Feisal Abdul Rauf Author Biography

 


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Feisal Abdul Rauf

Photo of Feisal Abdul RaufFeisal Abdul Rauf is the Imam of Masjid al-Farah in New York City and founder of the American Sufi Muslim Association (ASMA) Society. He is also a co-founder of the Cordoba Initiative, a multi-faith effort to help heal the relationship between the Muslim world and America. Feisal Abdul Rauf wrote the foreword to the book The Universal Spirit of Islam.

Born in Kuwait to a long line of imams and educated in England, Egypt, and Malaysia, Abdul Rauf is a graduate of Columbia University in New York and holds a master's degree from Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey.

Imam Abdul Rauf is a member of the board of trustees of the Islamic Center of New York, Islamic advisor to the Interfaith Center of New York and a board member of One Voice, a group whose initiative is to bring about peace between Israelis and Palestinians. He is also a member of the Council of 100 Leaders to the World Economic Forum on West-Islamic World Dialogue. Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf is the author of the bestselling book, What’s Right with Islam: A New Vision for Muslims and the West, and often appears in print and broadcast media as an authentic interpreter of Islam.



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