Journalist
Mohammed Ayoob
Michigan State University
Peter Mandaville
Center for Global Studies, GMU
Omid Safi
University of North Carolina
Sulayman S. Nyang
Howard University
Naiem A. Sherbiny
Ibn Khaldun Ctr. for Development
Louay Safi
ISNA Leadership Development Ctr.
Najib Ghadbian
University of Arkansas
Aly R. Abuzaakouk
Libya Human and Political Dev. Forum
Robert D. Crane
The Abraham Federation
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Sally Painter
Global Fairness Initiative
Steven Brooke
Independent Academic
Sheila Musaji
The American Muslim
Hashim El-Tinay
International Peace Quest Inst.
Antony T. Sullivan
Near East Support Services
Clement Moore Henry
Dept. of Government, U of Texas at Austin
Ahmed Subhy Mansour
The International Quranic Center
Yvonne Haddad
Georgetown University
Shahed Amanullah
altmuslim.com
Hakan Yavuz
The University of Utah
Ibrahim Kalin
Georgetown University
Mumtaz Ahmad
Hampton University
Charles Butterworth
University of Maryland
John P. Entelis
Fordham University
Nahyan Fancy
DePauw University
Jeffrey T. Kenney
DePauw University
Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad
Minaret of Freedom Institute
Jamal Barzinji
International Institute of Islamic Thought
H. Ali Yurtsever
Rumi Forum
Abubaker al Shingieti
American Muslims for Constructive
Engagement
Nayereh Tohidi
California State University, Northridge
Nancy Gallagher
University of California, Santa Barbara
Safei Hamed
Alliance of Egyptian Americans
Ali Akbar Mahdi
Ohio Wesleyan University
Nader Hashemi
University of Denver
Timothy Samuel Shah
Council on Foreign Relations
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Sondra Hale
Islamic Studies, UCLA
Lester Kurtz
George Mason University
Mehrdad Mashayekhi
Georgetown University
Fatemeh Haghighatjoo
University of Massachusetts, Boston
Salah Aziz
American Society for Kurds
Ali Banuazizi
Boston College
Mehrangiz Kar
Harvard University Human Rights
Program
Tamara Sonn
College of William & Mary
Salam Al-Marayati
Muslim Public Affairs Council
Stephen Zunes
University of San Francisco
Mike Ghouse
World Muslim Congress
David A. Smith
University of California, Irvine
Ziad K. Abdelnour
US Committee for a Free Lebanon
Samer Libdeh
Center for Liberty in the Middle East
Javed Ali
Illume Magazine
Selahattin Oz
Georgetown University
Amin Mahmoud
The Alliance of Egyptian Americans
Maher Kharma
Islamic Society of Annapolis
Marah Bukai
Al Waref Institute, Washington DC
Sameh Hasan
Yale University
Maria Dayton
Voices for a Democratic Egypt
Rabbi Arthur Waskow
The Shalom Center
Samer Shehata
Woodrow Wilson International Center for
Scholars
M. Cherif Bassiouni
International Human Rights Law Institute,
DePaul University
John R. Van Eenwyk
The International Trauma Treatment
Program, Olympia, WA
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Kathryn Cameron Porter
Leadership Council for Human Rights
Jeffrey Boutwell
Pugwash Conferences on Science and
World Affairs
Jacob Bender
"Out of Cordoba" Film Project
Diane Singerman
American University
Abukar Arman
Activist and writer
Tom Malinowski
Human Rights Watch
Steve Heydemann
Georgetown University
Khalil I. Semaan
Binghamton University--SUNY
Amb. M. Osman Siddique
First Muslim American Ambassador
Akbar Ahmed
American University, Interfaith Leader
Andrew Natsios
Georgetown University and former USAID
Administrator
Constance Wilson Andresen
American Businesswoman
Tariq H. Cheema
World Congress of Muslim Philanthropists
David B Burrell
University of Notre Dame & Uganda
Martyrs University
Marah Bukai
Founder of Al Waref Institute
Peter Ackerman
International Center on Nonviolent
Conflict
Faiz Rehman
President, National Council of Pakistani
Americans
Fred Dallmayr
University of Notre Dame
Father Thomas Michel
Woodstock Theological Center
Stephen McInerney
Project on Middle East Democracy
Merve Kavakci
George Washington University
Rafik Beekun
University of Nevada
Charles H. Kennedy
Wake Forest University
Ambassador Mark Palmer
Freedom House
Norman G. Kurland
Center for Economic and Social Justice
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Mohammed Abu-Nimer
American University
Diane Singerman
American University
Ruby Amatulla
Supporter and Alliance
Daniel Brumberg
Department of Government, Georgetown
University
Abdul Aziz Said
American University Center for Global
Peace
William B. Greenough, III
Johns Hopkins University
Mary Larkin
Street Law, Inc
Charles N. Quigley
Center for Civic Education
Michael Kirtley
President, The Friendship Caravan
Sondra Hale
University of California, Los Angeles
Ed Bice
CEO, Meedan.net
Ghulam-Nabi Fai
Kashmiri American Council
Mike Mohamed Ghouse
Foundation for Pluralism
Lois M Critchfield
Critchfield Endowment for Middle East
Studies
Iftekhar Hai
UMA Interfaith Alliance, SF., CA.
Ghulam-Nabi Fai
Kashmiri American Council
Jacob Bender
Film Director, "OUT OF CORDOBA"
Louis Goodman
American University
Charles Henry Kennedy
Wake Forest University
Ingrid Mattson
Hartford Seminary
Mumtaz Ahmad
Hampton University
Jose V Casanova
Georgetown University
Zachary Lockman
New York University
Jim Vitarello
Sharing Jerusalem
Imam Sayed Moustafa Al-Qazwini
Islamic Educational Center of Orange
County
Isobel Coleman
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The Council on Foreign Relations
Douglas Johnston
International Center for Religion &
Diplomacy
Robert B. Miller
The Islamic Development Initiative
Theodore Piccone
Brookings Institution
International Scholars & Organizations:
Saad Eddin Ibrahim
Ibn Khaldoun Center
Radwan Ziadeh
Carr Center for Human Rights Policy,
Harvard Univ.
Atef Saadawy
Al-Ahram Democracy Review
Obaida Fares
Arab Foundation for Development and
Citizenship
Mona Eltahawy
Commentator and public speaker, Egypt
Usman Bugaje
Action Congress, Abuja, Nigeria
Dogu Ergil
Ankara University, Turkey
Anwar Ibrahim
People’s Justice Party, Malaysia
Nabila Hamza
Foundation For the Future, Jordan
Mohammad Fadel
University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Jamal Eddine Ryane
Global Migration and Gender Network,
Amsterdam
Najah Kadhim
International Forum for Islamic
Dialogue-London-UK
Emad El-Din Shahin
Dept. of Government, Harvard University
Maajid Nawaz
The Quilliam Foundation, London, UK
Mohamed Elshinnawi
Journalist/Consultant
Sameer Jarrah
Arab World Center for Democratic
Development, Jordan
Ihsan Dagi
Insight Turkey
Santanina T. Rasul
Former Senator, The Philippines
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Can Kurd
Kurdish PEN Club / Germany
Saoud El Mawla
The Islamic Council for Dialogue, Justice
and Democracy, Lebanon
Amina Rasul-Bernardo
The Philippines Council on Islam &
Democracy
Sayyed Nadeem Kazmi
The britslampartnership Ltd, UK
Muhammad Habash
Islamic Studies Center, Damascus, Syria
Boudjema Ghechir
Algerian League for Human Rights
Kais Jawad al-Azzawi
Al-Jareeda Newspaper, Baghdad, Iraq
Rola Dashti
Kuwait Economic Society
Zainah Anwar
Sisters in Islam, Malaysia
Jafar M. Alshayeb
Writer and Advocate, Saudi Arabia
Daoud Casewit
American Islamic Scholar, Morocco
Anwar N. Haddam
Mvt. for Liberty & Social Justice, Algeria
Ashur Shamis
Libya Human and Political Dev. Forum
Hamdi Abdelaziz
Journalist & Human Rights Activist,
Egypt
Dalia Ziada
The American Islamic Congress, Cairo,
Egypt
Abdulkhaleq Abdulla
Dept. of Political Science, United Arab
Emirates
Wajeeha S. Al- Baharna
Bahrain Women Association for Human
Development
Abdullahi Mohamoud Nur
Community Empowerment for Peace and
Integrated Development, Somalia
Brendan Simms
The Henry Jackson Society: Project for
Democratic Geopolitics, London, UK
Alan Mendoza
The Henry Jackson Society: Project for
Democratic Geopolitics, London, UK
Ashraf Tulty
Justice & democracy for Libya
Hadi Shalluf
International Criminal Court, Paris
Aref Abu-Rabia
Fulbright Scholar
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Omar Affifi
Hukuk Elnas
Jacqueline Armijo
Zayed University, United Arab Emirates
Sliman Bouchuiguir
Libyan League for Human Rights
Mohammed Mahfud
Al-Kalima Magazine, Saudi Arabia
Walid Salem
Center For Democracy and Community
Development, East Jerusalem
Lise Garon
Université Laval, Québec, Canada
Abdel Salam Sidahmed
University of Windsor, Canada
Munira Shahidi
Z. Shahidi International Foundation,
Tajikistan
Abbes Karim Asal
Human Rights for the New Iraq
Osama Kadi
Syrian Centre for Political and Strategic
Studies
Mahmoud Aldebe
Muslim Swedish Federation
Abdeslam Ballaji
Moroccan thinker and writer
Hafez Albukari
Yemen Polling Center, Yemen
Tarek Heggy
Author on Egypt's politics & culture
Ivesa Luebben
Political Analyst (Middle Eastern Affairs),
Bremen, Germany
Aminetou Mint Moctar
Réseau des Femmes Leaderships de
Mauritanie
Sara Sadegh
Réseau des Femmes Leaderships de
Mauritanie
Yusoph I. Muhammad
Coordinating Council of Muslim NGOs in
the Philippines
Edip Yuksel
Islamic Reform, Turkey
Hamadi Redissi
Political Science, University of Tunis
Tal Almlouhi
Syrian writer based in Cairo
Mohammad Fadel
University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Shady Talaat
Lawyers Union For Democratic and
Legal Studies, Egypt
Almut Wieland-Karimi
Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Germany
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Osama Altikriti
Member of Iraqi House of Representatives
Asma .H .S Khader
Sisterhood Is Global Institute / Jordan
Fakhry Abu Shakra
Arab Center for Democracy and Peace
Studies
Muna Darwsih
Arab Civic Education Network
Hani Hourani
Al Urdun Al Jadid Research Center,
Jordan
Taher N. Masri
Senator, Jordan
Khaled Almaeena
Arab News, Saudi Arabia
Moncef Marzouki
Honorary Chair of the Tunisian Human
Rights League
Professor John Keane
The University of Westminster/WZB
(Berlin)
Lord Hylton
House of Lords, London
Ajmal Sohail
Afghan Liberal Party and National-
Democratic Participation Front -
Afghanistan
Osman Bakar
International Institute of Advanced
Islamic Studies - Malaysia
Cheikh Ahmed Ould Sidi
President of The Democracy Defense
Association, Inc. (DDA) - Mauritania
Sean Carroll
Club of Madrid - Spain
Additional Signatures
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Uli Schamiloglu
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ermin Sinanovic
US Naval Academy
Robert Shedinger
Luther College
Edip Yuksel
Islamic Reform
Abdullahi A. Gallab
Arizona State University
Anthony Tirado Chase
Occidental College
Steven H. York
York Zimmerman Inc.
Baki Tezcan
University of California, Davis
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Sandra H. Brito
Former US Foreign Service Officer for 14
Years
J. Saleh Williams
Congressional Muslim Staffers
Association
Jack A. Goldstone
Hazel Professor of Public Policy, George
Mason University
Lily Yazdi
Freedom Movement of Iran (Nehzate
Azadi)
Chedley Aouriri
Tunisian Community Center, Western
Chapter, USA
Néjib Ayachi
The Maghreb Center, Washington DC
Mohamed Ibrahim
Islamic Center of Melville
Maher Mualla
Adrian College
Muhamad S. Olimat
Eckerd College
Mirsad Mujovic, Ph.D.
The Independent Institute for Social
Studies - SON
Souad Ali
Arizona State University
Nancy VanOver
Adrian College, Adrian, Michigan
Hamid Abdeljaber
Rutgers University - New Jersey
William David Hart
University of North Carolina Greensboro
Uli Schamiloglu
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Fatma Swailem
COPE Behavioral Services
Fayez Swailem
Sunshine Child Care
Sheri Reeves Bleam
Adrian College
Mary Shahin
Attorney
Scott Hibbard
DePaul University
Kamal Halwagi
None
Marghub Syed
Islamic Society of Greater Houston
Mohamed Ibrahim
Islamic Center of Melville
Muhamad S. Olimat
Eckerd College
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Martha Rollins
Associate Fellow Institute of Islamic
Banking & Insurance
Numan Gharaibeh
Western Connecticut Mental Health
Network
Ruth Wilson
Human Rights First Society
Ahmed Khafagy
Candles01.blogspot.com
Rula Qawas Sena
Arabic Linguist & Human Rights
Advocate
Anisa Abd El Fattah
National Assoc. of Muslim American
Women
Aiman Tarsin
Libyan Americans for Human Rights
Azzedine Layachi
St. John's University
Ambassador Syed A. Ahsani
Chairman,American Muslim Task Force
for Civil Rights & Election, Southwest,
Dallas/Fort Worth
Munawar A. Anees
KnowSys
Shaheryar Azhar
The Forum, Pakistan
Omar Bouderdaben
Ben Badis Institute
Ishaq M. Beg
American Muslim Alliance, American
Muslim Taskforce
Tharwa Aloulou
GMU, Fairfax
Ninie G. Syarikin
HOUSE OF CREATIVE WRITING, LLC
A. Rashied Omar
Kroc Institute, University of Notre Dame
Judith Blau
Sociologists Without Borders
Iftekhar Hussain
Council on American Islamic Relations
Pennsylvania
Magdy F Mahmoud
Why Quran
Firas Ahmad
Writer, Essayist
Professor Abdiweli M. Ali
Niagara University
Omar El-Aref
Independent
Zaid Albarzinji
IIIT
Ndy Otis
OTIS AND ASSOCIATES, PC
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Shafi Refai
United Muslims of America
James Sowerwine
Kutztown University
Yusuf Z. Kavakci
Islaimc Assoc. of North Texas, Founder &
Instructor, Suffa Islamic Seminary &
Quranic Academy,Dallas
Hisham Altalib
International Institute of Islamic Thought
Bashar Hilbawi
National Endowment for Democracy
Mohammed Naji
No Affiliation
R. Randolph Richardson
Grace Richardson Fund
Samuel A. Nigro, M.D.
Social Justice Review
Sam Kubba, Ph.D.
CEO, American Iraqi Chamber of
Commerce
Daniel Tutt
Unity Productions Foundation
Ahmad Al-Sadoon
Retired Petroleum Consultant - Houston,
Texas
Nancy Gallagher
UCSB
Mabrouk Boudaga
Free Muslim Coalition Against Terrorism
Vanessa Brake
Abrahamic Family Reunion
Gertrude G. Morse
Am Kolel Sanctuary & Retreat
Jamal A. Numan
Former Diplomat Currently Activist
Nazar Haidar
Iraq Media Center
Bahman Baktiari
School of Policy & International Affairs-
University of Maine
Mohammad Ali Chaudry
Center for Understanding Islam & First
Pakistani Born Muslim Mayor In America
Molly Mayfield Barbee
Peace X Peace
Hayrettin Yucesoy
Saint Louis University
Mohamed Nimer
School of International Service, American
University
Ahmed Zaied
Library of Congress
Mark E Singer
Green America Project
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Steve Nieman
President, The Ownership Union
Zainab Al-Maliky
International Republican Institute
Mohamed M. Bugaighis
American Libyan Freedom Alliance
(ALFA)
Iftekhar Hai
United Muslims of America Interfaith
Alliance
Sayed Omran
Professorf, Villanova University
Joseph Duffey
Former Director, U.S. Information Agency
1993-1999
Shamsha Isani
Alumnus Cambridge University, UK
Sukaina Jameel
Independent/humen Right Activity
Mouwafak Ismail
Civil Pilot
Whitney Bodman
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
David P. Allred, M.D.
Member of CSID
Jaballa M. Hasan
University Professor
Erik K. Gustafson
EPIC: Promoting A Free & Secure Iraq
Leila Najar
Center for the Study of Islam and
Democracy
M. Waheed-uz-Zaman Rana
Saint Louis University and Islamic
Foundation of St. Louis
Sherifa Zuhur
Institute of Middle Eastern and Islamic
Studies
Chad B Benjamin
Business Coordinator/Travel Alhurra
Nishant Reddy
Broad Street Realty
Ahrar Ahmad
Black Hills State University
Jonathan Wallace
New America Foundation
Sarah Bush
Princeton University
Debra Gustowski
Concerned Citizen
Melissa Kreek
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced
International Studies
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Knut Panknin
Program Officer, Friedrich Ebert
Foundation
Shannon Green
None
Ashraf Seddeek
Self
Amanda Rios
George Mason University School of
Public Policy
Hanan Elsayed
Rutgers University
Mohsen Khaled
Orchid Investments LLC
Gary Scudder
Institute for Global Engagement
Francesco Femia
Graduate, London School of Economics
Bassam Bitar
National Salvation Front In Syria
Juliana Geran Pilon
Institute of World Politics & National
Defense University
Rachel Werz
University of North Carolina-Charlotte
Cecile Coronato
Project on Middle East Democracy
(POMED)
Amanda Kadlec
Project on Middle East Democracy
Athar Murtuza
Seton Hall University
Jerrilyn Howell
None
Sukran Kivrak
Progressive Muslim, Activist
Eileen T. Lundy
Retired Professor: U of Texas/San Antonio
JukakuTayeb
President,Council on American Islamic
Relations, Michigan Chapter
Ali G. Scotten
Georgetown University Walsh School of
Foreign Service
Mohammad K Ishwait
Engineer
Marsha Epstein MD
Physician
Masud Imran
Physician
Anar Babayev
Lincoln University of Missouri
Carolyn Baugh
University of Pennsylvania
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Steve Clemens
Iraqi and American Reconciliation
Project
Andrea Sununu
DePauw University
Yousif Marei
Islamic & Arab Voice of Chicago
M. Mobin Shorish
University of Illinois At Urbana-
Champaign (Emeritus)
Bashar Elsbihi
Zanoubia TV
Hussain Qaragholi
American-Iraqi Investor and Financier
Ragan Updegraff
Freelance Writer and Researcher
Fred Dallmayr
University of Notre Dame
Ali Ishaq
N/a
Gulten Ilhan
Saint Louis Community College
Mahmoud S Taman
Islamic Society of North Wisconsin
Aladdin Elaasar
University Professor and Columnist
Ashraf Oloufa
USA
Alejandro J. Beutel
Minaret of Freedom Institute
Noureddine Jebnoun
Mike Mansfield Center, The University of
Montana
Bettina Hausmann
United Nations Association of San Diego
James Liddell
Project on Middle East Democracy
Leo Mulcahy
DS Lancaster CC
Barry L. Gan
St. Bonaventure University
Alison Lound
Student of Islamic Reform and
Understanding
Frances Delahanty
Pace University
Hope Benne
Salem State College
Abbie Jenks
Greenfield Community College Peace and
Social Justice Studies Program
Shaazka Beyerle
International Center on Nonviolent
Conflict
Joel Federman
Saybrook Graduate School
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Esther Franklin
Retired Educator (Writer)
Charlotte Simpson
Peace and Justice Studies Association
Rev. Claude Pomerleau, CSC
Associate Professor of International
Relations, University of Portland (OR),
Professor of Diplomacy,
Patrick J. Ashton
Peace & Conflict Studies, Indiana Purdue
Fort Wayne
Shawn C. Garcia
George Washington University, Elliott
School of International Affairs
Margaret Butler Brown
The Catholic University of America
Victoria Partridge
National Democratic Institute
Julie M Szegda
LINC
Susan Carson
Grand Valley State University
Dina Darwish
Independent
Philip Williams
University of Montana
Elizabeth Tomber
National Democratic Institute
Pam Coughlin
Children's Resources International, Inc
William W Habedank
Veterans for Peace, Chapter 115
Byron L. Plumley, Jr.
