Center for Islamic Pluralism

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Abbreviation CIP Headquarters Washington, D.C.		Legal status Public charity President Kemal Silay
Formation 2004 (2004), opened in 2005 Executive Director Stephen Suleyman Schwartz

The Center for Islamic Pluralism (CIP) is a U.S.-based Islamic think tank challenging Islamist interpretations of Islam. It was founded in 2004 by eight people including the Sufi Muslim author Stephen Suleyman Schwartz and officially opened on March 25, 2005. With its headquarters in Washington, D.C., today it has subsidiaries in London and Cologne, Germany and correspondents in 32 countries of the world.

Founders

Kemal Silay, Professor at Indiana University (CIP President)

Stephen Suleyman Schwartz (CIP Executive Director)

Nawab Agha, Chairman of the American Muslim Congress (CIP Shia Affairs Director)

Zuhdi Jasser, Chairman of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy

Ahmed Subhy Mansour, Former professor, Al-Azhar University, Cairo

Salim Mansur, Professor at University of Western Ontario (CIP Canadian Director)

Khaleel Mohammed, Ass. Professor at San Diego State University

Tashbih Sayyed, Publisher of Muslim World Today

References

Center for Islamic Pluralism Wikipedia

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