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Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy October 2, 2010
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Open Letter to President Obama urging him to Support Human Rights and Democracy in the Middle East
URGENT & Open Letter*
President Barack Hussein Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. President:
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 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 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
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
Marc Gopin Ctr for World Religions, Diplomacy, & Conflict Resolution, GMU
Graham E. Fuller Simon Fraser University, Vancouver BC.
Amb. M. Osman Siddique First Muslim American Ambassador
Amb. Akbar Ahmed American University, Interfaith Leader
Andrew Natsios Georgetown University and former US-AID Administrator
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
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
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
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
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
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 The Council on Foreign Relations
Douglas Johnston International Center for Religion & Diplomacy
Robert B. Miller The Islamic Development Initiative
Theodore Piccone Brookings Institution
Judge Zakia Ismail Hakki International Association of Women Judges
International Scholars & Organizations:
Saad Eddin Ibrahim Ibn Khaldoun Center
Anwar Ibrahim People's Justice Party, Malaysia
Radwan Ziadeh Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, Harvard Univ.
Usman Bugaje Action Congress, Abuja, Nigeria
Dogu Ergil Ankara University, Turkey
Nabila Hamza Foundation For the Future, Jordan
Atef Saadawy Al-Ahram Democracy Review
Obaida Fares Arab Foundation for Development and Citizenship
Mona Eltahawy Commentator and public speaker, Egypt
Mohammad Fadel University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Edip Yuksel Islamic Reform, Turkey
Hamadi Redissi Political Science, University of Tunis
Tal Almlouhi Syrian writer based in Cairo
Shady Talaat Lawyers Union For Democratic and Legal Studies, Egypt
Almut Wieland-Karimi Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Germany
Osama Altikriti member of iraqi house of representatives
Asma S. Khader Sisterhood Is Global Institute / Jordan
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
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
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
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 Universit� Laval, Qu�bec, 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 R�seau des Femmes Leaderships de Mauritanie
Sara Sadegh R�seau des Femmes Leaderships de Mauritanie
Yusoph I. Muhammad Coordinating Council of Muslim NGOs in the Philippines
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
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
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
N�jib 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 Bj�rling 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
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 Ca�ada 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
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
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 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
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
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 US-Bahrain 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
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
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
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
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 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 Education
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
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
ahmed samih farag Andalus institute for tolerance and anti-violence 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
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 L�bben 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 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
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
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
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 D�mocratie et Modernit�
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
Zahra Tamouh University Mohamed V-Agdal,Rabat
Mohamed Yatim 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
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 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 Se�oron 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
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
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 communaut� adel Secular, democratic, Lib�ral
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
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
H�dhiri Ahmed Sousse University (Tunisia)
Maya Ben Khaled Arab Institute for Human Rights
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, Press Institute, 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 �zg�ker 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
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
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
Kamel Helbawy Chairman CFSOT
Alex Glennie Institute for Public Policy Research
Harunur Rashid Redbridge Islamic Centre
Riahin Chalabi Iraqi Association - UK
Muftah Lamlum Libyan National Movement
Lord Hylton House of Lords London
Sara Savage University of Cambridge, Psychology and Religion Research Group
Other Countries (in Alphabetical order):
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
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 Retrait� S N C F Responsable Associatif. - France
Essia Trabelsi Saudiwave site. Journalist - France
Malise Ruthven independent writer - France
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
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 Abdeljelil 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
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
Ahmed Khyarhoum 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 Durkosova 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
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 Fern�ndez 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
Zafer Adig�zel 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.)
* This letter was sent to President Obama on May 22, 2009, on the eve of President Obama's historic visit to Egypt and address to the Muslim World. It was signed by 1,600 American and Muslim experts and scholars on the Middle East. A year and a half later, we still have not received an official response from the White House, and we feel that this letter needs to be read - again - by President Obama and his advisers. That is why CSID is sending it again, as a reminder.
To add your name to the list of signatories, please click here.
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