Regis University
Leo Robert Sandy
Plymouth State University and Veterans
for Peace
Daoud Nassimi
Coordinating Council of Muslim
Organizations In Greater Washington, DC
Badr Eldin Oweis, DVM
Islamic Society of Baltimore, ISNA,
ICNA,, CSID
David Grimland
Retired U.S. Foreign Service
Abdiweli M. Ali
Niagara University, NY
Pratik Chougule
Office of Donald Rumsfeld
Luisa Niazi
Private Citizen
The Rev. Janet Fuller
Diocese of Southwestern Virginia, Hollins
University
Martha Dye
Attorney
Open Letter to President Obama Page 20 of 55
Christina Guirguis
Voices for A Democratic Egypt
Ali Nawaz Memon
World Bank (retired)
Yousuf Siddiqui
Muslim Unity Center of Bloomfield Hills,
Michigan
Mohamed Ibrahim
Islamic Center of Melville
Diana G. Collier
Clarity Press, Inc.
A. Rashied Omar
Kroc Institute, University of Notre Dame
Michael Chamberlain
Dept. of History, University of Wisconsin-
Madison
Abedalelah Almaala
Jordan National Movement
Rumi Angarita
Alumna, Georgetown University Master of
Science
Jung Joo Oh
George Washington University
Frances Fuller
Retired Missionary
Mustapha Hashim Kurfi
Centre for International Studies, Ohio
University-Athens
Fatima R. Ibragimova
Metropolitan College of New York
Terry Muhammad Tahir
Usury Free Living, LLC
Michael DeCesare
Merrimack College
Afshan Jafar
Connecticut College
Mr. Noman Bajwa
Philadelphia Public School District
Joseph Trumino, Ph.D.
St. John's University
Charles McCarthy
Georgetown University
Paulette Lloyd
Indiana University
Kelley Ready
Brandeis University
Leonard J. Baldyga
Public Diplomacy Council
Matthew Eckel
Foreign Policy Watch
Jodie Clark
Heller School for Social Policy &
Management, Brandeis University
Judy Reinehr
League of Minnesota Human Rights
Commissions
Open Letter to President Obama Page 21 of 55
Lindsay Adams
National Endowment for Democracy
Siraj Islam Mufti, Ph.D.
International Center for Peace, Tucson,
AZ
Mirsad Mujovic, Ph.D.
The Independent Institute for Social
Studies - SON
Nicole Connor
The University of Pennsylvania
Ikram Masmoudi
The University of Delaware
Syed M. Rahman
Islamic Society of West Contra Costa
County
Khalil I Semaan, Ph.D, Pofessor
Emeritus
Binghamton University/SUNY
Dr. Maqsood Jafri
Chairman International Democratic
Writers
Mohammad A. Auwal
California State University, Los Angeles
Ahmad A. Sbaiti
Independent
Daniel F. Shea
University of Wisconsin and Jussi Björling
Society-USA
Norman G. Kurland
Center for Economic and Social Justice
Patricia Smith Melton
Peace X Peace
Samina F. Sundas
American Muslim Voice Foundation
Mohammed H. Naji
Medical Doctor
Sherifa Zuhur Zalat
Institute of Middle Eastern, Islamic, and
Diasporic Studies
David L. Johnston
University of Pennsylvania
Robert D. Crane
The Abraham Federation
Ali R .Abootalebi
University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
Ahmed Abdalla
None
Mahbubur Rahman
York College of the City University of New
York
Linda K. Brown
US Citizen
Mohammad Rahman, MD
Democrates
Mohammad R. Siddiqui
MCA
Open Letter to President Obama Page 22 of 55
Siraj Islam Mufti
University of Arizona
Ahmed Nasr
Independent Advocate for Fair and
Justice for All
Joseph Duffey, Ph D
Laureate International Universities
Elisa Solomon
University of Pennsylvania
Margarita Gonzalez
Georgia Tech Research Institute
Kelly Macias
Concerned Citizen
Levent Akbarut
Islamic Congregation of La Cañada
Flintridge
Youmna Naufal
New York University
Dania Ahmed
Columbia University
Mohamed Ibrahim
Islamic Center of Melville
Thomas L. Allen
Colonel (retired), United States Air Force
Ralph Jaeckel
Retired, Senior Lecturer In Turkish
Kenneth E. Danty
Nonaffiliated
Audrey Parks Shabbas
Arab World And Islamic Resources
Bassam A Bitar
National Salvation Front In Syria
Abdulnassir S. Tamimi
Lone Star College-CyFair
Ismail K. Poonawala
University of California, Los Angeles
Jon E. Mandaville
Portland State University
Malath Arar
USSF
Ralph Jaeckel
Retired, Senior Lecturer In Turkish,
University of California, Los Angeles
Eileen T. Lundy
American Studies Specialist
Mark MacNamara
Journalist
Gertrude G. Morse
Share Jerusalem
Sophia Rose Shafi
Doctoral Student In Religion, University
of Denver/Iliff School of Theology
Mehtab S. Karim
Researcher on Global Muslim Population/
Former Professor
Open Letter to President Obama Page 23 of 55
Andrea C. Miotto
Religious Society of Friends
Ali Akbar Mahdi
Ohio Wesleyan University
Mohammed Benyoucef
Citizen
Inamul Haq
Elmhurst College
Frances Fuller
Citizen of the World
Na'eem Abdul Wali
Risala Foundation, Houston
Bdreddin Qorabi
Pharmacist
Sima Currie
Member
Barbara K. Bodine
Princeton University
Ikram Masmoudi
The University of Delaware
Jacob Sherman
University of Cambridge
Abdul Malik Mujahid
Sound Vision Foundation
William Witherup
Director: Gene Debs Labor Ensemble
Abdul Nasir Arghandehwal
Islamic Center of Reseda
Patrick S. O'Donnell
Santa Barbara City College
Frederick C. Huxley
Independent Consultant
Badruddin Kabani
WMC
Gisela Webb
Seton Hall University
Benedict F. FitzGerald
International Consultant
Ruth Wilson
Human Rights First Society, Member
John Van Eenwyk
International Trauma Treatment Program
Margaret S. Williams
University of California Los Angeles
(retired)
Mehdu Elififi
All God's People
Karen Ericksen
University of California,Davis
Mohammad Suleman
Past President of the Islamic Association
of North Texas USA
Open Letter to President Obama Page 24 of 55
L. Michael Spath
Indiana University Purdue University
Fort Wayne
Ambassador Syed A. Ahsani
Chairman,American Muslim Task Force
for Civil Rights and Elections
Gloria Delaplain
United Methodist Church
Ralph Jaeckel
Retired, Senior Lecturer In Turkish,
University of California, Los Angeles
Rev. Ronald D. Wilson
Minister, Presbyterian Church (USA)
Assad Busool
American Islamic College - Chicago
Nurah W. Amat'ullah
Muslim Women's Institute for Research
and Development
Mohamed Bugaighis, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Moravian College
Imam Shamsi Ali
Islamic Cultural Center of New York
Farida Ali
Member, Governing Board,World
Conference on Religions for Peace
Ameena Jandali
San Francisco City College
Rasahid A. Makhdoom
A Practicing Muslim
Steve Nieman
President, The Ownership Union®
Imam Faizul R Khan
Islamic Society of Washington Area
S.M. Ghazanfar
University of Idaho (Emeritus-Faculty)
Adem Carroll
Muslim Consultative Network
Ricka Shorish
Registered Nurse (retired)
Juliana Geran Pilon
Institute of World Politics & National
Defense University
Julie Smith
Concerned Citizen
Zahid B. Zamir
York College of the City University of New
York
John Ishvaradas Abdallah
World Without Borders - An Interfaith Sufi
Ashram
Badr Eldin Oweis, DVM, PhD
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine & Surgery
Ainskie Thomas Embree
Professor Emeritus of History, Columbia
University
Amin Ezzeddine
Muslim American Society
Open Letter to President Obama Page 25 of 55
Sarah Hasan
Oneblue.org
Ali S. Asani
Harvard University
Ambassador Patrick N. Theros
Retired U.S. Foreign Service Officer
Esam Omeish
Nominee for Delegate, Virginia
Dipali Mukhopadhyay
The Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy
Ali M Muhammad
Islamic Freedom Foundation
Jalil Shoraka
Retired
Matthew Cappiello
Muslims for Peace, Justice and Progress
Khursheed A Mallick, M.D.
East-West University, Chicago. Illinois
Safdar H. Chadda
ICLI
Andrew Keshmiri
Student, Moorpark Community College
Fred M. Donner
University of Chicago
Anwar Khedr
Islamic Center of Melville
Tariq Karim
University of Maryland
Hasan M Essa
American Muslim
Abbas Eid
Broadcaster
Borhan G. Tealakh
Law and Security Studies
Reem Hammad
IMAN: Women Artist Network
Mustafa Abushagur
Professor, Rochester Institute of
Technology
William Sherman
Stanford University
Abdus Sattar Ghazali
Executive Editor, American Muslim
Perspective
Farzana Mughal
Muslim Community For Human Services
Maqbool Mughal
Muslim Community For Human Services
Hafizur Rehman MD FAAP
President: Islamic Medical Association of
North America (IMANA)
Shaazka Beyerle
International Center on Nonviolent
Conflict
Open Letter to President Obama Page 26 of 55
Omran Salman
AAFAQ FOUNDATION
Atef Hamed
Human Being
Hayrettin Yucesoy
Saint Louis University, Associate
Professor
Robert Rozehnal
Lehigh University
Kate Seelye
Middle East Institute
M. Dolores Paoli, Esq.
Team Westport
Max L. Gross
Georgetown University
Jihad Muhammad
African Scientific Research Institute/
University of Illinois Chicago
Ahmed Zaied
Library of Congress
Amanda Kadlec
Project on Middle East Democracy
ABDELGHADER OULD SIYAM
Mauritanian Dialogue Center
Mr. Noman Bajwa
Philadelphia Public School District
Ali S. Abufares
ASA Engineering Consultants, Inc.
Jack A. Goldstone
George Mason University
Ani Zonneveld
Muslims for Progressive Values
Patricia Rogers
Concerned U.S. Citizen
Amina Ammoura
None
Tarik Hussein
NY, NY
Jerry Lee King
Self Employed
Luder Whitlock
Excelsis
Alta Schwartz
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Bettina Hausmann
United Nations Association of San Diego
Nejla Shifa
Muslim American Society
Khaleel Mohammed
Professor, San Diego State University
Mansour Ansari
Institute of Contemporary Islamic
Thought
Geoffrey Cook
Muslim Observer
Open Letter to President Obama Page 27 of 55
Carrie Antal
Florida State University
Shahnaz Taplin Chinoy
Muslim Women's Fund
Ahmed Abdelwahab
Chatham University
Thomas H. Nelson
Americans United for Palestinian Human
Rights (Portland, OR)
David L. Johnston
University of Pennsylvania
Amal Rassam
City University of New York
Joyce Ravitz
Citizen
Iqbal G. Mamdani
Investment Banker; Vice Chairman USBahrain
Business Council
ALI M MUHAMMAD
Islamic Freedom Foundation
Ashraf Seddeek
Self
Mohamed Ghazall
Alliance of Egyptian Americans
Musawir Abdul -Karim
Al-Mu'Minunun Islamic Center
Farouk Mustafa
University of Chicago
M Mahmoud
USA
Ahmed Zaghloul
Alliance of Egyptian Americans
Deborah L. Potter
Sisters In Solidarity
Hossain Alamin
MBA Student University of Texas At
Dallas
Murshida Rabia Perez-Chisti
Sufi Movement International
Paul Waller
Jews for Peace In Israel and Palestine
Joan Waller
Jews for Peace In Israel and Palestine
Miguel Carter
American University
Miriam Zayed
American Arabian Ladies Society
Helen Pelikan and Robert Pelikan
Neighbors Assisting Neighbors
Philip Micklin
Kalamazoo Nonviolent Opponents of War
Sean R. Roberts
Elliott School of International Affairs,
George Washington University
Open Letter to President Obama Page 28 of 55
Audrey W Rowe
Friend of Waris Cultural Center -
Irvington NJ
Anthony Pell
Global Home & Infrastructure Finance,
Inc., Global Social Finance, Inc.
Bill O'Brien
Individual
Zahid Sheikh
Executive Director, Huda Free
Community Clinic
Bahman Baktiari
University of Utah-Middle East Center
Oumama Belkhayat
Ms
Akram Elznd
Muslim American Society
J. Peter Clark
Self-employed Consultant
Muzaffar Qidwai
None
Jonathon Williams
SIT Graduate Institute
Craig Charney
Charney Research
Akbar Muhammad
State University of New York At
Binghamton
Aman Mehrzai
Afghan-American Interests
Vanessa Karam
Muslims for Progressive Values
Karim Adly Hassanein
University of Oregon, Eugene
Tim Resch
Sectoral Advocate
Nora Zaki
United Voices for America
Ray Nelson
United Methodist Church
Eden Naby
Independent Scholar
Nicholas Griffin
Civilian
Dina Darwish
Citizen
Charles B. McCarthy
Georgetown University
Rana Arshed Hafiz
Educator
Nisar Khatri
IAGD
Fauzi M. Najjar
Michigan State University
Open Letter to President Obama Page 29 of 55
Sandhya Wilhelm
Georgetown University
Margaret Clifford Poole
Unity Walk
Ghada Talhami
Lake Forest College
Kelley Ready
Brandeis University
Judith V. Welling
National Endowment for Democracy
Vanessa Brake
Abrahamic Family Reunion
Sherif Mansour
Senior Program Officer, Freedom House
Tahir H. Chaudhry
NeuroDyne Medical, Corp.
Mahruq F. Khan
University of Wisconsin
Luder G Whitlock
Excelsis
Walter J. Landry
Executive Director, Think-tank for
National Self-determination, Inc.
Mahmoud S Taman
Altoona Islamic Center
Nile Regina Sayed El Wardani
Pacifica Radio & Levantine Cultural
Center
Mohsen Khaled
Orchid Investments Co
Khurrum Pirzada
Islamic Association of Greater Detroit
Akmal M. Muhammad
Islamic Freedom Foundation
Dorothy Blake Fardan
Bowie State University
Bob Steiner, Chairman
Interlink Language Centers
Mohammad Islam
Bangladesh Association of North Texas
John Steiner
Individual
Robert Steiner
Citizen
Joanna Charlton
Alexandria Friends Meeting.
Rolin Mainuddin
North Carolina Central University
Eva Fay Shannon
Human Rights Activist
Nicholas Steiner
Georgetown University
Noriko Steiner
Mrs
Open Letter to President Obama Page 30 of 55
Samer Jebrel
TAMU
Inad Muheeb
UCB
John P. Crawford
Retired
MAGDA SEIF
NONE
Barbara Burrell
Citizen
Alexander Stein
Georgetown University
M.Waheed-uz-Zaman Rana
Islamic Foundation of Saint Louis and
Saint Louis University
Sulaiman T. Bah
IREX
Mary Alhariri
University of Toledo
Shareda Hosein
Islamic Center of New England
William Bates Greenough III, M.D.
Johns Hopkins University
Mohammed Omair
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Ahmad M.I Khatib
Consultant
BAHRAIN
Zainab Alderazi
Bahrain Humen Rights Socitey
Abdulla Buhsaan
Waad- Political Party
Merza Essa Hassan
National Democtatic Actions Sociely
Fatima Al-jasim
AGU
Salah Ali Abdulrahman
MP
Sharaf Almosawi
Bahrain Transperancy
Mohammad Omar Farooq
Royal University for Women
Abdulla Bu Hassan
Tachnition
Mohammed Al-Maskati
Bahrain Youth Society For Human Rights
Ghada Jamsheer
Women Petition Committee
BANGLADESH
Shah Abdul Hannan
Advisor, International Islamic University,
Chittagong, Bangladesh
Open Letter to President Obama Page 31 of 55
Md. Mahmudul Hasan
University of Dhaka
Tariq Karim
Bangladesh Enterprise Institute
Mohammad Habibur Rahman
Bangladesh Open University
Golam Dastagir
Jahangirnagar University
Jannat Ara Parveen
Associate Professor, Department of
Finance & Banking,University of
Chittagong
Janna Ara Parveen
University of Chittagong, Bangladesh
Mohammed Saiful Islam
North American Bangladeshi Islamic
Community
CANADA
Geoffrey Cook
Muslim Observer
Othman Ali
International Quranic Center.
Nathan C. Funk
University of Waterloo, Conrad Grebel
University College
Chibu S. Lagman
Grant MacEwan College (for
Identification Only)
Katherine Bullock
University of Toronto
Lateef Owaisi
Al -Hilal
Allan Slater
Retired Farmer
Zain
None
Sajida S. Alvi
McGill University
Ali Othman
International Quranic Center
Chiheb Battikh
Muslim Association of Canada
Dan Parker
Global Justice Movement
Muhammad Yusuf
None
Bahieldin Elibrachy
Lawyer
Tom Najem
University of Windsor
EGYPT
Islam L. Shalaby
American University In Cairo
Megahed Melygy Elswaby
Open Letter to President Obama Page 32 of 55
Egeption Politecal Gornalist
Rafek Rasmy Samaan
Journalist
AYMAN SHWEKY
WE WANT FREEDOM
Hassan Aballa Hassan
PHP
Reda Elezaby
Faculty of Science Damietta
Donna Yousef
Doctor
Abdelmonem Mahmoud
Ana-ikhwan.blogspot.com - Journlist
Medhat Khafagy, M.D.
Acting Chief of Ibn-Khaldoun Center for
Developmental Studies
Mohamed Ibrahim Shaker
Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs
Yasser Ali
ADC
Mohamed I. Bassyouni
Prof. of Microbiology and Immunology
and Ex-dean, Faculty of Medicine.
