Asra Nomani

Journalist & Author, Women's Rights Activist

Irshad Manji

Founder of The Moral Courage Project, Author of "Allah, Liberty and Love" & "The Trouble with Islam Today: A Muslim's Call for Reform in Her Faith"

Lesley Hazleton

Author of "The First Muslim," a New Look at the Life of Muhammad

Robin Wright

Foreign Policy Analyst, Journalist & Author of "Rock the Casbah: Rage and Rebellion across the Islamic World"

Nonie Darwish

Egyptian-American Human Rights Activist, Author & Founder of Arabs For Israel

Shirin Ebadi

Nobel Peace Prize-Winning Iranian Activist & Lawyer

Mahathir Bin Mohamad

Former Malaysia Prime Minister

Marwan al-Muasher

Vice President for Studies, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Nathan J. Brown

Professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University, is a distinguished scholar and author of six books on Arab politics

Maajid Nawaz

Counter-Extremism Activist

Diana L. Eck

Professor of Comparative Religion & Indian Studies

Rami George Khouri

Executive Editor of Lebanese Newspaper, The Daily Star

Thomas Carothers

The vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Ingrid Mattson

London and Windsor Community Chair of Islamic Studies, Faculty of Theology, Huron University College

Azadeh Moaveni

Associate Professor, Writer, Journalist & Author

Woman. Life. Freedom. Iran's Feminist Movement

Rashid Khalidi

Palestinian-American Historian, Award-Winning Author & Professor of Arab Studies at Columbia University

Rashid Khalidi on why memory of the Nakba is stronger than ever

Feisal Abdul Rauf

Devoted to peaceful relations between Muslim-Americans and their neighbors

Robert Spencer

Expert on Islam & Director of JihadWatch

Jytte Klausen

Expert on Islam, Author

Dr. Richard Bulliet

Professor of History, Middle East Institute, Columbia University