(WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/19/2021) – Nihad Awad, national executive director of the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has again been named to “The Muslim 500: The World’s 500 Most Influential Muslims.”
Other American Muslims named to the list include Dalia Mogahed, Khaled Beydoun; Reps. André Carson, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib; Keith Ellison; Sherman Jackson; Linda Sarsour; Omar Suleiman; Imam Siraj Wahhaj; Ayman Mohyeldin; Yasir Qadhi; Warithudeen Mohammed II; and Imam Suhaib Webb.
Awad’s entry on the 2022 list states:
“Nihad Awad is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR). CAIR is the most prominent Muslim lobby group in the US and is frequently sought out by the media and politicians for the Islamic perspective on events. Awad is one of the signatories of A Common Word Between Us and You and participates regularly in the US Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program. Awad coordinated the formal release of the Open Letter to Al-Baghdadi, signed by over 120 leading Muslim scholars and academics, which rejected the extremist teachings promoted by DA’ISH.”
SEE: The Muslim 500 2022
Nihad Awad
https://www.themuslim500.com/profiles/nihad-awad/
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