MINYA University
Ahmed SalahEldin Ali
Egyptian Democracy Activist
Ahmed Salah
Egyptian Democracy Activist
Habibou Hamadou
Center for Egyptian Women's Legal
Assistance
Samiha Mahmoud Gharib
Professor In Hydrobiology
Hisham Mohamed
Assistant Professor
Moataz El Fegiery
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies
Magdy Elmeshmeshy
Baraka Optics
Mohammed Goda
Egypt Ministry of Edu
Ashraf Hamdy
Engineer
Nariman Bdel Kader
The Egyptian Woman Foundation for Law
& Peace Culture
Abdou Elias
Searcher for Democracy
Osama Farouk
Supporter for Democracy
Sayed Hussein
Islamic and Democracy Supporter
Saida Ahmed
Journalist
Open Letter to President Obama Page 33 of 55
Medhat Khafagy
Acting Chief of Ibn Khaldoun Center for
Developmental Sudies
Kamal Halwagi
None
Nora Alim
N.a.
Reda Fakieh Mohamed Hassan Elezaby
Researcher In Faculty of Science
(damietta - Mansoura University Egypt
Mohamed Ali
Human Rights Watch
Sameh Mahmoud Mabrouk
Muslim
Jodi S Deutsch
Expatriate Overseas
Adly Mohamed Hassanein
Mediterranean Center for Sustainable
Development Programs
Mohamed Ali
Researcher
Sara El-Ashaal
MAS
Mohamad Basheir
Mohamad Basheir
Ahmed Samih Farag
Andalus Institute for Tolerance and Antiviolence
Studies
Ali Elfeil
National Foundation for Transitional
Justice
Shady Talaat
Lawyers Union, for Democratic and Legal
Studies
Megahed Melygy Swaby
Political Jornalist In Almal Daily News
Khaled Swaby Abotyty
Chemistry Teacher
Magda Said Abo Elmagd
Social Journalist and Chief Editor
Leylla Zohny
Not A Member of A Network Affiliation .
Sabry Elbaga
Retaird
Marwa ElKholy
MD,Specilaist In Obs. & Gyn.
Mohamed Elkhouly
Ali Abedelhalim
Mechanical Engineer
Abdul Azeem Hamad
Editor of El Shorouk Daily
GERMANY
Emeka Ezegbobelu
Mission Office, Offenbach
Open Letter to President Obama Page 34 of 55
Said Alameddine
Political Writer and Poet
Carola Richter
University of Erfurt
Hikmat Bushnaq-Josting
Privatge
Arwa Hassan
GTZ- German Government Development
Agency.
Elisabeth Kiderlen
Senior Editor and Journalist
Nabil Bushnaq
Honory Chairman Ibn Rushd Fund for
Freedom of Thought
Ivesa Lübben
Political Scientist and Expert on Middle
Eastern Affairs
Norman Paech
University of Hamburg, Member of
German Parliament
Abier Bushnaq
Ibn Rushd Fund for Freedom of Thought,
Chairwoman
Henner Kirchner
Capacity Building International
Abdelmoutalib Loukili
For A Free World Now!
INDIA
Ansar Aboobacker
Students Solidarity Forum India
Ammu Eman
Aligarh Muslim University
Muhammad Salim Nadwi
India Foundation for Quraan And
Seerathunnabi
Saleem Kidwai
Jawaharlal Nehru University ,New Delhi
Prof Saleem Kidwai
Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi
Muhammed Sayyed
Islam and Democracy
Rashid Shaz
President, Milli Parliament of India &
Editor, FutureIsam
M.I.H. Farooqi
Sir Syed Scientific Society
Madhav Nalapat
Professor of Geopolitics,manipal
University
Iqbal A. Ansari
Minorities Council
Khurshid Khan
Islamic Circle of North America
Syed Azizuddin
Tableegi Jamaat
Open Letter to President Obama Page 35 of 55
Waed Badhib
Prof
Jaya Gopal
Intl. Coordinator: International
Committee To Protect Freethinkers
IRAQ
Atta Muhammed Ahmed
CDO General Director
Kanan Makiya
Iraq Memory Foundation
Fouad Fleyh Hassin
Central Union of Iraqi Youth and Students
Maysoon Al Badry
Al Rafidain's Peace
Hashim Zebari
Duhok University Collage- Duhok
Chia Yassen M.A.
Journalist & Active In Human Right Field
Sanaa K. Alteai
Democratic Women Org
Malak Jamil
The Director of Kahramana Arts
Association
Dr.Bushra Al-Aubaidi
Professor In Criminal Law of Law School
- University of Baghdad
Hussain Sinjari
Founder and President of Tolerance
International
Malak Jamil
The Director of Kahramana Arts
Association
Jawad Alhashemy
Eng Samir M EL Mokhtar
ARAB-EUROPEAN CENTER FOR
HUMAN RIGHTS AND
INTERNATIONAL LAW
Songul Omer Chapook
Cualiton of Iraqi Women
Hayder Jameel
Lawyer
Abbas Alysh Mohaeen
Towards Democracy Lraq .NGO
Mohammed A. Alsaeeh
Iraqi Centre for Human Rights and
Democracy Studies
Sami A. Rasouli
Muslim Peacemaker Teams
Isam Al Khafaji
Netherlands Institute for Multiparty
Democracy
Mohamad Haji
Spokesman for Gasha Political
Organization
Dheyaa Naser Hussein
Head of Free Iraq Youth Organization
Bilal Wahab
George Mason University
Open Letter to President Obama Page 36 of 55
Zahraa Ali Hassan
Civil Society Program
Hassan Maan Hassan
Volunteer In IRCS Basra
Hamdia Abase Alhussaini
IHEC
Naba Hamid
Founder and President : New Horizon for
Woman
Sami Shoresh
Political Writer
Jawad Alhashemy
Iraqi Transparency Centre
Mahmood Salman Abdullah Alani
Historian and Researcher At the Islamic
Coins
Hatif Janabi
Poet, Writer & Scholar
Hatif Janabi
Poet, Writer & Scholar
Nuha AL-Darwish
ModeI Iraqi Society Organaization
Women's Human Rights Centre
NGO
Ammar A. A. Sagban
Human Rights Activist
Maha
Women's Rights Activist
Samir Algarawi
Iraqi Democracy Project (IDP)
Hazim M. Alluhebe
Iraqi National University-NGOs
Majid Al-Zuhiri
Secretary-General of the High
Representative of the Indigenous Peoples
and Minorities of Iraq
Nazar Janabi
The Washington Institute for Near East
Policy
Aamer Fahem Mohammad
The Observer Human Rights Center
Hazim Amr
Asmre
JORDAN
Yaser Bushnaq
Human & Legal Rights Advocate
Fakhry Abu Shakra
Arab Center for Democracy and Peace
Studies
Ali Awwad Rashed Al-Shraah
Dean\ Bayt Al-Hikmah Higher Institute
For Political Science
Dr.Sayel Al-Serhan
Al Al-Bayt University
Open Letter to President Obama Page 37 of 55
Jamal Abdel Karim Al Shalabi
Politcial Sciences
Mohamad Halaika
Arab Academy
Mohammad Alhaj
House of Parliament
Asma H. S. Khader
Sisterhood Is Global Institute / Jordan
Fakhry Abu Shakra
Arab Center for Democracy and Peace
Studies
Gali Oda Tealakh
Senior Researcher, RSS, HAJCO, JID,
PSUT, (Retired)
Nabil Ahmad Alkofahi
Former Mayor of Irbid City - Jordan
Mahmoud Falah Rababa'a
Architect Engineer
Rev. Prof. Qais Sadiq
Ecumenical Studies Center (ESC)
Hind J. Farahat
Secretary Generalm, Orthodox Youth
Fellowship
Rev. Prof. Qais Sadiq
Ecumenical Studies Center (ESC)
Ghazi Farah
Philadelphia University
Anouar Moalla
Foundation for the Future
Wasef Tubishat
Director General, Democracy
Watch,Jordan
Hanadi Ihssan Damra
UNRWA
Malak Sarisi
Muslim
Ali Al-Shra'ah
Dean/ Bayt Al-Hikmah Higher Institute
For Political Studies
Hadi M. Shoubaki
ALRAI CENTER FOR RESEARCH
Zeyad Dagamin
Univ. Prof.
Dina Lahlou
Arab Center for Peace and Democracy
Fakhry Abu Shakra
Arab Center for Democracy and Peace
Studies
Fares Braizat
Political Scientist - Isam Fares Institute -
AUB
Marwan Faouri
Moderation Assembly for Thought and
Culture
Nabil Alkofahi
Former Mayor
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Gandy Y Abo Sharar
Ghrorg -on Line Arab Human Rights
Programs Network
Jareer Osameh Ahmad
Jordan
Diana Naghwai
NGO
Ghazi T. Farah
Philadelphia University, Amman, Jordan
Mohammad Naser Talafha
Project Manager-Amaar Properties
Husein A. Hiyasat
Al-Rafah Center for Strategic Studies
Mohammad Al Kofahi
Hepato-bilairy Surgeon. Jordan
Khalid Suliman
Free-lance Researcher
Adnan Abu -Odeh
International Crisis Group ( ICG)
Anas Salemeh Asha
Human Rights Activist
Hanadi Damra
UNRWA
Mohammad A. Halaiqa
Amoun Investments
Mohammad Jawad Foud Hadid
Jordan Commercial Bank
Hasanein, Khalid Ahmad
ODL Expert At OUS
Asem Alomari
Advocate
MOROCCO
Said Essoulami
Centre for Media Freedom In the Middle
East and North Africa
Rachid Mouqtadir
Political Science Writer
Noureddine AYOUCH
Collectif Démocratie Et Modernité
Driss Lagrini
Professor of Law
Elbakkali Abdelhay
Journaliste Correspondant Alhurra TV
Mohsine Elahmadi
Professor Cadi Ayyad University
(Marrakech)
Hayat Diyen
University Mohamed I
Aziz Enhaili
Europe 2020
Rachid Mouqtadir
Moroccan Writer In Political Sciences
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Zahra Tamouh
University Mohamed V-Agdal,Rabat
Yatim Mohamed
Parti pour la Justice et le Developpement
Amar Sellam
Mohamed I University (formerly)
Elhasni Alaoui Hassan
Actvist H D
Hassan M. Alaoui
Independent Journalist
Mohammed Ezroura
Mohammed V University, Rabat
Rachid Khalidi
AECHRIL
Amar SELLAM
University Lecturer
Anouar Boukhars
Wilberforce University
OMAN
Abdullah Al Tuwaiya
Freelance Translator
Salim Al Tuwaiya
Writer, Human Rights Activist
Ammar Abdullah Almamari
Blogger
Saed Jadad
My Rights Activist
Abdullah Al Riyami
Writer- Human Rights Activist
Salim Ali Ahmed
Dhofar University
Mohammed Almasahali
Government Employee
Aziza Al-Adhubi
MECA
PAKISTAN
Khalid Ikramullah Khan
EC Member, ASIAN CONFERENCE on
RELIGIONS for PEACE
Rana Muhammad Arshad
President, Islamic Youth Forum
Joudat Ayaz
Government of Pakistan
Mrs SEEMI IKRAMULLAH
Rotary International District 3270/Dist
Chair 'Urban Peace'
M. Maroof Khan
Editor-in-Chief Voice Of Kashmir (VOK)
Mir Ghulam Mustafa Talpur
National Peace Committee For Interfaith
Harmony
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Yasmin Zaidi
Brandeis University
Jawaid Iqbal
ANP
Nasreen F. Waseem
ADAMS CENTER
Abdur Raszzaq Thaplawala
Memmon Professional Forum Ex
President
Farhan Abdul Rauf
Pakistan Disabled Foundation
Abdul Aziz
Social Worker
Muqeem Akhundzadeh
Additional Director/Assistant Professor.
National School of Public Policy,
Raees Ahmed Mughal
Government Superior Science College,
Peshawar
Tahira Anwar
President of Pakistan American
Association
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
Ismail M. Obeidallah
Center for the Study of Islam &
Democracy
Murad Bustami
Academic
Hamed H. Arab
Palestine
Ibrahim Bisharat
Good Governance and Civic Education
Specialist
Abushanab Jamila
Journaliste
Nadia Abu Zaher
PLC Employee
Firas M.M Yaghi
Political and Elections Consultant
Ali AbuShahla
Palestine Forum - Palestine
Zahira M Aqel
Women's Activist
Salim Awad Anati
Chairman of Alquds Charitable Society
for Disabled and Special Education
Samir Abu
Palestine
PHILIPPINES
Baibon Dilangalen Sangid
Young Moro Professionals Network, Inc.
Eliseo Mercado, OMI
Institute4 for Autonomy and Governance
Susana Salvador-Anayatin
Notre Dame University, Cotabato City
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Esmael Ebrahim
National Ulama Conference of the
Philippines
Abdel Nasser M. Andam
Mindanao State University
Myrna Dilangalen Sangid
HOFA Family
Yusoph Idsel Muhammad
Minsupala Development Foundation
Susana Salvador Anayatin
Faculty, Graduate School, Notre Dame
University, Cotabato City
Ardan D. Sali
Mindanao People's Caucus
Rufa Cagoco-Guiam
Asian Public Intellectual (API) Senior
Fellow, 2008-2009
Octavio A. Dinampo
William P. Fuller Fellow In Conflict
Resolution
Abdurrahman Señoron
Damlag Council, Inc.
Pacasum Sambarani
Philippine Ulama & Profissional Council
Tom Villarin
Simcarrd, Inc.
Abubakar A. Murray
Institute of Middle East and Asian Studies,
University of Southern Mindanao,
Cotabato, Mindanao
Elias A. Macarandas
Philippine Muslim Welfare Socity
Yusoph Idsel Muhammad
Minsupala Deve
Sharifa A. Macarandas
Mindanao Women's League and
Establishment Inc.
POLAND
Maria J. Stephan
International Center on Nonviolent
Conflict (ICNC)
Slawoj Szynkiewicz
Institute of Archeology and Ethnology,
Warsaw
Boguslaw R. Zagorski
Ibn Khaldun Institute, Poland
Omar Faris
Polish-Arabic Culture Asso.
Karina Molgo
Student
Adam Bonarski
Student
Deserea Elexsis Wasdin
Collegium Civitas, Warsaw
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SAUDI ARABIA
Mazin S. Motabagani
Associate Professor Oriental Studies
Hussain Ali M. Al Bakshi
Al Mansour Law Firm
Ibrahim Al Mugaiteeb
President Human Rights First Society
Waleed A. Sulais
Civil Rights Activist
Tawfiq Alsaif
Project for Democracy in the Arab World
ADIL BDELAZIZ M. HAMID
SHARP OPINION MANAGEMENT
CONSULTANTS
Sadeq AL-Jubran
Writer and Advocate,
Ali Al Shurimy
Daker Alhubail
Musawah For Humman Rights Education
& Civil Culture
Ahmed Mohammed Alsunni
Independent - None
Ibrahim Al-Mugaiteeb
Human Rights First Society
M. H. Shwehdi, Ph. D.
KFUPM-Dhahran,
Saad B. Al-Subaie
SABIC Employee
Dr. Khalid Al-Wahhabi
Surgeon
Hussain Ali M. Al Bakshi
Lawyer & Legal Advisor
Musa H. Al-hashim
Www.musawah.net
Ali Hussain Altaleb
Aafaq Center For Research
Nawal Mousa Al Yousuf
Press Manager Saudiyatnetnet Magazine
EIectronic
M. A. Baharnah
Altakreem Al-Ahliyah
Jaffar Albahrani
Free Journalist
Mustafa Al-Mubarak
King Fahd University of Petroleum and
Minerals
Alia Al Farid
Writer and Advocate
Abdulla H. Alabdulbaqi
Writer and Advocate
Amani Ahmed Albabtain
Teacher
Hafedh I. Al-Mahfoudh
Arab Open University, Bahrain
Fatima Zaher Al-Hubail
Executive Secretary
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Hanem Hamed Yarkandi
Associate Professor
Abdul Hakeem Alsenan
Academic Staff
Nada Abd Algalel Al Zuhiri
Writer and Activist and the Man Women's
Forum Althaglvi Social
Mohammad Akhtar
N/A
Turki Ghazi Shaikhoon
Kaia MD
Husain Alnassir
King Faisal University
Haleemeh Mhamad Ahmad Mostafa
Ha M M
Naseema Assada
Alnoor Forum
Fawziah Abbass Ali Alhani
Socialworker and Advocate
Bilal
Student, Saudi Arabia
Hussain Zaher Al-hubail
Saudi Aramco Shell Refinery Company
Zaki M. Abualsaud.
Member of the Follow Up Group for the
Legality of Civil Committee of Human
Rights
Motaz Yaseen
Azoz
Mekhlef Bin Daham Alshammary
Mr. (HR Activities)
Tawfiq Alsaif
Independent Researcher
SYRIA
George Cattan
Writer
Zainab Natafgee
Democratic Secularhsm
Omar Kouch
Writer
Ghada Ghazal
Al-Andalus Institute for Islamic Studies
Rufaida AlHabash
President of Al-Andalus Institute for
Islamic Studies
Zainab Natafgee
Revival Civil Society Committee
Tal Mallohi
20162273464
Elias Heliani
Chef De Communauté Adel Secular,
Democratic, Libéral
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Moustafa Ismail
Writer An Human Rights Activiste
Moustafa Ismail
Writer and Human Rights Activiste
George Cattan
Writer
Danial Saoud
President of Committees for the Defense
of Democracy Freedoms and Human
Rights In Syria
Mazen Darwich
President of Syrian Center for Media and
Freedom of Expression
Hussam Suleiman
Human Rights
TUNISIA
Monia Channoufi
Arab Diaspora In Europe
Naila Silini
University of Sousse
Zouhaier Khouildi
Ecrivain
Ilyes Zine
Lawyer and Humain Rights Activist
Ferchichi Samir
Historien
Mohamed Hammar
Muntada Al-Jahedh,Tunis,Tunisia
Kamel Masmoudi
Human Rights Activist
Fejjari Mokhtar
7november University - Carthage -
Tunisia
Khadija Arfaoui
Professor
Ahmed Jdey
University Of Sousse, Professor
Zouheir Ben Youssef
L.T.D.H
Said Ferjani
Renaissance Party Tunisia
Jaafar Mezhoud
Democracy
Aref Maalej
Engineering University of Sfax -Tunisia
(Syndical Unit of University Professors)
Rahmouni Mohamed
University of Al Manar Tunisia
Mounir Masmoudi
Kuwait National Petroleum Company
Hédhiri Ahmed
Sousse University (Tunisia)
Maya Ben Khaled
Arab Institute for Human Rights
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Abderraouf Ounaies
Retired Ambassador of Tunisia
Hamadi Redissi
Professor, Political Science, University of
Tunis
Ahmed A. Ounaies
Retired Ambassador of Tunisia
Mouez Zemni
A Caring Person
Saloua Charfi
Professor Presse Institut University of
Manouba Tunis
Fejjari Mokhtar
7 November University - Cartage -
Tunisia
Jaafar Mezhoud
Veterinarian
Monia Channoufi
Muslim
Khadija Arfaoui
Researcher, Women's Rights Activist
Rafla Mrabet
Citizen
Anouar Moalla
Foundation For the Future
TURKEY
Bilal Sambur
Turkish Association for Liberal Thinking
Center for the Study of Religion and
Liberty
A. Nuri Yurdusev
Middle East Technical University
Ali Murat Yel
Fatih University, Istanbul
Ibrahim Tigli
Turkish Writer
Talip Kucukcan
Marmara University
C. Ugur Özgöker
Kadir Has University
Ismail Yurdakok
Retired Mufti (of City), Independent
Researcher
Dogu Ergil
Ankara University
Ozguc Orhan
Fatih University, Istanbul
Muhammed Adil
Turkish Arab Association for Science,
Culture and the Arts (TASCA)
Hasan KAPLAN
Canakkale University
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Sanar Yurdatapan
Initiative for Freedom of Expression
Mustafa Tekin
Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University
Mensur Akgun
GPoT and TESEV
Alparslan Acikgenc
Fatih University
Talip Kucukcan
Marmara University
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Medhat Ahmed Osman
Engineering Expert, Arbitrator, and
Contracts Engineer
Adil Abdelaziz Mohamed Hamid
SHARP OPINION MANAGEMENT
CONSULTANTS
Hola Yahya
AUS Alumni
Nizar Najjar
Center for the Study of Islam &
Democracy
Mohammed Abdulla Al Roken
UAE University
Ahmed Mansoor
Independent Human Rights Activist
Abdullah Mohammed Alshamsi
Professor
Rashid Alali
Manager
Saeed
Center of Environmental Research
Hassan D. Imran
United Arab Emirates University
Ahmad Mohammed AlRahoomi
Ideas Home Public Relations and
Marketing
Saeed K. Albloushi
Independent Human Rights & Freedom of
Speech Activist
Wael Merza
Dubai Media City
Ashraf Yousef
911security Services LLC
El-Sayed El-Aswad
United Arab Emirates University
UNITED KINGDOM
Mohsen Khaled
Orchid Investments Llc
Fayez Swailem, Ph.D.
