ADVISORY COUNCIL MEMBERS JANUARY 2016 (Advisory Council members are added on an ongoing basis.)
Ms. Aisha al-Adawiya Dr. Mehnaz Afridi Founder Assistant Professor Women in Islam, Inc. Director, Holocaust, Genocide and Interfaith Education Center Manhattan College
Dr. Rumee Ahmed Mr. Adnan Ansari Associate Professor of Islamic Law Program Director University of British Columbia Muflehun
Ms. Margari Aziza Ms. Zahra Billoo Co-Founder and Programming Director Executive Director Muslim ARC CAIR San Francisco Bay Area (CAIR-SFBA)
Dr. Ayesha Chaudhry Mr. Colin Christopher Associate Professor, Institute for Gender, Executive Director Race, Sexuality and Social Justice GreenMuslims University of British Columbia
Mr. Larry Cox Mr. Fred Davie Co-Director Executive Vice President Kairos Union Theological Seminary
Dr. Farid Esack Dr. John Esposito Head of Department, Department University Professor of Religion Studies Georgetown University University of Johannesburg
Ms. Nana Firman Dr. Jeannine Hill Fletcher Fellow, GreenFaith Professor, Department of Theology Member, Green Masajid Task Group of (ISNA) Fordham University
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Ms. Karenna Gore Dr. Juliane Hammer Director Associate Professor and Center for Earth Ethics Kenan Rifai Scholar of Islamic Studies Director of Undergraduate Studies The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Dr. Jenny Howe Peace Dr. Amir Hussain Associate Professor of Interfaith Studies Professor of Theological Studies Andover Newton Theological School Loyola Marymount
Rabbi Jill Jacobs Rev. Dr. Serene Jones Director President Teruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights Union Theological Seminary
Ms. Humera Khan Dr. Paul Knitter Executive Director Emeritus Paul Tillich Professor of Theology, Muflehun World Religions and Culture Union Theological Seminary
Dr. Scott Kugle Imam Khalid Latif Associate Professor of South Asian Executive Director and Islamic Studies Islamic Center of New York University Emory University
Roshi Enkyo Pat O’Hara Dr. Eboo Patel Abbot President Village Zendo Interfaith Youth Core
Rabbi Or Rose Dr. Omid Safi Director, Center for Global Judaism Director Hebrew Union College Duke Islamic Studies Center
Ms. Linda Sarsour Dr. Najeeba Sayeed Executive Director Assistant Professor of Interreligious Education Arab American Association of New York Director of the Center for Global Peacebuilding Claremont School of Theology
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Dr. Sarah Sayeed Ms. Maggie Siddiqi Senior Advisor, Community Affairs Unit Program Director Mayor de Blasio’s Office EnabledMuslim
Dr. Ermin Sinanović Dr. Simran Jeet Singh Director of Research and Academic Programs Assistant Professor International Institute of Islamic Thought Trinity University
Chris Stedman Dr. John Thatamanil Executive Director, Yale Humanist Community Associate Professor of Theology Yale University and World Religions Union Theological Seminary
Rabbi Dr. Burton L. Visotzky Dr. Amina Wadud Nathan and Janet Appleman Professor of Professor Emerita of Islamic Studies Midrash and Interreligious Studies Virginia Commonwealth University Director, Milstein Center for Interreligious Dialogue Jewish Theological Seminary
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