Ammar Amonette
Ammar Amonette is a
Muslim theologian and a graduate of the Imam
Institute of Makkah. He is the
Imam of the Colorado
Muslim Society -the largest Mosque of the Rocky
Mountain Region.
Amonette received a scholarship to Umm Al-Qura
University in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. He accepted the
scholarship, since there are no fully accredited
graduate schools or seminaries dedicated to Islamic
teaching in the U.S. Amonette attended three schools
over 12 years in Saudi Arabia and received his Masters
at the Graduate Institute for Preparation of Imams in
Mecca. He returned to the Denver area in 1994.
Mahdi Bray
Imam Mahdi Bray is a long time civil and human rights
activist. He is currently the Executive Director of
the Muslim American Society (MAS) Freedom Foundation,
and the President of the Coordinating Council of
Muslim Organizations (CCMO). He also serves on the
Board of Directors of the National Interfaith
Committee for Worker Justice and the Interfaith
Alliance, America's largest interfaith organization
with over 150,000 members, and also on the advisory
board of the Muslim Public Affairs Council.
He is a
Washington, DC, television and radio talk show host.
He has served as a major consultant and a political
advisor to Bonner & Associates, Washington's largest
grassroots lobbying firm, the National Center for
Housing Management, Alexandria City Redevelopment &
Housing Authority, Community Relations Department, The
City of Norfolk, Virginia, Department of Community
Improvement, and the Independent Voter League. He has
also served as Political Advisor and Strategist to
several national, state, and local political
campaigns. He is also the author of The Masjid Voter's
Guide and The Political Guide for Masjid Activists.
Also, Imam Mahdi Bray is one of the main organizers
for the 'No War on Iraq' movement. He has also served
as a liaison between the President's White House
Faith-Based Initiative Program and congressional
affairs on behalf of the Muslim Community.
Imani Jafaar Mohammad
Imani Jafaar Mohammad is a Staff Attorney
for the Legal Aid Society of
Minneapolis in the Housing Unit. She received her J.D.
from William Mitchell College of Law and her B.A. in
English Literature magna cum laude from the University
of Minnesota- Twin Cities. Imani is a board member of
the William Mitchell Alumni Committee, a board member
of the Minnesota Justice Foundation,
a member of the
William Mitchell Women in Law Committee, and she
participates in the college's mentor program. Imani is
also a speaker for the Islamic Resource Group and a
board member of the Muslim Youth Leadership
Scholarship Award Program.
She has spoken at several venues including the Minnesota
Education Conference, the Minnesota Department of
Human Rights Day, Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights
Continuing Education Programs, and she has been
featured in Minnesota Law and Politics magazine and
many other notable events.