University of Arizona
James Prince
Democracy Council
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Rodney Shakespeare
Global Justice Movement
Corey Dixon
President Oxford Union Society
Ahmad Alkatib
Islamic Political Writer
Muhammad Farid Elshayyal
Head of Islamic Studies, Markfield
Institute of Higher Education,
Leicestershire, UK
Chris Moses
University of Oxford
Lars Berger
Salford University
Suaad Altaif Alfitouri
Director of Society Outreach
Tamara Dragadze
St Gregory Foundation
Adrian Lethbridge
One of the People of the Book
Imam Abduljalil Sajid
Muslim Council for Religious and Racial
Harmanoy UK
Jonathan C.M. Benthall
Honorary Research Fellow, Department
of Anthropology, University College
London
Kalypso Nicolaidis
University of Oxford
Magdalena Gilewicz
ALMI/Unitverity of Aberdeen
Professor Shaikh Abdul Mabud
Director General, The Islamic Academy,
Cambridge
Joachim Kolb
SOAS
Noureddine Miladi
University of Northampton
Hassan Farooqi
International Association for Islamic
Economics
Talha Ahmed
Physician and Psychiatrist- NHS Trust-
United Kingdom
HM Shafiqur Rahman
Barts and the London NHS Trust
Lotfi Zitoun
Maghreb Center for International Studies
K. Helbawy
Chairman CFSOT
Alex Glennie
Institute for Public Policy Research
Harunur Rashid
Redbridge Islamic Centre
Riahin Chalabi
Iraqi Association - UK
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Muftah Lamlum
Libyan National Movement
Lord Hylton
House of Lords London
Sara Savage
University of Cambridge, Psychology and
Religion Research Group
OTHER COUNTRIES:
Parwiz
Center for Development - Afghanistan
Sanaullah Tasal
Director Bacha Khan Center for Peace
and Conflict Resolution - Afghanistan
Sima Samar
Chair of AIHRC - Afghanistan
Khaterah Yosifzai
Afghanistan Feminist Movement -
Afghanistan
Ndricim Sulejmani
Moufty of Shkodra Citry, Albania -
Albania
Mostefa Bouchachi
Ligue Algerienne Pour La Defense Des
Droits De L Homme - Algeria
Zinai Aicha
Avocate - Algeria
Halim Rane
National Centre of Excellence In Islamic
Studies Australia - Australia
Riad Galil
Imam - West Heidelberg Mosque, Victoria,
Australia - Australia
Adis Duderija
Centre for Muslim States and Societies -
Australia
Riad Mohamed Galil
Rmit University - Australia - Australia
Farhat Yusuf
Macquarie University - Australia
Ahmed Shaheen
Urdu Monthly Ghalib - Australia
Khalid Somra
Standard Bearers of Islam - Australia
Khalil Allahwala
Member Islamic Association of Sydney -
Australia
Almut Moeller
Austrian Institute for European and
Security Policy - Austria
Fuad Aliyev
Researcher - Azerbaijan
Salman Najafov
Azerbaijan University - Azerbaijan
BOUCHADAKH AIDA
AMB - Belgium
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Nicolas Clarebout
Student International Politics - Belgium
Tineke De Bock
Student Eu Politics - Belgium
Steven Parret
Ghent University - Belgium
Yahya Michot
Hartford Seminary - Belgium
Zilka Spahic-Siljak
University of Sarajevo - Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Rahela Dzidic
Civitas In BiH - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ifet Mustafic
Islamic Community In Bosnia-
Herzegovina, Interreligious Relations -
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Cisse Idrissa
CRSN - Burkina Faso
Nibaruta Mohamed El Amin
ISLAMIC PROGRAM FOR
DEVELOPMENT - Burundi
Mukete Tahle Itoe
Global Network for Good
Governance(GNGG) - Cameroon
Fanny R. Howard
Brandeis University Graduate Student -
Colombia
Steven Wagenseil
Election Expert, UNDP Abidjan - Cote
D'Ivoire
CISSE DJIGUIBA
CHAIRMAN OF RADIO AL BAYANE -
Cote D'Ivoire
Hybaskova Jana
Member of European Parliament - Czech
Republic
Petr Vancura
Director, The BELL - Association for
Freedom and Democracy - Czech
Republic
Bashy Quraishy
Chair, Jewish Muslim Co-operation
Platform In Europe - Denmark
Erik Mohns
University of Southern Denmark -
Denmark
Kirstine Sinclair
University of Southern Denmark -
Denmark
Rabha Attaf
Confluences - France
Mohamed El Baki
Retraité S N C F Responsable Associatif. -
France
Essia Trabelsi
Saudiwave Site. Journalist - France
Malise Ruthven
Independent Writer - France
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Habib TRABELSI
Www.saudiwave.com/ - France
Nesrine Trabelsi
Saudiwave - France
Salem Elkotamy
Salem Elkotamy - France
Kingsley BASUGLO Shabbazz
Basuglo Foundation for Afrika - Ghana
Samuel Bosompem
Commission on Human Rights &
Administrative Justice - Ghana
Hussein Ishaq
Free Africa Foundation - Ghana
Alexander Cudsi
Panteion University - Greece
Max Wilar
The Ecumenical Social Foundation (ESF)
- Indonesia
Rahmat Hidayat
Paramadina Foundation, Jakarta -
Indonesia
Ebrahim Yazdi
Freedom Movement of Iran - Iran
Alireza Rabi
International University of Iran - Iran
Ahmad Kazemi-Moussavi
University of Maryland - Iran
Bashir Lasceabai
Muslim Community Lobby Ireland -
Ireland
Sardar Aziz
University College Cork Ireland & Awene
Newspaper Kurdistan - Ireland
Khansaa Diab
Faculty Member and Facillitator for
Interfaith Dialogue - Israel
Shahera
KIT - Japan
Qemajl Morina
The Faculty of Islamic Studies - Prishtina
- Kosovo
Siham Alforaih
Kuwait University - Kuwait
Saeed Abbadi
Journalist - Kuwait
Hamed Homoud Alajlan
Gulf Lead Consultants - Kuwait
Nahme Jomaa
President, the Lebanese Association for
Human Right - Lebanon
Walid Mahmoud Moheb
Right of Speech Support Association -
Lebanon
Ramez Maluf
Lebanese American University - Lebanon
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Isam Kaysi
American University of Beirut - Lebanon
Haytham Mouzahem
Independent Journalist and Researcher -
Lebanon
Nour Hemici
Observatory for Human Rights Violations
- Lebanon
Nahme Jomaa
Presedants of Lebanes Human Rights -
Lebanon
K. Abdullai Kamara
Center for Media Studies & Peace
Building - Liberia
Suaad Eltaif Alfitouri
Director of Society Outreach in UK -
Libya
Ali Bushhewa
Medical - Libya
Abdullah Al-Ahsan
International Islamic University Malaysia
- Malaysia
Mohd Iznee
Malaysian Muslim - Malaysia
M. Tareq
UKM - Malaysia
Mohd Saifullah Mohd Zulkifli
National Union of Malaysian Muslim
Student - Malaysia
MUDDATHIR ABDEL-RAHIM
International Institute of Islamic Thought
& Civilization(ISTAC) / IIUM - Malaysia
Shehenaz Adam
Maldives
Marc Traore
Community of Democracies, Executive
Secretariat Mali - Mali
Abidine Sidi
Democracy Defense Association Inc. -
Mauritania
Eman Sidi
Member of The Democracy Defense
Association (DDA) - Mauritania
Zeinebou Mint Abdel Jelil
Etudiante - Mauritania
Mohamed Ould Ahmedou
Defance Democracy Association DDA -
Mauritania
Abdoullah Ould Khattry
Journaliste - Mauritania
Kazi Mahmood
World Futures Online Http://wfol.tv -
Mauritius
Abdul Carimo Nordine Sau
Islamic Council Of Mozambique -
Mozambique
Chandika Gautam (Mrs)
JC School for The Poor - Nepal
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Amal Van Hees
Amnesty - Netherlands
Yusuf Alan
Dialog Academy - Netherlands
Mohamed Cassim Abdul Hassan
NZDawa - New Zealand
ASFAR MAJEED MIAN
MUSLIM COMMUNITY HAMILTON -
New Zealand
Alkhidru Abdul Baaq Mohammed
Director,The Nigerian Center for Arabic
Research - Nigeria
RAJI, Murtala A
Society for Peace Study and Practice -
Nigeria
Aminu Usman
Development Pathways - Nigeria
Dalhatu Yola
Media Network Forum, Kano - Nigeria
Abduljelili Taofeeq Orankan
Dairatu Ainil Haq Society of Nigeria -
Nigeria
Bashir Lawal
Muslim Consultative Forum, Abuja,
Nigeria - Nigeria
Abulfazal A. Irfan
NA - Qatar
Bassam Bounenni
Tunisian Journalist and Syndicated
Columnist - Qatar
Khyarhoum Ahmed
Al Jazeera - Qatar
Ioan Horga
Institut for Euroregional Studies;
University of Oradea - Romania
Falah Kubba
Businessman and Interested In Things
Muslims In Serbia, Belgrade - Serbia
Natasha Latiff
Femin Ijtihad - Singapore
Petra Durkošová
Masaryk University, Brno - Slovakia
Katarina Hadad
UNDP - Slovakia
Abdullahi Mohamoud Nur
African Democracy Forum (ADF),
Institute of Peace and Conflict
Studies(IPCS)-Tanzania, Somali Consu -
Somalia
Abdinoor Elmi Mohamoud
Vision For Community-Livelihood
Development (VICOD) - Somalia
Shukri H. Ismail
African Democracy Forum Committee -
Somalia
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Hasan Noor Ahmed Jibril
BILAND AWDAL ORGANIZATION
SOMALI - Somalia
Prof Y. Dadoo
University of South Africa - South Africa
Gerald Patrick Kearney
International Centre of Non-Violence
(ICON) Durban - South Africa
Janet Cherry
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University -
South Africa
Natividad Fernández
University of Zaragoza - Spain
Hamid Bellahcene
Political Sciences Univ. - Spain
Muhsin Meedin
Conference of Sri Lankan Malays - Sri
Lanka
Gnei Fazana Ibrahim
Foundation of Goodness - Sri Lanka
Salah Mohammed Hussein
Institute of Islamization of Knowledge -
Sudan
Elsadig B. Elfaqih
Future Trends Foundation - Sudan
Emad H. Sofian
M.R.M Charity Est. - Sudan
Mohammed Suleiman Mousa
Freelance Translator - Sudan
Mudawi Ibrahim Adam
Human Rights Activist - Sudan
Elsadig Ali Hassan
Darfur Bar Association - Sudan
Abutalib Hassan Emam
Lawyer - Sudan
Faisal Awadelkarim, M.D.
Sudanese/American - Sudan
Hussein Watttar
Isalam Guden - Sweden
Mousa Refai
Palestinian Justice Centre - Sweden
Samih Elhassan
Islamih Center I Helsingborg Sweden -
Sweden
Daniel Ritter
University of Texas At Austin - Sweden
Mahfoodh Ali
Relief Without Borders RWB - Sweden
Ebtisam Aldebe
Reserve , Member of Swedish Riksdag ,
Center - Sweden
Mahfoodh Ali
Arkitekt - Sweden
Youssef Nada
Muslim Brotherhood - Switzerland
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Zafer Adigüzel
Muslims for Peace Justice and Progress -
Switzerland
Rachid MESLI
Alkarama For Human Rights -
Switzerland
Sanni Karimou
Imam - Togo
Ojwang Juma
Islamic Medical Association of Uganda -
Uganda
(Names are listed in the order they were received.
Organizations are listed for informational purposes only.)
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URGENT & Open Letter May 22, 2009
President Barack Hussein Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. President:
First of all, congratulations on your victory in November. Like so many others throughout
the world, we find ourselves both hopeful and inspired. Your election is proof of
America’s continued promise as a land of opportunity, equality, and freedom. Your
presidency presents a historic opportunity to chart a new course in foreign affairs, and
particularly in the troubled relationship between the United States and the Muslim world.
We are heartened by your promise to listen to and understand the hopes and aspirations of
Arabs and Muslims. By shutting down Guantanamo Bay and forbidding torture, your
administration will inspire greater confidence between the United States and the Muslim
world. Last month, in your first major interview, millions of Arabs heard your call for
mutual respect on one of the Middle East’s most watched television channels. They were
encouraged to find that you hold a resolution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict as an
urgent priority, as evidenced by the appointment of Senator George Mitchell as your
envoy. Reaching out to the people of the region so early on in your presidency is a step of
no small significance. But it is a step that must be followed by concrete policy changes.
Improving relations between the United States and Middle Eastern nations is not simply a
matter of changing some policies here and there. For too long, U.S. policy toward the
Middle East has been fundamentally misguided. The United States, for half a century, has
frequently supported repressive regimes that routinely violate human rights, and that
torture and imprison those who dare criticize them and prevent their citizens from
participation in peaceful civic and political activities. U.S. support for Arab autocrats was
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supposed to serve U.S. national interests and regional stability. In reality, it produced a
region increasingly tormented by rampant corruption, extremism, and instability.
In his second inaugural address, President Bush pledged that the United States would no
longer support tyrants and would stand with those activists and reformers fighting for
democratic change. The Bush administration, however, quickly turned its back on Middle
East democracy after Islamist parties performed well in elections throughout the region.
This not only hurt the credibility of the United States, dismayed democrats and
emboldened extremists in the region, but also sent a powerful message to autocrats that
they could reassert their power and crush the opposition with impunity.
In order to rebuild relations of mutual respect, it is critical that the United States be on the
right side of history regarding the human, civil, and political rights of the peoples of the
Middle East. There is no doubt that the people of the Middle East long for greater
freedom and democracy; they have proven themselves willing to fight for it. What they
need from your administration is a commitment to encourage political reform not through
wars, threats, or imposition, but through peaceful policies that reward governments that
take active and measurable steps towards genuine democratic reforms. Moreover, the US
should not hesitate to speak out in condemnation when opposition activists are unjustly
imprisoned in Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, or elsewhere. When necessary, the
United States should use its considerable economic and diplomatic leverage to put
pressure on its allies in the region when they fail to meet basic standards of human rights.
We recognize that taking these steps will present both difficulties and dilemmas.
Accordingly, bold action is needed today more than ever. For too long, American policy
in the Middle East has been paralyzed by fear of Islamist parties coming to power. Some
of these fears are both legitimate and understandable; many Islamists advocate illiberal
policies. They need to do more to demonstrate their commitment to the rights of women
and religious minorities, and their willingness to tolerate dissent. However, most
mainstream Islamist groups in the region are nonviolent and respect the democratic
process.
In many countries, including Turkey, Indonesia, and Morocco, the right to participate in
reasonably credible and open elections has moderated Islamist parties and enhanced their
commitment to democratic norms. We may not agree with what they have to say, but if
we wish to both preach and practice democracy, it is simply impossible to exclude the
largest opposition groups in the region from the democratic process. At the same time,
to reduce the future of the region to a contest between Islamists and authoritarian regimes
would be a mistake. Promoting democratic openings in the region will give liberal and
secular parties a chance to establish themselves and communicate their ideas to the
populace after decades of repression which left them weak and marginalized. More
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competition between parties of diverse ideological backgrounds would be healthy for
political development in the region.
In short, we have an unprecedented opportunity to send a clear message to the Arab and
Muslim world: the United States will support all those who strive for freedom,
democracy, and human rights. You, Mr. President, have recently relayed such a message
in your inaugural address when you said: “To those who cling to power through
corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side
of history, but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.”
We are fully aware that, with a worsening global economic crisis, and continuing
challenges in Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, political reform and progress toward
democratic reform in the Middle East will need to compete with a whole host of other
priorities on your agenda. Policy is often about making difficult choices. However, as you
work on other Middle East priorities, we urge you to elevate democratic reform and
respect for human rights as key considerations in your engagement with both Arab
regimes and Arab publics.
In conclusion, we are writing this letter to raise our profound belief that supporting
democrats and democracy in the Middle East is not only in the region’s interests, but in
the United States’ as well. Perhaps more importantly, what we choose to do with this
critical issue will reveal a great deal about the strength of American democratic ideals in
this new era – and whether or not we will decide to respect and apply them in the Middle
East.
