Imam Siraj Wahhaj, currently the Imam of Masjid Al-Taqwa in Brookyn, New York, accepted Islam in 1969. Wahhaj is well known among Muslims in North America as a dynamic speaker and tireless supporter of Islamic causes. He received Imam training at Ummul Qura University of Makkah in 1978 and has gone on to become a national and international speaker on Islam. NOTABLE WORKS Imam Wahhaj has been Vice President of ISNA U.S. since 1997 and has served on Majlis Ash-Shura since 1987. He is a past member of ISNA's Planning Committee and has served as a member of the Board of Advisors for NAIT from 1989-1993. He is also a member of the Board of Advisors for the American Muslim Council. Imam Wahhaj has appeared on several national television talk shows and interviews especially about his anti-drug campaigns. He received high praises from the media and NYPD for initiating anti-drug patrol in Brooklyn, New York in 1988. Imam Wahhaj was the first person to give an Islamic invocation to the United States Congress.

Rameez Abid graduated from George Mason University with a B.S. in Information Technology. Currently, later pursued B.A. in Islamic Studies from Islamic Online University. Rameez worked in the IT field from 2008-2014. In 2014, he became Director of Communication & Outreach for ICNA's Council for Social Justice. Rameez initially joined ICNA as a volunteer in 2008 on various projects including as a community organizer and fundraiser. He served as the Youth Coordinator for two years and then as the president of the ICNA Mosque in Alexandria, VA for two more years before joining ICNA-Council for Social Justice in 2014.

Dr. Amaarah DeCuir is a member of the faculty at American University’s School of Education where she teaches courses on education philosophy, policy, pedagogy, and leadership. She is an active researcher who studies education leadership within American Islamic schools as well as her current research project to examine Muslim students’ experiences in public schools. She is an active member of the ADAMS Center community where she currently leads the Youth Book Club and hosts marriage support groups for married women in her home. Sister Amaarah is happily married to Imam Mohamed Magid, together they are raising their five daughters to be strong, intelligent, and faithful young Muslims.

Imam Ali Tos ( Turkey; Graduate of Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya) is the Imam and Hifz Teacher of Diyanet Center of America which is a non-profit organization based in Lanham, Maryland. He graduated Islamic middle, high school and university in Turkey. He began his master about tafseer than he moved to USA in 2014. He has around fifteen years of teaching and leadership experience in religious field. He participated in the community activities that further good interfaith and public relations for Islam and Muslim, He has been offering Islamic family and youth counseling and guidance as need, develop and implement educational programs for the youth. He has been participating ISNA, ICNA more than three years in USA.

Madiha Saeed, MD is a practicing board certified family physician in Naperville and a traditionally published author of a best-selling book The Holistic Rx: Your Guide to Healing Chronic Inflammation and Disease. Dr. Saeed is Holistic Mom, MD on social media, is the director of education of Documenting Hope (a national organization dedicated to heal chronic disease in children), she writes for Holistic Primary Care, on the medical advisory board for Wellness Mama and speaks internationally igniting the world with her energy and passion to ignite a healing revolution! She has appeared in numerous prestigious holistic online summits, conferences, radio, newspaper, and even has been on international Emmy winning medical talk shows.

*Dr. Sabeel Ahmed* is the Executive Director of the GainPeace Project, an outreach project of Islamic Circle of North America. As a *director of GainPeace*, Br. Sabeel's aim is to bring out the commonalities and build bridges between people of various faith, races, and nationalities and share the beautiful faith of Islam with our fellow Americans. Some of the *projects of GainPeace* include advertising the message of spirituality via Bus, Billboards, trains, TV, Radio and newspapers. Dr. Sabeel had given many outreach presentations and workshops in various cities in the USA on the topics of Shariah, Freedom of Speech, comparative religion and youth empowerment. After completing his medical education from the Carribean, he decided to dedicate his time as a *full-time (daee) educator of Islam* to tackle Islamophobia and to convey the peaceful message of Islam. He is married with three children and resides with his family in Morton Grove, IL, *USA*. Dr. Sabeel is being featured on many *local and national media news outlets* including the following: · https://youtu.be/CzrmAWqQRIY (ABC Chicago - Windy City Live) · https://youtu.be/R-ufd71v_UY (WGN TV) · http://www.fox32chicago.com/home/242596035-story · http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/24/us/gain-peace-in-chicago-aims-to-counter-anti-muslim-sentiment.html · http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-muslim-mosque-open-house-st-0501-20160430-story.html · http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/defender-of-the-faith-skokie-man-devotes-life-to-educating-about-islam/ · https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjmRrdYFuPg

Graduated from Al-Azhar University, with an Ijaza for Specialization in the Qur’anic Sciences and the ten recitations. - Many Ijazaat with connected Sanad - Chain of knowledge - for reciting the Holy Qur’an and teaching it according to the narration of Hafs from `Asim and the authentic ten recitation styles. - Used to oversee and teach in several Qur’an programs in different Masjid and Islamic Centers in Egypt, UK and Ireland. - Leading Traweeh prayer at masjid Al-Birr, London UK for 7 years before coming to United states in 2012. Work as a Director of Tarteel Academy at MCGP, NJ

Imam John Starling is the Executive Director of GCLEA, in Cherry Hill, NJ and volunteers at Rutgers University, Camden as a Muslim chaplain. He is an alumnus of NCSU's Poole College of Management and the Islamic University of Madinah. He holds a Master's Degree in Islamic Studies from the Islamic University of Minnesota, possesses traditional ijazahs in several subjects including Hanbali fiqh, and is currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Nonprofit Management and Philanthropy. Imam John is also the founder of Hanbalidisciples.com which seeks to revive traditional Islamic studies according to the illustrious school of Imam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal.