Islam Awareness Week 07

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.

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 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.