Coordination Committee:
Radwan A. Masmoudi
Center for the Study of Islam &
Democracy
Geneive Abdo
The Century Foundation
Larry Diamond
Ctr. on Democracy, Dev. & Rule of Law,
Stanford University
Shadi Hamid
Project on Middle East Democracy
Michele Dunne
Carnegie Endowment for Int. Peace
Jennifer Windsor
Freedom House
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American Scholars, Experts & Organizations:
Tamara Cofman Wittes
Saban Center, Brookings Institution
Francis Fukuyama
The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced
International Studies
Matt Yglesias
Center for American Progress
Mona Yacoubian
U.S. Institute of Peace
John L. Esposito
Georgetown University
Reza Aslan
UC Riverside
Morton H. Halperin
Formerly Office of Policy Planning,
Department of State
Will Marshall
Progressive Policy Institute
Randa Slim
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Neil Hicks
Human Rights First
Robert R. LaGamma
Council for a Community of Democracies
Jack DuVall
Int. Center on Nonviolent Conflict
Robert A. Pastor
Center for Democracy and Election
Management, American University
Jean Bethke Elshtain
University of Chicago
Peter Beinart
Council on Foreign Relations
Bob Edgar
Common Cause
Rachel Kleinfeld
Truman National Security Project
Robert Kagan
Carnegie Endowment for Int. Peace
Dokhi Fassihian
Democracy Coalition Project
Dina Guirguis
Voices for a Democratic Egypt
Andrew Albertson
Project on Middle East Democracy
Nathan J. Brown
George Washington University
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Marc Gopin
Ctr for World Religions, Diplomacy, &
Conflict Resolution, GMU
Graham E. Fuller
Simon Fraser University, Vancouver BC.
Rabbi Michael Lerner
Network of Spiritual Progressives
Farid Senzai
Institute for Social Policy and
Understanding
Frank Kaufmann
Inter Religious Federation for World
Peace
Ammar Abdulhamid
Tharwa Foundation
Arsalan Iftikhar
Islamica Magazine
Richard Bulliet
Columbia University
Seth Green
Americans for Informed Democracy
Joseph Montville
Toward the Abrahamic Family Reunion
Joseph K. Grieboski
Institute on Religion and Public Policy
Jim Arkedis
Progressive Policy Institute
Asma Afsaruddin
University of Notre Dame
Joe Stork
Human Rights Watch
Will Dobson
Carnegie Endowment for Int. Peace
Anisa Mehdi
Arab-American Journalist
Mohammed Ayoob
Michigan State University
Peter Mandaville
Center for Global Studies, GMU
Omid Safi
University of North Carolina
Sulayman S. Nyang
Howard University
Naiem A. Sherbiny
Ibn Khaldun Ctr. for Development
Louay Safi
ISNA Leadership Development Ctr.
Najib Ghadbian
University of Arkansas
Aly R. Abuzaakouk
Libya Human and Political Dev. Forum
Robert D. Crane
The Abraham Federation
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Sally Painter
Global Fairness Initiative
Steven Brooke
Independent Academic
Sheila Musaji
The American Muslim
Hashim El-Tinay
International Peace Quest Inst.
Antony T. Sullivan
Near East Support Services
Clement Moore Henry
Dept. of Government, U of Texas at Austin
Ahmed Subhy Mansour
The International Quranic Center
Yvonne Haddad
Georgetown University
Shahed Amanullah
altmuslim.com
Hakan Yavuz
The University of Utah
Ibrahim Kalin
Georgetown University
Mumtaz Ahmad
Hampton University
Charles Butterworth
University of Maryland
John P. Entelis
Fordham University
Nahyan Fancy
DePauw University
Jeffrey T. Kenney
DePauw University
Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad
Minaret of Freedom Institute
Jamal Barzinji
International Institute of Islamic Thought
H. Ali Yurtsever
Rumi Forum
Abubaker al Shingieti
American Muslims for Constructive
Engagement
Nayereh Tohidi
California State University, Northridge
Nancy Gallagher
University of California, Santa Barbara
Safei Hamed
Alliance of Egyptian Americans
Ali Akbar Mahdi
Ohio Wesleyan University
Nader Hashemi
University of Denver
Timothy Samuel Shah
Council on Foreign Relations
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Sondra Hale
Islamic Studies, UCLA
Lester Kurtz
George Mason University
Mehrdad Mashayekhi
Georgetown University
Fatemeh Haghighatjoo
University of Massachusetts, Boston
Salah Aziz
American Society for Kurds
Ali Banuazizi
Boston College
Mehrangiz Kar
Harvard University Human Rights
Program
Tamara Sonn
College of William & Mary
Salam Al-Marayati
Muslim Public Affairs Council
Stephen Zunes
University of San Francisco
Mike Ghouse
World Muslim Congress
David A. Smith
University of California, Irvine
Ziad K. Abdelnour
US Committee for a Free Lebanon
Samer Libdeh
Center for Liberty in the Middle East
Javed Ali
Illume Magazine
Selahattin Oz
Georgetown University
Amin Mahmoud
The Alliance of Egyptian Americans
Maher Kharma
Islamic Society of Annapolis
Marah Bukai
Al Waref Institute, Washington DC
Sameh Hasan
Yale University
Maria Dayton
Voices for a Democratic Egypt
Rabbi Arthur Waskow
The Shalom Center
Samer Shehata
Woodrow Wilson International Center for
Scholars
M. Cherif Bassiouni
International Human Rights Law Institute,
DePaul University
John R. Van Eenwyk
The International Trauma Treatment
Program, Olympia, WA
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Kathryn Cameron Porter
Leadership Council for Human Rights
Jeffrey Boutwell
Pugwash Conferences on Science and
World Affairs
Jacob Bender
"Out of Cordoba" Film Project
Diane Singerman
American University
Abukar Arman
Activist and writer
Tom Malinowski
Human Rights Watch
Steve Heydemann
Georgetown University
Khalil I. Semaan
Binghamton University--SUNY
Amb. M. Osman Siddique
First Muslim American Ambassador
Akbar Ahmed
American University, Interfaith Leader
Andrew Natsios
Georgetown University and former USAID
Administrator
Constance Wilson Andresen
American Businesswoman
Tariq H. Cheema
World Congress of Muslim Philanthropists
David B Burrell
University of Notre Dame & Uganda
Martyrs University
Marah Bukai
Founder of Al Waref Institute
Peter Ackerman
International Center on Nonviolent
Conflict
Faiz Rehman
President, National Council of Pakistani
Americans
Fred Dallmayr
University of Notre Dame
Father Thomas Michel
Woodstock Theological Center
Stephen McInerney
Project on Middle East Democracy
Merve Kavakci
George Washington University
Rafik Beekun
University of Nevada
Charles H. Kennedy
Wake Forest University
Ambassador Mark Palmer
Freedom House
Norman G. Kurland
Center for Economic and Social Justice
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Mohammed Abu-Nimer
American University
Diane Singerman
American University
Ruby Amatulla
Supporter and Alliance
Daniel Brumberg
Department of Government, Georgetown
University
Abdul Aziz Said
American University Center for Global
Peace
William B. Greenough, III
Johns Hopkins University
Mary Larkin
Street Law, Inc
Charles N. Quigley
Center for Civic Education
Michael Kirtley
President, The Friendship Caravan
Sondra Hale
University of California, Los Angeles
Ed Bice
CEO, Meedan.net
Ghulam-Nabi Fai
Kashmiri American Council
Mike Mohamed Ghouse
Foundation for Pluralism
Lois M Critchfield
Critchfield Endowment for Middle East
Studies
Iftekhar Hai
UMA Interfaith Alliance, SF., CA.
Ghulam-Nabi Fai
Kashmiri American Council
Jacob Bender
Film Director, "OUT OF CORDOBA"
Louis Goodman
American University
Charles Henry Kennedy
Wake Forest University
Ingrid Mattson
Hartford Seminary
Mumtaz Ahmad
Hampton University
Jose V Casanova
Georgetown University
Zachary Lockman
New York University
Jim Vitarello
Sharing Jerusalem
Imam Sayed Moustafa Al-Qazwini
Islamic Educational Center of Orange
County
Isobel Coleman
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The Council on Foreign Relations
Douglas Johnston
International Center for Religion &
Diplomacy
Robert B. Miller
The Islamic Development Initiative
Theodore Piccone
Brookings Institution
International Scholars & Organizations:
Saad Eddin Ibrahim
Ibn Khaldoun Center
Radwan Ziadeh
Carr Center for Human Rights Policy,
Harvard Univ.
Atef Saadawy
Al-Ahram Democracy Review
Obaida Fares
Arab Foundation for Development and
Citizenship
Mona Eltahawy
Commentator and public speaker, Egypt
Usman Bugaje
Action Congress, Abuja, Nigeria
Dogu Ergil
Ankara University, Turkey
Anwar Ibrahim
People’s Justice Party, Malaysia
Nabila Hamza
Foundation For the Future, Jordan
Mohammad Fadel
University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Jamal Eddine Ryane
Global Migration and Gender Network,
Amsterdam
Najah Kadhim
International Forum for Islamic
Dialogue-London-UK
Emad El-Din Shahin
Dept. of Government, Harvard University
Maajid Nawaz
The Quilliam Foundation, London, UK
Mohamed Elshinnawi
Journalist/Consultant
Sameer Jarrah
Arab World Center for Democratic
Development, Jordan
Ihsan Dagi
Insight Turkey
Santanina T. Rasul
Former Senator, The Philippines
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Can Kurd
Kurdish PEN Club / Germany
Saoud El Mawla
The Islamic Council for Dialogue, Justice
and Democracy, Lebanon
Amina Rasul-Bernardo
The Philippines Council on Islam &
Democracy
Sayyed Nadeem Kazmi
The britslampartnership Ltd, UK
Muhammad Habash
Islamic Studies Center, Damascus, Syria
Boudjema Ghechir
Algerian League for Human Rights
Kais Jawad al-Azzawi
Al-Jareeda Newspaper, Baghdad, Iraq
Rola Dashti
Kuwait Economic Society
Zainah Anwar
Sisters in Islam, Malaysia
Jafar M. Alshayeb
Writer and Advocate, Saudi Arabia
Daoud Casewit
American Islamic Scholar, Morocco
Anwar N. Haddam
Mvt. for Liberty & Social Justice, Algeria
Ashur Shamis
Libya Human and Political Dev. Forum
Hamdi Abdelaziz
Journalist & Human Rights Activist,
Egypt
Dalia Ziada
The American Islamic Congress, Cairo,
Egypt
Abdulkhaleq Abdulla
Dept. of Political Science, United Arab
Emirates
Wajeeha S. Al- Baharna
Bahrain Women Association for Human
Development
Abdullahi Mohamoud Nur
Community Empowerment for Peace and
Integrated Development, Somalia
Brendan Simms
The Henry Jackson Society: Project for
Democratic Geopolitics, London, UK
Alan Mendoza
The Henry Jackson Society: Project for
Democratic Geopolitics, London, UK
Ashraf Tulty
Justice & democracy for Libya
Hadi Shalluf
International Criminal Court, Paris
Aref Abu-Rabia
Fulbright Scholar
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Omar Affifi
Hukuk Elnas
Jacqueline Armijo
Zayed University, United Arab Emirates
Sliman Bouchuiguir
Libyan League for Human Rights
Mohammed Mahfud
Al-Kalima Magazine, Saudi Arabia
Walid Salem
Center For Democracy and Community
Development, East Jerusalem
Lise Garon
Université Laval, Québec, Canada
Abdel Salam Sidahmed
University of Windsor, Canada
Munira Shahidi
Z. Shahidi International Foundation,
Tajikistan
Abbes Karim Asal
Human Rights for the New Iraq
Osama Kadi
Syrian Centre for Political and Strategic
Studies
Mahmoud Aldebe
Muslim Swedish Federation
Abdeslam Ballaji
Moroccan thinker and writer
Hafez Albukari
Yemen Polling Center, Yemen
Tarek Heggy
Author on Egypt's politics & culture
Ivesa Luebben
Political Analyst (Middle Eastern Affairs),
Bremen, Germany
Aminetou Mint Moctar
Réseau des Femmes Leaderships de
Mauritanie
Sara Sadegh
Réseau des Femmes Leaderships de
Mauritanie
Yusoph I. Muhammad
Coordinating Council of Muslim NGOs in
the Philippines
Edip Yuksel
Islamic Reform, Turkey
Hamadi Redissi
Political Science, University of Tunis
Tal Almlouhi
Syrian writer based in Cairo
Mohammad Fadel
University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Shady Talaat
Lawyers Union For Democratic and
Legal Studies, Egypt
Almut Wieland-Karimi
Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Germany
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Osama Altikriti
Member of Iraqi House of Representatives
Asma .H .S Khader
Sisterhood Is Global Institute / Jordan
Fakhry Abu Shakra
Arab Center for Democracy and Peace
Studies
Muna Darwsih
Arab Civic Education Network
Hani Hourani
Al Urdun Al Jadid Research Center,
Jordan
Taher N. Masri
Senator, Jordan
Khaled Almaeena
Arab News, Saudi Arabia
Moncef Marzouki
Honorary Chair of the Tunisian Human
Rights League
Professor John Keane
The University of Westminster/WZB
(Berlin)
Lord Hylton
House of Lords, London
Ajmal Sohail
Afghan Liberal Party and National-
Democratic Participation Front -
Afghanistan
Osman Bakar
International Institute of Advanced
Islamic Studies - Malaysia
Cheikh Ahmed Ould Sidi
President of The Democracy Defense
Association, Inc. (DDA) - Mauritania
Sean Carroll
Club of Madrid - Spain
Additional Signatures
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Uli Schamiloglu
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ermin Sinanovic
US Naval Academy
Robert Shedinger
Luther College
Edip Yuksel
Islamic Reform
Abdullahi A. Gallab
Arizona State University
Anthony Tirado Chase
Occidental College
Steven H. York
York Zimmerman Inc.
Baki Tezcan
University of California, Davis
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Sandra H. Brito
Former US Foreign Service Officer for 14
Years
J. Saleh Williams
Congressional Muslim Staffers
Association
Jack A. Goldstone
Hazel Professor of Public Policy, George
Mason University
Lily Yazdi
Freedom Movement of Iran (Nehzate
Azadi)
Chedley Aouriri
Tunisian Community Center, Western
Chapter, USA
Néjib Ayachi
The Maghreb Center, Washington DC
Mohamed Ibrahim
Islamic Center of Melville
Maher Mualla
Adrian College
Muhamad S. Olimat
Eckerd College
Mirsad Mujovic, Ph.D.
The Independent Institute for Social
Studies - SON
Souad Ali
Arizona State University
Nancy VanOver
Adrian College, Adrian, Michigan
Hamid Abdeljaber
Rutgers University - New Jersey
William David Hart
University of North Carolina Greensboro
Uli Schamiloglu
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Fatma Swailem
COPE Behavioral Services
Fayez Swailem
Sunshine Child Care
Sheri Reeves Bleam
Adrian College
Mary Shahin
Attorney
Scott Hibbard
DePaul University
Kamal Halwagi
None
Marghub Syed
Islamic Society of Greater Houston
Mohamed Ibrahim
Islamic Center of Melville
Muhamad S. Olimat
Eckerd College
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Martha Rollins
Associate Fellow Institute of Islamic
Banking & Insurance
Numan Gharaibeh
Western Connecticut Mental Health
Network
Ruth Wilson
Human Rights First Society
Ahmed Khafagy
Candles01.blogspot.com
Rula Qawas Sena
Arabic Linguist & Human Rights
Advocate
Anisa Abd El Fattah
National Assoc. of Muslim American
Women
Aiman Tarsin
Libyan Americans for Human Rights
Azzedine Layachi
St. John's University
Ambassador Syed A. Ahsani
Chairman,American Muslim Task Force
for Civil Rights & Election, Southwest,
Dallas/Fort Worth
Munawar A. Anees
KnowSys
Shaheryar Azhar
The Forum, Pakistan
Omar Bouderdaben
Ben Badis Institute
Ishaq M. Beg
American Muslim Alliance, American
Muslim Taskforce
Tharwa Aloulou
GMU, Fairfax
Ninie G. Syarikin
HOUSE OF CREATIVE WRITING, LLC
A. Rashied Omar
Kroc Institute, University of Notre Dame
Judith Blau
Sociologists Without Borders
Iftekhar Hussain
Council on American Islamic Relations
Pennsylvania
Magdy F Mahmoud
Why Quran
Firas Ahmad
Writer, Essayist
Professor Abdiweli M. Ali
Niagara University
Omar El-Aref
Independent
Zaid Albarzinji
IIIT
Ndy Otis
OTIS AND ASSOCIATES, PC
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Shafi Refai
United Muslims of America
James Sowerwine
Kutztown University
Yusuf Z. Kavakci
Islaimc Assoc. of North Texas, Founder &
Instructor, Suffa Islamic Seminary &
Quranic Academy,Dallas
Hisham Altalib
International Institute of Islamic Thought
Bashar Hilbawi
National Endowment for Democracy
Mohammed Naji
No Affiliation
R. Randolph Richardson
Grace Richardson Fund
Samuel A. Nigro, M.D.
Social Justice Review
Sam Kubba, Ph.D.
CEO, American Iraqi Chamber of
Commerce
Daniel Tutt
Unity Productions Foundation
Ahmad Al-Sadoon
Retired Petroleum Consultant - Houston,
Texas
Nancy Gallagher
UCSB
Mabrouk Boudaga
Free Muslim Coalition Against Terrorism
Vanessa Brake
Abrahamic Family Reunion
Gertrude G. Morse
Am Kolel Sanctuary & Retreat
Jamal A. Numan
Former Diplomat Currently Activist
Nazar Haidar
Iraq Media Center
Bahman Baktiari
School of Policy & International Affairs-
University of Maine
Mohammad Ali Chaudry
Center for Understanding Islam & First
Pakistani Born Muslim Mayor In America
Molly Mayfield Barbee
Peace X Peace
Hayrettin Yucesoy
Saint Louis University
Mohamed Nimer
School of International Service, American
University
Ahmed Zaied
Library of Congress
Mark E Singer
Green America Project
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Steve Nieman
President, The Ownership Union
Zainab Al-Maliky
International Republican Institute
Mohamed M. Bugaighis
American Libyan Freedom Alliance
(ALFA)
Iftekhar Hai
United Muslims of America Interfaith
Alliance
Sayed Omran
Professorf, Villanova University
Joseph Duffey
Former Director, U.S. Information Agency
1993-1999
Shamsha Isani
Alumnus Cambridge University, UK
Sukaina Jameel
Independent/humen Right Activity
Mouwafak Ismail
Civil Pilot
Whitney Bodman
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
David P. Allred, M.D.
