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MFI Personnel
Officers and Board of Directors
Imad-ad-Dean
Ahmad,
Ph.D. (President, director) is an
internationally known interdisciplinary
scientist of Palestinian descent, birn at
sea and raised in the United States. He is
author of Signs in the Heavens: A Muslim
Astronomer's Pe rspective
on Religion and Science, a senior
lecturer at the University of Maryland and
he teaches a course on Islami creligion,
history and civilization at Weley
Theologucal Se minary. He also teaches an
course on Islamic history and civilization
for the summer interns program at the
International Institute of Islamic Thought.
Dr. Ahmad has received the “Star Cup for
Outstanding Public Service” award from the
Montgomery County Civic Federation, the
“Champion of Democracy Award” from
Marylanders for Democracy, the “Samuel P.
Chase Freedom Award” from the Libertarian
Party of Maryland, and the “Sentinel Award”
from the Montgomery County Civic Federation.
Aly Ramadan
Abuzaa`kouk, Ph.D. (Vice-President,
director) Aly Ramadan Abuzaakouk was
born and raised in Libya. He received a
Bachelor's degree from Cairo University in
Journalism and a Master's degree in
Communications from Stanford Universit. He
also holds a Master's degree in Middle
Eastern and  Islamic
Studies from the University of Michigan.
In 1973, he established the Department of
Communications at the University of
Benghazi, Libya. In 1981, he was a
founding member of the National Front for
the Salvation of Libya, and served as its
director of communications until 1987.
After ten years as Director for
Publications at amana Publications, he
later served as Executive Director of the
American Muslim Council and as Ambassador
of Goodwill for the U.S. State Department
to several Arab and Muslim countries. In
addition to translating and
transliterating the last three chapters of
the Qur'an, he has published numerous
articles (in Arabic and English) and has
worked extensively with foreign and
domestic media. In 2003, he
co-founded the Libyan Human Development
Forum to promote human rights, democracy,
and civil society in Libya. He also worked
as the Washington director of the Center
for the study of Islam and Democracy. He
is now the President of the Citizenship
forum for Human Development and Democracy
(Benghazi-Libya).
Farhana N.Shah,
M.A. (Secretary, director) was
raised in Houston, Texas. She earned her
Master’s in Education with a concentration
in Administration and Supervision from
Loyola College in Maryland. She is
experienced in consultative services;
coaching; program and performance
management; and training and  development. She was
nominated for Dr. Greenblatt award for
excellence in teaching in 2003.
Zaner-Bloser, creator of educational
materials and services, used some of
Farhana’s ideas to enhance their pilot
program. In 2010, she appeared in the
Association of Supervision for Curriculum
Development DVD "The Sights and Sounds of
Equitable Practices." Since October 2001,
Farhana has taken great interest in
bridging the gap between Islam and
non-Muslims. She has written a
Module, through a local grant, called
Overview of Islam for Educator (2006) and
presents this workshop annually at
education conferences nation-wide.
Farhana has also been a presenter on
several occasions for The American
Association of University Women at their
request about Women in Islam.Farhana has
several times provided professional
development to educators internationally
as a U.S. Speaker and Specialist in a
program funded by the U.S. State
Department. She also provided
personalized training to educators in
Nepal on a U.S. State Department funded
project, ACCESS. Recently, she has
been invited by educators in Thailand to
provide professional development. Farhana
also is on the Advisory Committee of a
girls’ academy in India.
Shahid N. Shah, M.S.
(Treasurer, director) is a
co-founder of the Minaret of Freedom
Institute. He has been a thought leader,
Islamic political evangelist,  and
influential memberof the Muslim community
in America for more than 15 years. He is
the founder of ISL
Software Corporation and Chief
Architect of The Alim
Islamic Knowledge Platform, the
world's most popular English-based Islamic
software which is a staple in homes of
hundreds of thousands of Muslims
worldwide. He is also the Founder &
CEO of Netspective
Communications
LLC, a software development firm
that provides the tools and skills
necessary for enabling mission- and
safety-critical enterprise software. He
serves as a director on several corporate
and non-profit boards and as the Chairman
of the IEEE Computer Society's Northern
Virginia Chapter
Prof. Antony T.
Sullivan, Ph.D. (director) is an
internationally recognized senior scholar
who holds an honorary position as
Associate at the Center for Middle Eastern
and North African Studies at the is
University of Michigan. He is the author
of or contributor to five books and some
100 journal articles and academic reviews
focusing on the Arab and Muslim world. Dr.
Sullivan has played a major role in
bringing together moderate Muslim
intellectuals and their appropriate
Western counterparts to address
contemporary challenges that are common to
both the West and the Islamic world.
Currently, he is a Senior Fellow,
Mediterranean and Near East Programs at
the Fund for American Studies in
Washington, D.C., and serves as Director
of Faculty at the International Institute
for Political and Economic Studies
(Greece) that the Fund operates in
conjunction with Georgetown University.
Board of Advisors
- Sharmin
Ahmad, M.A. is a Bangladeshi
writer on socio-political and Islamic
issues and an human rights activists
with a special interest women's rights
and author of The Rainbow in a Heart.
- Omar
Altalib, Ph.D. teaches
Sociology at the International Islamic
University in Malaysia and served in
Iraq as an advisor to the Iraqi Ministry
of Education in 2004.
- Prof. Charles Butterworth, Ph.D.
is a leading scholar of Islamic studies
at the University of Maryland.
- Prof. Sulayman Nyang, Ph.D.
is a distinguished Muslim scholar of
international affairs at the African
Studies Center of Howard University.
- Abdul Hafiz Shaikh, Ph.D. is
a federal minister for privatization and
investment the government of
Pakistan.
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