The Center for Islamic Pluralism (CIP) is a

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-based

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challenging Islamist interpretations of

. 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

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, today it has subsidiaries in

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and

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and correspondents in 32 countries of the world.

Founders

* Kemal Silay, Professor at

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(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,

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, Cairo *

Salim Mansur Salim Mansur is a Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario in Canada. He is a former columnist for the ''London Free Press'' and the ''Toronto Sun'', and has contributed to various publications including ''N ...

, Professor at

University of Western Ontario The University of Western Ontario (UWO), also known as Western University or Western, is a Public university, public research university in London, Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. The main campus is located on of land, surrounded by resident ...

(CIP Canadian Director) *

Khaleel Mohammed Khaleel Mohammed (1955 – January 2022) was a Guyanese-born professor of Religion at San Diego State University, San Diego State University (SDSU), in San Diego, California, a member of Homeland Security Master's Program, and, as of January 2021, ...

, Ass. Professor at

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Tashbih Sayyed Tashbih Sayyed (1941–2007) was a Pakistani-American scholar, journalist, and author and was the editor-in-chief of ''Our Times'', ''Pakistan Today'', and '' In Review''. Sayyed worked from 1967 to 1980 for the Pakistan Television Corporation. ...

, Publisher of

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Other staff

* Dr. Irfan al-Alawi, CIP International Director * Veli Sirin, CIP Germany Director * Kamal Hasani, CIP General Studies Director *

Daut Dauti Dauti Dauti was born in 1960 in Kokaj, near Gjilan, in Kosovo. He graduated from the University of Pristina Faculty of Law. He continued post-graduate studies at the University of West London (former Thames Valley University) and was awarded a PhD ...

, CIP UK Research Director * Jalal Zuberi, CIP Southern U.S. Director * Imaad Malik, CIP Prison Outreach Director

References

External links

* {{official website, http://www.islamicpluralism.org Islamic organizations based in the United States Faith and theology think tanks in the United States Liberal and progressive movements within Islam Think tanks based in Washington, D.C. Think tanks established in 2004