Member of CSID
Jaballa M. Hasan
University Professor
Erik K. Gustafson
EPIC: Promoting A Free & Secure Iraq
Leila Najar
Center for the Study of Islam and
Democracy
M. Waheed-uz-Zaman Rana
Saint Louis University and Islamic
Foundation of St. Louis
Sherifa Zuhur
Institute of Middle Eastern and Islamic
Studies
Chad B Benjamin
Business Coordinator/Travel Alhurra
Nishant Reddy
Broad Street Realty
Ahrar Ahmad
Black Hills State University
Jonathan Wallace
New America Foundation
Sarah Bush
Princeton University
Debra Gustowski
Concerned Citizen
Melissa Kreek
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced
International Studies
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Knut Panknin
Program Officer, Friedrich Ebert
Foundation
Shannon Green
None
Ashraf Seddeek
Self
Amanda Rios
George Mason University School of
Public Policy
Hanan Elsayed
Rutgers University
Mohsen Khaled
Orchid Investments LLC
Gary Scudder
Institute for Global Engagement
Francesco Femia
Graduate, London School of Economics
Bassam Bitar
National Salvation Front In Syria
Juliana Geran Pilon
Institute of World Politics & National
Defense University
Rachel Werz
University of North Carolina-Charlotte
Cecile Coronato
Project on Middle East Democracy
(POMED)
Amanda Kadlec
Project on Middle East Democracy
Athar Murtuza
Seton Hall University
Jerrilyn Howell
None
Sukran Kivrak
Progressive Muslim, Activist
Eileen T. Lundy
Retired Professor: U of Texas/San Antonio
JukakuTayeb
President,Council on American Islamic
Relations, Michigan Chapter
Ali G. Scotten
Georgetown University Walsh School of
Foreign Service
Mohammad K Ishwait
Engineer
Marsha Epstein MD
Physician
Masud Imran
Physician
Anar Babayev
Lincoln University of Missouri
Carolyn Baugh
University of Pennsylvania
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Steve Clemens
Iraqi and American Reconciliation
Project
Andrea Sununu
DePauw University
Yousif Marei
Islamic & Arab Voice of Chicago
M. Mobin Shorish
University of Illinois At Urbana-
Champaign (Emeritus)
Bashar Elsbihi
Zanoubia TV
Hussain Qaragholi
American-Iraqi Investor and Financier
Ragan Updegraff
Freelance Writer and Researcher
Fred Dallmayr
University of Notre Dame
Ali Ishaq
N/a
Gulten Ilhan
Saint Louis Community College
Mahmoud S Taman
Islamic Society of North Wisconsin
Aladdin Elaasar
University Professor and Columnist
Ashraf Oloufa
USA
Alejandro J. Beutel
Minaret of Freedom Institute
Noureddine Jebnoun
Mike Mansfield Center, The University of
Montana
Bettina Hausmann
United Nations Association of San Diego
James Liddell
Project on Middle East Democracy
Leo Mulcahy
DS Lancaster CC
Barry L. Gan
St. Bonaventure University
Alison Lound
Student of Islamic Reform and
Understanding
Frances Delahanty
Pace University
Hope Benne
Salem State College
Abbie Jenks
Greenfield Community College Peace and
Social Justice Studies Program
Shaazka Beyerle
International Center on Nonviolent
Conflict
Joel Federman
Saybrook Graduate School
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Esther Franklin
Retired Educator (Writer)
Charlotte Simpson
Peace and Justice Studies Association
Rev. Claude Pomerleau, CSC
Associate Professor of International
Relations, University of Portland (OR),
Professor of Diplomacy,
Patrick J. Ashton
Peace & Conflict Studies, Indiana Purdue
Fort Wayne
Shawn C. Garcia
George Washington University, Elliott
School of International Affairs
Margaret Butler Brown
The Catholic University of America
Victoria Partridge
National Democratic Institute
Julie M Szegda
LINC
Susan Carson
Grand Valley State University
Dina Darwish
Independent
Philip Williams
University of Montana
Elizabeth Tomber
National Democratic Institute
Pam Coughlin
Children's Resources International, Inc
William W Habedank
Veterans for Peace, Chapter 115
Byron L. Plumley, Jr.
Regis University
Leo Robert Sandy
Plymouth State University and Veterans
for Peace
Daoud Nassimi
Coordinating Council of Muslim
Organizations In Greater Washington, DC
Badr Eldin Oweis, DVM
Islamic Society of Baltimore, ISNA,
ICNA,, CSID
David Grimland
Retired U.S. Foreign Service
Abdiweli M. Ali
Niagara University, NY
Pratik Chougule
Office of Donald Rumsfeld
Luisa Niazi
Private Citizen
The Rev. Janet Fuller
Diocese of Southwestern Virginia, Hollins
University
Martha Dye
Attorney
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Christina Guirguis
Voices for A Democratic Egypt
Ali Nawaz Memon
World Bank (retired)
Yousuf Siddiqui
Muslim Unity Center of Bloomfield Hills,
Michigan
Mohamed Ibrahim
Islamic Center of Melville
Diana G. Collier
Clarity Press, Inc.
A. Rashied Omar
Kroc Institute, University of Notre Dame
Michael Chamberlain
Dept. of History, University of Wisconsin-
Madison
Abedalelah Almaala
Jordan National Movement
Rumi Angarita
Alumna, Georgetown University Master of
Science
Jung Joo Oh
George Washington University
Frances Fuller
Retired Missionary
Mustapha Hashim Kurfi
Centre for International Studies, Ohio
University-Athens
Fatima R. Ibragimova
Metropolitan College of New York
Terry Muhammad Tahir
Usury Free Living, LLC
Michael DeCesare
Merrimack College
Afshan Jafar
Connecticut College
Mr. Noman Bajwa
Philadelphia Public School District
Joseph Trumino, Ph.D.
St. John's University
Charles McCarthy
Georgetown University
Paulette Lloyd
Indiana University
Kelley Ready
Brandeis University
Leonard J. Baldyga
Public Diplomacy Council
Matthew Eckel
Foreign Policy Watch
Jodie Clark
Heller School for Social Policy &
Management, Brandeis University
Judy Reinehr
League of Minnesota Human Rights
Commissions
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Lindsay Adams
National Endowment for Democracy
Siraj Islam Mufti, Ph.D.
International Center for Peace, Tucson,
AZ
Mirsad Mujovic, Ph.D.
The Independent Institute for Social
Studies - SON
Nicole Connor
The University of Pennsylvania
Ikram Masmoudi
The University of Delaware
Syed M. Rahman
Islamic Society of West Contra Costa
County
Khalil I Semaan, Ph.D, Pofessor
Emeritus
Binghamton University/SUNY
Dr. Maqsood Jafri
Chairman International Democratic
Writers
Mohammad A. Auwal
California State University, Los Angeles
Ahmad A. Sbaiti
Independent
Daniel F. Shea
University of Wisconsin and Jussi Björling
Society-USA
Norman G. Kurland
Center for Economic and Social Justice
Patricia Smith Melton
Peace X Peace
Samina F. Sundas
American Muslim Voice Foundation
Mohammed H. Naji
Medical Doctor
Sherifa Zuhur Zalat
Institute of Middle Eastern, Islamic, and
Diasporic Studies
David L. Johnston
University of Pennsylvania
Robert D. Crane
The Abraham Federation
Ali R .Abootalebi
University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
Ahmed Abdalla
None
Mahbubur Rahman
York College of the City University of New
York
Linda K. Brown
US Citizen
Mohammad Rahman, MD
Democrates
Mohammad R. Siddiqui
MCA
Open Letter to President Obama Page 22 of 55
Siraj Islam Mufti
University of Arizona
Ahmed Nasr
Independent Advocate for Fair and
Justice for All
Joseph Duffey, Ph D
Laureate International Universities
Elisa Solomon
University of Pennsylvania
Margarita Gonzalez
Georgia Tech Research Institute
Kelly Macias
Concerned Citizen
Levent Akbarut
Islamic Congregation of La Cañada
Flintridge
Youmna Naufal
New York University
Dania Ahmed
Columbia University
Mohamed Ibrahim
Islamic Center of Melville
Thomas L. Allen
Colonel (retired), United States Air Force
Ralph Jaeckel
Retired, Senior Lecturer In Turkish
Kenneth E. Danty
Nonaffiliated
Audrey Parks Shabbas
Arab World And Islamic Resources
Bassam A Bitar
National Salvation Front In Syria
Abdulnassir S. Tamimi
Lone Star College-CyFair
Ismail K. Poonawala
University of California, Los Angeles
Jon E. Mandaville
Portland State University
Malath Arar
USSF
Ralph Jaeckel
Retired, Senior Lecturer In Turkish,
University of California, Los Angeles
Eileen T. Lundy
American Studies Specialist
Mark MacNamara
Journalist
Gertrude G. Morse
Share Jerusalem
Sophia Rose Shafi
Doctoral Student In Religion, University
of Denver/Iliff School of Theology
Mehtab S. Karim
Researcher on Global Muslim Population/
Former Professor
Open Letter to President Obama Page 23 of 55
Andrea C. Miotto
Religious Society of Friends
Ali Akbar Mahdi
Ohio Wesleyan University
Mohammed Benyoucef
Citizen
Inamul Haq
Elmhurst College
Frances Fuller
Citizen of the World
Na'eem Abdul Wali
Risala Foundation, Houston
Bdreddin Qorabi
Pharmacist
Sima Currie
Member
Barbara K. Bodine
Princeton University
Ikram Masmoudi
The University of Delaware
Jacob Sherman
University of Cambridge
Abdul Malik Mujahid
Sound Vision Foundation
William Witherup
Director: Gene Debs Labor Ensemble
Abdul Nasir Arghandehwal
Islamic Center of Reseda
Patrick S. O'Donnell
Santa Barbara City College
Frederick C. Huxley
Independent Consultant
Badruddin Kabani
WMC
Gisela Webb
Seton Hall University
Benedict F. FitzGerald
International Consultant
Ruth Wilson
Human Rights First Society, Member
John Van Eenwyk
International Trauma Treatment Program
Margaret S. Williams
University of California Los Angeles
(retired)
Mehdu Elififi
All God's People
Karen Ericksen
University of California,Davis
Mohammad Suleman
Past President of the Islamic Association
of North Texas USA
Open Letter to President Obama Page 24 of 55
L. Michael Spath
Indiana University Purdue University
Fort Wayne
Ambassador Syed A. Ahsani
Chairman,American Muslim Task Force
for Civil Rights and Elections
Gloria Delaplain
United Methodist Church
Ralph Jaeckel
Retired, Senior Lecturer In Turkish,
University of California, Los Angeles
Rev. Ronald D. Wilson
Minister, Presbyterian Church (USA)
Assad Busool
American Islamic College - Chicago
Nurah W. Amat'ullah
Muslim Women's Institute for Research
and Development
Mohamed Bugaighis, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Moravian College
Imam Shamsi Ali
Islamic Cultural Center of New York
Farida Ali
Member, Governing Board,World
Conference on Religions for Peace
Ameena Jandali
San Francisco City College
Rasahid A. Makhdoom
A Practicing Muslim
Steve Nieman
President, The Ownership Union®
Imam Faizul R Khan
Islamic Society of Washington Area
S.M. Ghazanfar
University of Idaho (Emeritus-Faculty)
Adem Carroll
Muslim Consultative Network
Ricka Shorish
Registered Nurse (retired)
Juliana Geran Pilon
Institute of World Politics & National
Defense University
Julie Smith
Concerned Citizen
Zahid B. Zamir
York College of the City University of New
York
John Ishvaradas Abdallah
World Without Borders - An Interfaith Sufi
Ashram
Badr Eldin Oweis, DVM, PhD
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine & Surgery
Ainskie Thomas Embree
Professor Emeritus of History, Columbia
University
Amin Ezzeddine
Muslim American Society
Open Letter to President Obama Page 25 of 55
Sarah Hasan
Oneblue.org
Ali S. Asani
Harvard University
Ambassador Patrick N. Theros
Retired U.S. Foreign Service Officer
Esam Omeish
Nominee for Delegate, Virginia
Dipali Mukhopadhyay
The Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy
Ali M Muhammad
Islamic Freedom Foundation
Jalil Shoraka
Retired
Matthew Cappiello
Muslims for Peace, Justice and Progress
Khursheed A Mallick, M.D.
East-West University, Chicago. Illinois
Safdar H. Chadda
ICLI
Andrew Keshmiri
Student, Moorpark Community College
Fred M. Donner
University of Chicago
Anwar Khedr
Islamic Center of Melville
Tariq Karim
University of Maryland
Hasan M Essa
American Muslim
Abbas Eid
Broadcaster
Borhan G. Tealakh
Law and Security Studies
Reem Hammad
IMAN: Women Artist Network
Mustafa Abushagur
Professor, Rochester Institute of
Technology
William Sherman
Stanford University
Abdus Sattar Ghazali
Executive Editor, American Muslim
Perspective
Farzana Mughal
Muslim Community For Human Services
Maqbool Mughal
Muslim Community For Human Services
Hafizur Rehman MD FAAP
President: Islamic Medical Association of
North America (IMANA)
Shaazka Beyerle
International Center on Nonviolent
Conflict
Open Letter to President Obama Page 26 of 55
Omran Salman
AAFAQ FOUNDATION
Atef Hamed
Human Being
Hayrettin Yucesoy
Saint Louis University, Associate
Professor
Robert Rozehnal
Lehigh University
Kate Seelye
Middle East Institute
M. Dolores Paoli, Esq.
Team Westport
Max L. Gross
Georgetown University
Jihad Muhammad
African Scientific Research Institute/
University of Illinois Chicago
Ahmed Zaied
Library of Congress
Amanda Kadlec
Project on Middle East Democracy
ABDELGHADER OULD SIYAM
Mauritanian Dialogue Center
Mr. Noman Bajwa
Philadelphia Public School District
Ali S. Abufares
ASA Engineering Consultants, Inc.
Jack A. Goldstone
George Mason University
Ani Zonneveld
Muslims for Progressive Values
Patricia Rogers
Concerned U.S. Citizen
Amina Ammoura
None
Tarik Hussein
NY, NY
Jerry Lee King
Self Employed
Luder Whitlock
Excelsis
Alta Schwartz
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Bettina Hausmann
United Nations Association of San Diego
Nejla Shifa
Muslim American Society
Khaleel Mohammed
Professor, San Diego State University
Mansour Ansari
Institute of Contemporary Islamic
Thought
Geoffrey Cook
Muslim Observer
Open Letter to President Obama Page 27 of 55
Carrie Antal
Florida State University
Shahnaz Taplin Chinoy
Muslim Women's Fund
Ahmed Abdelwahab
Chatham University
Thomas H. Nelson
Americans United for Palestinian Human
Rights (Portland, OR)
David L. Johnston
University of Pennsylvania
Amal Rassam
City University of New York
Joyce Ravitz
Citizen
Iqbal G. Mamdani
Investment Banker; Vice Chairman USBahrain
Business Council
ALI M MUHAMMAD
Islamic Freedom Foundation
Ashraf Seddeek
Self
Mohamed Ghazall
Alliance of Egyptian Americans
Musawir Abdul -Karim
Al-Mu'Minunun Islamic Center
Farouk Mustafa
University of Chicago
M Mahmoud
USA
Ahmed Zaghloul
Alliance of Egyptian Americans
Deborah L. Potter
Sisters In Solidarity
Hossain Alamin
MBA Student University of Texas At
Dallas
Murshida Rabia Perez-Chisti
Sufi Movement International
Paul Waller
Jews for Peace In Israel and Palestine
Joan Waller
Jews for Peace In Israel and Palestine
Miguel Carter
American University
Miriam Zayed
American Arabian Ladies Society
Helen Pelikan and Robert Pelikan
Neighbors Assisting Neighbors
Philip Micklin
Kalamazoo Nonviolent Opponents of War
Sean R. Roberts
Elliott School of International Affairs,
George Washington University
Open Letter to President Obama Page 28 of 55
Audrey W Rowe
Friend of Waris Cultural Center -
Irvington NJ
Anthony Pell
Global Home & Infrastructure Finance,
Inc., Global Social Finance, Inc.
Bill O'Brien
Individual
Zahid Sheikh
Executive Director, Huda Free
Community Clinic
Bahman Baktiari
University of Utah-Middle East Center
Oumama Belkhayat
Ms
Akram Elznd
Muslim American Society
J. Peter Clark
Self-employed Consultant
Muzaffar Qidwai
None
Jonathon Williams
SIT Graduate Institute
Craig Charney
Charney Research
Akbar Muhammad
State University of New York At
Binghamton
Aman Mehrzai
Afghan-American Interests
Vanessa Karam
Muslims for Progressive Values
Karim Adly Hassanein
University of Oregon, Eugene
Tim Resch
Sectoral Advocate
Nora Zaki
United Voices for America
Ray Nelson
United Methodist Church
Eden Naby
Independent Scholar
Nicholas Griffin
Civilian
Dina Darwish
Citizen
Charles B. McCarthy
Georgetown University
Rana Arshed Hafiz
Educator
Nisar Khatri
IAGD
Fauzi M. Najjar
Michigan State University
Open Letter to President Obama Page 29 of 55
Sandhya Wilhelm
Georgetown University
Margaret Clifford Poole
Unity Walk
Ghada Talhami
Lake Forest College
Kelley Ready
Brandeis University
Judith V. Welling
National Endowment for Democracy
Vanessa Brake
Abrahamic Family Reunion
Sherif Mansour
Senior Program Officer, Freedom House
Tahir H. Chaudhry
NeuroDyne Medical, Corp.
Mahruq F. Khan
University of Wisconsin
Luder G Whitlock
Excelsis
Walter J. Landry
Executive Director, Think-tank for
National Self-determination, Inc.
Mahmoud S Taman
Altoona Islamic Center
Nile Regina Sayed El Wardani
Pacifica Radio & Levantine Cultural
Center
Mohsen Khaled
Orchid Investments Co
Khurrum Pirzada
Islamic Association of Greater Detroit
Akmal M. Muhammad
Islamic Freedom Foundation
Dorothy Blake Fardan
Bowie State University
Bob Steiner, Chairman
Interlink Language Centers
Mohammad Islam
Bangladesh Association of North Texas
John Steiner
Individual
Robert Steiner
Citizen
Joanna Charlton
Alexandria Friends Meeting.
Rolin Mainuddin
North Carolina Central University
Eva Fay Shannon
Human Rights Activist
Nicholas Steiner
Georgetown University
Noriko Steiner
Mrs
Open Letter to President Obama Page 30 of 55
Samer Jebrel
TAMU
Inad Muheeb
UCB
John P. Crawford
Retired
MAGDA SEIF
NONE
Barbara Burrell
Citizen
Alexander Stein
Georgetown University
M.Waheed-uz-Zaman Rana
Islamic Foundation of Saint Louis and
Saint Louis University
Sulaiman T. Bah
IREX
Mary Alhariri
University of Toledo
Shareda Hosein
Islamic Center of New England
William Bates Greenough III, M.D.
Johns Hopkins University
Mohammed Omair
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Ahmad M.I Khatib
Consultant
BAHRAIN
Zainab Alderazi
Bahrain Humen Rights Socitey
Abdulla Buhsaan
Waad- Political Party
Merza Essa Hassan
National Democtatic Actions Sociely
Fatima Al-jasim
AGU
Salah Ali Abdulrahman
MP
Sharaf Almosawi
Bahrain Transperancy
Mohammad Omar Farooq
Royal University for Women
Abdulla Bu Hassan
Tachnition
Mohammed Al-Maskati
Bahrain Youth Society For Human Rights
Ghada Jamsheer
Women Petition Committee
BANGLADESH
Shah Abdul Hannan
Advisor, International Islamic University,
Chittagong, Bangladesh
Open Letter to President Obama Page 31 of 55
Md. Mahmudul Hasan
University of Dhaka
Tariq Karim
Bangladesh Enterprise Institute
Mohammad Habibur Rahman
Bangladesh Open University
Golam Dastagir
Jahangirnagar University
Jannat Ara Parveen
Associate Professor, Department of
Finance & Banking,University of
Chittagong
Janna Ara Parveen
University of Chittagong, Bangladesh
Mohammed Saiful Islam
North American Bangladeshi Islamic
Community
CANADA
Geoffrey Cook
Muslim Observer
Othman Ali
International Quranic Center.
Nathan C. Funk
University of Waterloo, Conrad Grebel
University College
Chibu S. Lagman
Grant MacEwan College (for
Identification Only)
Katherine Bullock
University of Toronto
Lateef Owaisi
Al -Hilal
Allan Slater
Retired Farmer
Zain
None
Sajida S. Alvi
McGill University
Ali Othman
International Quranic Center
Chiheb Battikh
Muslim Association of Canada
Dan Parker
Global Justice Movement
Muhammad Yusuf
None
Bahieldin Elibrachy
Lawyer
Tom Najem
University of Windsor
EGYPT
Islam L. Shalaby
American University In Cairo
Megahed Melygy Elswaby
Open Letter to President Obama Page 32 of 55
Egeption Politecal Gornalist
Rafek Rasmy Samaan
Journalist
AYMAN SHWEKY
WE WANT FREEDOM
Hassan Aballa Hassan
PHP
Reda Elezaby
Faculty of Science Damietta
Donna Yousef
Doctor
Abdelmonem Mahmoud
Ana-ikhwan.blogspot.com - Journlist
Medhat Khafagy, M.D.
Acting Chief of Ibn-Khaldoun Center for
Developmental Studies
Mohamed Ibrahim Shaker
Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs
Yasser Ali
ADC
Mohamed I. Bassyouni
Prof. of Microbiology and Immunology
and Ex-dean, Faculty of Medicine.
MINYA University
Ahmed SalahEldin Ali
Egyptian Democracy Activist
Ahmed Salah
Egyptian Democracy Activist
Habibou Hamadou
Center for Egyptian Women's Legal
Assistance
Samiha Mahmoud Gharib
Professor In Hydrobiology
Hisham Mohamed
Assistant Professor
Moataz El Fegiery
Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies
Magdy Elmeshmeshy
Baraka Optics
Mohammed Goda
Egypt Ministry of Edu
Ashraf Hamdy
Engineer
Nariman Bdel Kader
The Egyptian Woman Foundation for Law
& Peace Culture
Abdou Elias
Searcher for Democracy
Osama Farouk
Supporter for Democracy
Sayed Hussein
Islamic and Democracy Supporter
Saida Ahmed
Journalist
Open Letter to President Obama Page 33 of 55
Medhat Khafagy
Acting Chief of Ibn Khaldoun Center for
Developmental Sudies
Kamal Halwagi
None
Nora Alim
N.a.
Reda Fakieh Mohamed Hassan Elezaby
Researcher In Faculty of Science
(damietta - Mansoura University Egypt
Mohamed Ali
Human Rights Watch
Sameh Mahmoud Mabrouk
Muslim
Jodi S Deutsch
Expatriate Overseas
Adly Mohamed Hassanein
Mediterranean Center for Sustainable
Development Programs
Mohamed Ali
Researcher
Sara El-Ashaal
MAS
Mohamad Basheir
Mohamad Basheir
Ahmed Samih Farag
Andalus Institute for Tolerance and Antiviolence
Studies
Ali Elfeil
National Foundation for Transitional
Justice
Shady Talaat
Lawyers Union, for Democratic and Legal
Studies
Megahed Melygy Swaby
Political Jornalist In Almal Daily News
Khaled Swaby Abotyty
Chemistry Teacher
Magda Said Abo Elmagd
Social Journalist and Chief Editor
Leylla Zohny
Not A Member of A Network Affiliation .
Sabry Elbaga
Retaird
Marwa ElKholy
MD,Specilaist In Obs. & Gyn.
Mohamed Elkhouly
Ali Abedelhalim
Mechanical Engineer
Abdul Azeem Hamad
Editor of El Shorouk Daily
GERMANY
Emeka Ezegbobelu
Mission Office, Offenbach
Open Letter to President Obama Page 34 of 55
Said Alameddine
Political Writer and Poet
Carola Richter
University of Erfurt
Hikmat Bushnaq-Josting
Privatge
Arwa Hassan
GTZ- German Government Development
Agency.
Elisabeth Kiderlen
Senior Editor and Journalist
Nabil Bushnaq
Honory Chairman Ibn Rushd Fund for
Freedom of Thought
Ivesa Lübben
Political Scientist and Expert on Middle
Eastern Affairs
Norman Paech
University of Hamburg, Member of
German Parliament
Abier Bushnaq
Ibn Rushd Fund for Freedom of Thought,
Chairwoman
Henner Kirchner
Capacity Building International
Abdelmoutalib Loukili
For A Free World Now!
INDIA
Ansar Aboobacker
Students Solidarity Forum India
Ammu Eman
Aligarh Muslim University
Muhammad Salim Nadwi
India Foundation for Quraan And
Seerathunnabi
Saleem Kidwai
Jawaharlal Nehru University ,New Delhi
Prof Saleem Kidwai
Jawaharlal Nehru University,New Delhi
Muhammed Sayyed
Islam and Democracy
Rashid Shaz
President, Milli Parliament of India &
Editor, FutureIsam
M.I.H. Farooqi
Sir Syed Scientific Society
Madhav Nalapat
Professor of Geopolitics,manipal
University
Iqbal A. Ansari
Minorities Council
Khurshid Khan
Islamic Circle of North America
Syed Azizuddin
Tableegi Jamaat
Open Letter to President Obama Page 35 of 55
Waed Badhib
Prof
Jaya Gopal
Intl. Coordinator: International
Committee To Protect Freethinkers
IRAQ
Atta Muhammed Ahmed
CDO General Director
Kanan Makiya
Iraq Memory Foundation
Fouad Fleyh Hassin
Central Union of Iraqi Youth and Students
Maysoon Al Badry
Al Rafidain's Peace
Hashim Zebari
Duhok University Collage- Duhok
Chia Yassen M.A.
Journalist & Active In Human Right Field
Sanaa K. Alteai
Democratic Women Org
Malak Jamil
The Director of Kahramana Arts
Association
Dr.Bushra Al-Aubaidi
Professor In Criminal Law of Law School
- University of Baghdad
Hussain Sinjari
Founder and President of Tolerance
International
Malak Jamil
The Director of Kahramana Arts
Association
Jawad Alhashemy
Eng Samir M EL Mokhtar
ARAB-EUROPEAN CENTER FOR
HUMAN RIGHTS AND
INTERNATIONAL LAW
Songul Omer Chapook
Cualiton of Iraqi Women
Hayder Jameel
Lawyer
Abbas Alysh Mohaeen
Towards Democracy Lraq .NGO
Mohammed A. Alsaeeh
Iraqi Centre for Human Rights and
Democracy Studies
Sami A. Rasouli
Muslim Peacemaker Teams
Isam Al Khafaji
Netherlands Institute for Multiparty
Democracy
Mohamad Haji
Spokesman for Gasha Political
Organization
Dheyaa Naser Hussein
Head of Free Iraq Youth Organization
Bilal Wahab
George Mason University
Open Letter to President Obama Page 36 of 55
Zahraa Ali Hassan
Civil Society Program
Hassan Maan Hassan
Volunteer In IRCS Basra
Hamdia Abase Alhussaini
IHEC
Naba Hamid
Founder and President : New Horizon for
Woman
Sami Shoresh
Political Writer
Jawad Alhashemy
Iraqi Transparency Centre
Mahmood Salman Abdullah Alani
Historian and Researcher At the Islamic
Coins
Hatif Janabi
Poet, Writer & Scholar
Hatif Janabi
Poet, Writer & Scholar
Nuha AL-Darwish
ModeI Iraqi Society Organaization
Women's Human Rights Centre
NGO
Ammar A. A. Sagban
Human Rights Activist
Maha
Women's Rights Activist
Samir Algarawi
Iraqi Democracy Project (IDP)
Hazim M. Alluhebe
Iraqi National University-NGOs
Majid Al-Zuhiri
Secretary-General of the High
Representative of the Indigenous Peoples
and Minorities of Iraq
Nazar Janabi
The Washington Institute for Near East
Policy
Aamer Fahem Mohammad
The Observer Human Rights Center
Hazim Amr
Asmre
JORDAN
Yaser Bushnaq
Human & Legal Rights Advocate
Fakhry Abu Shakra
Arab Center for Democracy and Peace
Studies
Ali Awwad Rashed Al-Shraah
Dean\ Bayt Al-Hikmah Higher Institute
For Political Science
Dr.Sayel Al-Serhan
Al Al-Bayt University
Open Letter to President Obama Page 37 of 55
Jamal Abdel Karim Al Shalabi
Politcial Sciences
Mohamad Halaika
Arab Academy
Mohammad Alhaj
House of Parliament
Asma H. S. Khader
Sisterhood Is Global Institute / Jordan
Fakhry Abu Shakra
Arab Center for Democracy and Peace
Studies
Gali Oda Tealakh
Senior Researcher, RSS, HAJCO, JID,
PSUT, (Retired)
Nabil Ahmad Alkofahi
Former Mayor of Irbid City - Jordan
Mahmoud Falah Rababa'a
Architect Engineer
Rev. Prof. Qais Sadiq
Ecumenical Studies Center (ESC)
Hind J. Farahat
Secretary Generalm, Orthodox Youth
Fellowship
Rev. Prof. Qais Sadiq
Ecumenical Studies Center (ESC)
Ghazi Farah
Philadelphia University
Anouar Moalla
Foundation for the Future
Wasef Tubishat
Director General, Democracy
Watch,Jordan
Hanadi Ihssan Damra
UNRWA
Malak Sarisi
Muslim
Ali Al-Shra'ah
Dean/ Bayt Al-Hikmah Higher Institute
For Political Studies
Hadi M. Shoubaki
ALRAI CENTER FOR RESEARCH
Zeyad Dagamin
Univ. Prof.
Dina Lahlou
Arab Center for Peace and Democracy
Fakhry Abu Shakra
Arab Center for Democracy and Peace
Studies
Fares Braizat
Political Scientist - Isam Fares Institute -
AUB
Marwan Faouri
Moderation Assembly for Thought and
Culture
Nabil Alkofahi
Former Mayor
Open Letter to President Obama Page 38 of 55
Gandy Y Abo Sharar
Ghrorg -on Line Arab Human Rights
Programs Network
Jareer Osameh Ahmad
Jordan
Diana Naghwai
NGO
Ghazi T. Farah
Philadelphia University, Amman, Jordan
Mohammad Naser Talafha
Project Manager-Amaar Properties
Husein A. Hiyasat
Al-Rafah Center for Strategic Studies
Mohammad Al Kofahi
Hepato-bilairy Surgeon. Jordan
Khalid Suliman
Free-lance Researcher
Adnan Abu -Odeh
International Crisis Group ( ICG)
Anas Salemeh Asha
Human Rights Activist
Hanadi Damra
UNRWA
Mohammad A. Halaiqa
Amoun Investments
Mohammad Jawad Foud Hadid
Jordan Commercial Bank
Hasanein, Khalid Ahmad
ODL Expert At OUS
Asem Alomari
Advocate
MOROCCO
Said Essoulami
Centre for Media Freedom In the Middle
East and North Africa
Rachid Mouqtadir
Political Science Writer
Noureddine AYOUCH
Collectif Démocratie Et Modernité
Driss Lagrini
Professor of Law
Elbakkali Abdelhay
Journaliste Correspondant Alhurra TV
Mohsine Elahmadi
Professor Cadi Ayyad University
(Marrakech)
Hayat Diyen
University Mohamed I
Aziz Enhaili
Europe 2020
Rachid Mouqtadir
Moroccan Writer In Political Sciences
Open Letter to President Obama Page 39 of 55
Zahra Tamouh
University Mohamed V-Agdal,Rabat
Yatim Mohamed
Parti pour la Justice et le Developpement
Amar Sellam
Mohamed I University (formerly)
Elhasni Alaoui Hassan
Actvist H D
Hassan M. Alaoui
Independent Journalist
Mohammed Ezroura
Mohammed V University, Rabat
Rachid Khalidi
AECHRIL
Amar SELLAM
University Lecturer
Anouar Boukhars
Wilberforce University
OMAN
Abdullah Al Tuwaiya
Freelance Translator
Salim Al Tuwaiya
Writer, Human Rights Activist
Ammar Abdullah Almamari
Blogger
Saed Jadad
My Rights Activist
Abdullah Al Riyami
Writer- Human Rights Activist
Salim Ali Ahmed
Dhofar University
Mohammed Almasahali
Government Employee
Aziza Al-Adhubi
MECA
PAKISTAN
Khalid Ikramullah Khan
EC Member, ASIAN CONFERENCE on
RELIGIONS for PEACE
Rana Muhammad Arshad
President, Islamic Youth Forum
Joudat Ayaz
Government of Pakistan
Mrs SEEMI IKRAMULLAH
Rotary International District 3270/Dist
Chair 'Urban Peace'
M. Maroof Khan
Editor-in-Chief Voice Of Kashmir (VOK)
Mir Ghulam Mustafa Talpur
National Peace Committee For Interfaith
Harmony
Open Letter to President Obama Page 40 of 55
Yasmin Zaidi
Brandeis University
Jawaid Iqbal
ANP
Nasreen F. Waseem
ADAMS CENTER
Abdur Raszzaq Thaplawala
Memmon Professional Forum Ex
President
Farhan Abdul Rauf
Pakistan Disabled Foundation
Abdul Aziz
Social Worker
Muqeem Akhundzadeh
Additional Director/Assistant Professor.
National School of Public Policy,
Raees Ahmed Mughal
Government Superior Science College,
Peshawar
Tahira Anwar
President of Pakistan American
Association
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
Ismail M. Obeidallah
Center for the Study of Islam &
Democracy
Murad Bustami
Academic
Hamed H. Arab
Palestine
Ibrahim Bisharat
Good Governance and Civic Education
Specialist
Abushanab Jamila
Journaliste
Nadia Abu Zaher
PLC Employee
Firas M.M Yaghi
Political and Elections Consultant
Ali AbuShahla
Palestine Forum - Palestine
Zahira M Aqel
Women's Activist
Salim Awad Anati
Chairman of Alquds Charitable Society
for Disabled and Special Education
Samir Abu
Palestine
PHILIPPINES
Baibon Dilangalen Sangid
Young Moro Professionals Network, Inc.
Eliseo Mercado, OMI
Institute4 for Autonomy and Governance
Susana Salvador-Anayatin
Notre Dame University, Cotabato City
Open Letter to President Obama Page 41 of 55
Esmael Ebrahim
National Ulama Conference of the
Philippines
Abdel Nasser M. Andam
Mindanao State University
Myrna Dilangalen Sangid
HOFA Family
Yusoph Idsel Muhammad
Minsupala Development Foundation
Susana Salvador Anayatin
Faculty, Graduate School, Notre Dame
University, Cotabato City
Ardan D. Sali
Mindanao People's Caucus
Rufa Cagoco-Guiam
Asian Public Intellectual (API) Senior
Fellow, 2008-2009
Octavio A. Dinampo
William P. Fuller Fellow In Conflict
Resolution
Abdurrahman Señoron
Damlag Council, Inc.
Pacasum Sambarani
Philippine Ulama & Profissional Council
Tom Villarin
Simcarrd, Inc.
Abubakar A. Murray
Institute of Middle East and Asian Studies,
University of Southern Mindanao,
Cotabato, Mindanao
Elias A. Macarandas
Philippine Muslim Welfare Socity
Yusoph Idsel Muhammad
Minsupala Deve
Sharifa A. Macarandas
Mindanao Women's League and
Establishment Inc.
POLAND
Maria J. Stephan
International Center on Nonviolent
Conflict (ICNC)
Slawoj Szynkiewicz
Institute of Archeology and Ethnology,
Warsaw
Boguslaw R. Zagorski
Ibn Khaldun Institute, Poland
Omar Faris
Polish-Arabic Culture Asso.
Karina Molgo
Student
Adam Bonarski
Student
Deserea Elexsis Wasdin
Collegium Civitas, Warsaw
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SAUDI ARABIA
Mazin S. Motabagani
Associate Professor Oriental Studies
Hussain Ali M. Al Bakshi
Al Mansour Law Firm
Ibrahim Al Mugaiteeb
President Human Rights First Society
Waleed A. Sulais
Civil Rights Activist
Tawfiq Alsaif
Project for Democracy in the Arab World
ADIL BDELAZIZ M. HAMID
SHARP OPINION MANAGEMENT
CONSULTANTS
Sadeq AL-Jubran
Writer and Advocate,
Ali Al Shurimy
Daker Alhubail
Musawah For Humman Rights Education
& Civil Culture
Ahmed Mohammed Alsunni
Independent - None
Ibrahim Al-Mugaiteeb
Human Rights First Society
M. H. Shwehdi, Ph. D.
KFUPM-Dhahran,
Saad B. Al-Subaie
SABIC Employee
Dr. Khalid Al-Wahhabi
Surgeon
Hussain Ali M. Al Bakshi
Lawyer & Legal Advisor
Musa H. Al-hashim
Www.musawah.net
Ali Hussain Altaleb
Aafaq Center For Research
Nawal Mousa Al Yousuf
Press Manager Saudiyatnetnet Magazine
EIectronic
M. A. Baharnah
Altakreem Al-Ahliyah
Jaffar Albahrani
Free Journalist
Mustafa Al-Mubarak
King Fahd University of Petroleum and
Minerals
Alia Al Farid
Writer and Advocate
Abdulla H. Alabdulbaqi
Writer and Advocate
Amani Ahmed Albabtain
Teacher
Hafedh I. Al-Mahfoudh
Arab Open University, Bahrain
Fatima Zaher Al-Hubail
Executive Secretary
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Hanem Hamed Yarkandi
Associate Professor
Abdul Hakeem Alsenan
Academic Staff
Nada Abd Algalel Al Zuhiri
Writer and Activist and the Man Women's
Forum Althaglvi Social
Mohammad Akhtar
N/A
Turki Ghazi Shaikhoon
Kaia MD
Husain Alnassir
King Faisal University
Haleemeh Mhamad Ahmad Mostafa
Ha M M
Naseema Assada
Alnoor Forum
Fawziah Abbass Ali Alhani
Socialworker and Advocate
Bilal
Student, Saudi Arabia
Hussain Zaher Al-hubail
Saudi Aramco Shell Refinery Company
Zaki M. Abualsaud.
Member of the Follow Up Group for the
Legality of Civil Committee of Human
Rights
Motaz Yaseen
Azoz
Mekhlef Bin Daham Alshammary
Mr. (HR Activities)
Tawfiq Alsaif
Independent Researcher
SYRIA
George Cattan
Writer
Zainab Natafgee
Democratic Secularhsm
Omar Kouch
Writer
Ghada Ghazal
Al-Andalus Institute for Islamic Studies
Rufaida AlHabash
President of Al-Andalus Institute for
Islamic Studies
Zainab Natafgee
Revival Civil Society Committee
Tal Mallohi
20162273464
Elias Heliani
Chef De Communauté Adel Secular,
Democratic, Libéral
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Moustafa Ismail
Writer An Human Rights Activiste
Moustafa Ismail
Writer and Human Rights Activiste
George Cattan
Writer
Danial Saoud
President of Committees for the Defense
of Democracy Freedoms and Human
Rights In Syria
Mazen Darwich
President of Syrian Center for Media and
Freedom of Expression
Hussam Suleiman
Human Rights
TUNISIA
Monia Channoufi
Arab Diaspora In Europe
Naila Silini
University of Sousse
Zouhaier Khouildi
Ecrivain
Ilyes Zine
Lawyer and Humain Rights Activist
Ferchichi Samir
Historien
Mohamed Hammar
Muntada Al-Jahedh,Tunis,Tunisia
Kamel Masmoudi
Human Rights Activist
Fejjari Mokhtar
7november University - Carthage -
Tunisia
Khadija Arfaoui
Professor
Ahmed Jdey
University Of Sousse, Professor
Zouheir Ben Youssef
L.T.D.H
Said Ferjani
Renaissance Party Tunisia
Jaafar Mezhoud
Democracy
Aref Maalej
Engineering University of Sfax -Tunisia
(Syndical Unit of University Professors)
Rahmouni Mohamed
University of Al Manar Tunisia
Mounir Masmoudi
Kuwait National Petroleum Company
Hédhiri Ahmed
Sousse University (Tunisia)
Maya Ben Khaled
Arab Institute for Human Rights
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Abderraouf Ounaies
Retired Ambassador of Tunisia
Hamadi Redissi
Professor, Political Science, University of
Tunis
Ahmed A. Ounaies
Retired Ambassador of Tunisia
Mouez Zemni
A Caring Person
Saloua Charfi
Professor Presse Institut University of
Manouba Tunis
Fejjari Mokhtar
7 November University - Cartage -
Tunisia
Jaafar Mezhoud
Veterinarian
Monia Channoufi
Muslim
Khadija Arfaoui
Researcher, Women's Rights Activist
Rafla Mrabet
Citizen
Anouar Moalla
Foundation For the Future
TURKEY
Bilal Sambur
Turkish Association for Liberal Thinking
Center for the Study of Religion and
Liberty
A. Nuri Yurdusev
Middle East Technical University
Ali Murat Yel
Fatih University, Istanbul
Ibrahim Tigli
Turkish Writer
Talip Kucukcan
Marmara University
C. Ugur Özgöker
Kadir Has University
Ismail Yurdakok
Retired Mufti (of City), Independent
Researcher
Dogu Ergil
Ankara University
Ozguc Orhan
Fatih University, Istanbul
Muhammed Adil
Turkish Arab Association for Science,
Culture and the Arts (TASCA)
Hasan KAPLAN
Canakkale University
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Sanar Yurdatapan
Initiative for Freedom of Expression
Mustafa Tekin
Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University
Mensur Akgun
GPoT and TESEV
Alparslan Acikgenc
Fatih University
Talip Kucukcan
Marmara University
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Medhat Ahmed Osman
Engineering Expert, Arbitrator, and
Contracts Engineer
Adil Abdelaziz Mohamed Hamid
SHARP OPINION MANAGEMENT
CONSULTANTS
Hola Yahya
AUS Alumni
Nizar Najjar
Center for the Study of Islam &
Democracy
Mohammed Abdulla Al Roken
UAE University
Ahmed Mansoor
Independent Human Rights Activist
Abdullah Mohammed Alshamsi
Professor
Rashid Alali
Manager
Saeed
Center of Environmental Research
Hassan D. Imran
United Arab Emirates University
Ahmad Mohammed AlRahoomi
Ideas Home Public Relations and
Marketing
Saeed K. Albloushi
Independent Human Rights & Freedom of
Speech Activist
Wael Merza
Dubai Media City
Ashraf Yousef
911security Services LLC
El-Sayed El-Aswad
United Arab Emirates University
UNITED KINGDOM
Mohsen Khaled
Orchid Investments Llc
Fayez Swailem, Ph.D.
University of Arizona
James Prince
Democracy Council
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Rodney Shakespeare
Global Justice Movement
Corey Dixon
President Oxford Union Society
Ahmad Alkatib
Islamic Political Writer
Muhammad Farid Elshayyal
Head of Islamic Studies, Markfield
Institute of Higher Education,
Leicestershire, UK
Chris Moses
University of Oxford
Lars Berger
Salford University
Suaad Altaif Alfitouri
Director of Society Outreach
Tamara Dragadze
St Gregory Foundation
Adrian Lethbridge
One of the People of the Book
Imam Abduljalil Sajid
Muslim Council for Religious and Racial
Harmanoy UK
Jonathan C.M. Benthall
Honorary Research Fellow, Department
of Anthropology, University College
London
Kalypso Nicolaidis
University of Oxford
Magdalena Gilewicz
ALMI/Unitverity of Aberdeen
Professor Shaikh Abdul Mabud
Director General, The Islamic Academy,
Cambridge
Joachim Kolb
SOAS
Noureddine Miladi
University of Northampton
Hassan Farooqi
International Association for Islamic
Economics
Talha Ahmed
Physician and Psychiatrist- NHS Trust-
United Kingdom
HM Shafiqur Rahman
Barts and the London NHS Trust
Lotfi Zitoun
Maghreb Center for International Studies
K. Helbawy
Chairman CFSOT
Alex Glennie
Institute for Public Policy Research
Harunur Rashid
Redbridge Islamic Centre
Riahin Chalabi
Iraqi Association - UK
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Muftah Lamlum
Libyan National Movement
Lord Hylton
House of Lords London
Sara Savage
University of Cambridge, Psychology and
Religion Research Group
OTHER COUNTRIES:
Parwiz
Center for Development - Afghanistan
Sanaullah Tasal
Director Bacha Khan Center for Peace
and Conflict Resolution - Afghanistan
Sima Samar
Chair of AIHRC - Afghanistan
Khaterah Yosifzai
Afghanistan Feminist Movement -
Afghanistan
Ndricim Sulejmani
Moufty of Shkodra Citry, Albania -
Albania
Mostefa Bouchachi
Ligue Algerienne Pour La Defense Des
Droits De L Homme - Algeria
Zinai Aicha
Avocate - Algeria
Halim Rane
National Centre of Excellence In Islamic
Studies Australia - Australia
Riad Galil
Imam - West Heidelberg Mosque, Victoria,
Australia - Australia
Adis Duderija
Centre for Muslim States and Societies -
Australia
Riad Mohamed Galil
Rmit University - Australia - Australia
Farhat Yusuf
Macquarie University - Australia
Ahmed Shaheen
Urdu Monthly Ghalib - Australia
Khalid Somra
Standard Bearers of Islam - Australia
Khalil Allahwala
Member Islamic Association of Sydney -
Australia
Almut Moeller
Austrian Institute for European and
Security Policy - Austria
Fuad Aliyev
Researcher - Azerbaijan
Salman Najafov
Azerbaijan University - Azerbaijan
BOUCHADAKH AIDA
AMB - Belgium
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Nicolas Clarebout
Student International Politics - Belgium
Tineke De Bock
Student Eu Politics - Belgium
Steven Parret
Ghent University - Belgium
Yahya Michot
Hartford Seminary - Belgium
Zilka Spahic-Siljak
University of Sarajevo - Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Rahela Dzidic
Civitas In BiH - Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ifet Mustafic
Islamic Community In Bosnia-
Herzegovina, Interreligious Relations -
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Cisse Idrissa
CRSN - Burkina Faso
Nibaruta Mohamed El Amin
ISLAMIC PROGRAM FOR
DEVELOPMENT - Burundi
Mukete Tahle Itoe
Global Network for Good
Governance(GNGG) - Cameroon
Fanny R. Howard
Brandeis University Graduate Student -
Colombia
Steven Wagenseil
Election Expert, UNDP Abidjan - Cote
D'Ivoire
CISSE DJIGUIBA
CHAIRMAN OF RADIO AL BAYANE -
Cote D'Ivoire
Hybaskova Jana
Member of European Parliament - Czech
Republic
Petr Vancura
Director, The BELL - Association for
Freedom and Democracy - Czech
Republic
Bashy Quraishy
Chair, Jewish Muslim Co-operation
Platform In Europe - Denmark
Erik Mohns
University of Southern Denmark -
Denmark
Kirstine Sinclair
University of Southern Denmark -
Denmark
Rabha Attaf
Confluences - France
Mohamed El Baki
Retraité S N C F Responsable Associatif. -
France
Essia Trabelsi
Saudiwave Site. Journalist - France
Malise Ruthven
Independent Writer - France
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Habib TRABELSI
Www.saudiwave.com/ - France
Nesrine Trabelsi
Saudiwave - France
Salem Elkotamy
Salem Elkotamy - France
Kingsley BASUGLO Shabbazz
Basuglo Foundation for Afrika - Ghana
Samuel Bosompem
Commission on Human Rights &
Administrative Justice - Ghana
Hussein Ishaq
Free Africa Foundation - Ghana
Alexander Cudsi
Panteion University - Greece
Max Wilar
The Ecumenical Social Foundation (ESF)
- Indonesia
Rahmat Hidayat
Paramadina Foundation, Jakarta -
Indonesia
Ebrahim Yazdi
Freedom Movement of Iran - Iran
Alireza Rabi
International University of Iran - Iran
Ahmad Kazemi-Moussavi
University of Maryland - Iran
Bashir Lasceabai
Muslim Community Lobby Ireland -
Ireland
Sardar Aziz
University College Cork Ireland & Awene
Newspaper Kurdistan - Ireland
Khansaa Diab
Faculty Member and Facillitator for
Interfaith Dialogue - Israel
Shahera
KIT - Japan
Qemajl Morina
The Faculty of Islamic Studies - Prishtina
- Kosovo
Siham Alforaih
Kuwait University - Kuwait
Saeed Abbadi
Journalist - Kuwait
Hamed Homoud Alajlan
Gulf Lead Consultants - Kuwait
Nahme Jomaa
President, the Lebanese Association for
Human Right - Lebanon
Walid Mahmoud Moheb
Right of Speech Support Association -
Lebanon
Ramez Maluf
Lebanese American University - Lebanon
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Isam Kaysi
American University of Beirut - Lebanon
Haytham Mouzahem
Independent Journalist and Researcher -
Lebanon
Nour Hemici
Observatory for Human Rights Violations
- Lebanon
Nahme Jomaa
Presedants of Lebanes Human Rights -
Lebanon
K. Abdullai Kamara
Center for Media Studies & Peace
Building - Liberia
Suaad Eltaif Alfitouri
Director of Society Outreach in UK -
Libya
Ali Bushhewa
Medical - Libya
Abdullah Al-Ahsan
International Islamic University Malaysia
- Malaysia
Mohd Iznee
Malaysian Muslim - Malaysia
M. Tareq
UKM - Malaysia
Mohd Saifullah Mohd Zulkifli
National Union of Malaysian Muslim
Student - Malaysia
MUDDATHIR ABDEL-RAHIM
International Institute of Islamic Thought
& Civilization(ISTAC) / IIUM - Malaysia
Shehenaz Adam
Maldives
Marc Traore
Community of Democracies, Executive
Secretariat Mali - Mali
Abidine Sidi
Democracy Defense Association Inc. -
Mauritania
Eman Sidi
Member of The Democracy Defense
Association (DDA) - Mauritania
Zeinebou Mint Abdel Jelil
Etudiante - Mauritania
Mohamed Ould Ahmedou
Defance Democracy Association DDA -
Mauritania
Abdoullah Ould Khattry
Journaliste - Mauritania
Kazi Mahmood
World Futures Online Http://wfol.tv -
Mauritius
Abdul Carimo Nordine Sau
Islamic Council Of Mozambique -
Mozambique
Chandika Gautam (Mrs)
JC School for The Poor - Nepal
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Amal Van Hees
Amnesty - Netherlands
Yusuf Alan
Dialog Academy - Netherlands
Mohamed Cassim Abdul Hassan
NZDawa - New Zealand
ASFAR MAJEED MIAN
MUSLIM COMMUNITY HAMILTON -
New Zealand
Alkhidru Abdul Baaq Mohammed
Director,The Nigerian Center for Arabic
Research - Nigeria
RAJI, Murtala A
Society for Peace Study and Practice -
Nigeria
Aminu Usman
Development Pathways - Nigeria
Dalhatu Yola
Media Network Forum, Kano - Nigeria
Abduljelili Taofeeq Orankan
Dairatu Ainil Haq Society of Nigeria -
Nigeria
Bashir Lawal
Muslim Consultative Forum, Abuja,
Nigeria - Nigeria
Abulfazal A. Irfan
NA - Qatar
Bassam Bounenni
Tunisian Journalist and Syndicated
Columnist - Qatar
Khyarhoum Ahmed
Al Jazeera - Qatar
Ioan Horga
Institut for Euroregional Studies;
University of Oradea - Romania
Falah Kubba
Businessman and Interested In Things
Muslims In Serbia, Belgrade - Serbia
Natasha Latiff
Femin Ijtihad - Singapore
Petra Durkošová
Masaryk University, Brno - Slovakia
Katarina Hadad
UNDP - Slovakia
Abdullahi Mohamoud Nur
African Democracy Forum (ADF),
Institute of Peace and Conflict
Studies(IPCS)-Tanzania, Somali Consu -
Somalia
Abdinoor Elmi Mohamoud
Vision For Community-Livelihood
Development (VICOD) - Somalia
Shukri H. Ismail
African Democracy Forum Committee -
Somalia
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Hasan Noor Ahmed Jibril
BILAND AWDAL ORGANIZATION
SOMALI - Somalia
Prof Y. Dadoo
University of South Africa - South Africa
Gerald Patrick Kearney
International Centre of Non-Violence
(ICON) Durban - South Africa
Janet Cherry
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University -
South Africa
Natividad Fernández
University of Zaragoza - Spain
Hamid Bellahcene
Political Sciences Univ. - Spain
Muhsin Meedin
Conference of Sri Lankan Malays - Sri
Lanka
Gnei Fazana Ibrahim
Foundation of Goodness - Sri Lanka
Salah Mohammed Hussein
Institute of Islamization of Knowledge -
Sudan
Elsadig B. Elfaqih
Future Trends Foundation - Sudan
Emad H. Sofian
M.R.M Charity Est. - Sudan
Mohammed Suleiman Mousa
Freelance Translator - Sudan
Mudawi Ibrahim Adam
Human Rights Activist - Sudan
Elsadig Ali Hassan
Darfur Bar Association - Sudan
Abutalib Hassan Emam
Lawyer - Sudan
Faisal Awadelkarim, M.D.
Sudanese/American - Sudan
Hussein Watttar
Isalam Guden - Sweden
Mousa Refai
Palestinian Justice Centre - Sweden
Samih Elhassan
Islamih Center I Helsingborg Sweden -
Sweden
Daniel Ritter
University of Texas At Austin - Sweden
Mahfoodh Ali
Relief Without Borders RWB - Sweden
Ebtisam Aldebe
Reserve , Member of Swedish Riksdag ,
Center - Sweden
Mahfoodh Ali
Arkitekt - Sweden
Youssef Nada
Muslim Brotherhood - Switzerland
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Zafer Adigüzel
Muslims for Peace Justice and Progress -
Switzerland
Rachid MESLI
Alkarama For Human Rights -
Switzerland
Sanni Karimou
Imam - Togo
Ojwang Juma
Islamic Medical Association of Uganda -
Uganda
(Names are listed in the order they were received.
Organizations are listed for informational purposes only.)
Open Letter to President Obama Page 55 of 55
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Eyes on me
Outlining a sketch part of my life, I’m going to tell how a change (turning point) took place in my life. I was not a sort of solitary person, but sometimes when I was four years old or so I used to go to the countryside alone. One day out, it was about midst of the day, nobody over there except creatures rather than human beings. Lying on my back, I imagined different kind of pleasant sounds. The sun was shining; the breeze was blowing a cooling spray around; the sparrow was singing on trees behind; the grasshopper was jumping. I imagined a choir of some beautiful little girls singing joyfully. Over there I felt secure. I was dreaming great goals for future. Was I really alone?! Yes I believed in a personal God who kept eyes on me forever, and I never felt alone. Sometimes I felt I was so close to Him that I asked for a new motorbike to be sent from heaven, after some minutes waiting I got inspired, “When you got a bit older” and I simply and innocently accepted. Was I really alone?!
When I was old, I had the same feeling, but a bit different in understanding. Two years ago, I got a serious accident. Hitting the highway bars, I smashed up my car in the front. Fastening the seatbelt, the rear seats collapsed on me. I could just call One in the name, and got silent.
It was dark. The engine was off. For few minutes I never moved. I thought time was up. I felt sort of singing, but this time not from a choir, from a cd player that was on already. I likely found that I was not dead. So, I moved myself a bit. I pushed the rear seat back with my head. Cars were rushing a head in a high speed. They thought no body was alive. I found that I got stuck in the car, so I started waving them with a smile on my lips. Astonishingly, they never stop. My mobile phone fell under the seats; I found and called my friend. He drove to me in 15 minutes. He thought I smashed seriously in my body, and I couldn’t feel yet. With an iron bar he opened the door and got me out. I breathed deeply, did some hands ups and hands downs, and did some push ups to see if I was that healthy. This time, too, I felt the same eyes were keeping on me. My memory flashed back ten years ago when I was a college student and used to teach too. That time I helped a disabled twelve year old boy understand himself and felt confident, for, my behavior made the other schoolboys be friendly with him. Tomorrow that day his mom came to me. Looking at me with lingering drops in her eyes and the face full of hope, she only prayed to God, “Oh God keep this noble man safe from any harm or danger throughout his life.” The car was not fixable anymore, but I was totally sound and safe!
I believe in God the all seeing. I believe that He sees and hears us through any call from us. I believe that even if you help a disabled boy play with school boys, or boys next door, He may grant you a second birth, but this time a glorious one!
Cast your bread upon the Waters, it’ll come back in abundant.
God bless you and God bless all
Allen Nassimi
Why this blog was created
This I believe, friend Allen is the name of this blog. And is partly borrowed the name from the book written by Edward R. Murrow. In this blog, all intellectuals are cordially invited to write us their own turning points in life in short essays. You can add pictures, and upload video clips too. Teenager or an adult, some beliefs, ideas, inspirations, or an event might have turned your life for betterment. Please write them down and send us.
The major them of the blog is, “the daisy by the shadow that it casts, protects the lingering dew drop from the sun “a line by William Wordswoorth. Frankly speaking, new generation has the thirst for hope, shortcuts for the sort of life free of poison, war, and inequality, and more actions than words. In order to secure this generation it’s our duty and obligation to help understand themselves more as they grow, let them know how worthy they are, give hand in hand to lift them up, and cooperate to build a better world for them.
Many thanks
Allen Nassimi
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