Dr. Abu Ameenah Bilal Philips is a Jamaican Canadian Islamic Scholar who converted to Islam in the early 70's. He completed a BA in Islamic Studies in Madeenah, and an MA in Islamic Theology in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and a Ph. D in Islamic Theology in the early 90's from the University of Wales, UK.

He has written, translated and commented on over 50 published books on various Islamic topics. He has also edited and published the 56-book Eemaan reading series for children and presented Islamic programs for many years on Riyadh Channel 2 TV, Sharjah TV for 10 years, as well as Peace TV, Huda TV, Islam Channel, UK, and the Deen Show, Chicago, USA.

Most recently, Dr. Bilal was appointed the Director of PERF (Professional Education and Research Foundation) and Supervising Director of Preston International College (www.prestonchennai.ac.in) and Al-Fajr International School (www.al-fajrinternational.com), Chennai, India.

Dr. Daud Abdullah is Deputy Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain. He lectures in Islamic Studies at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is a khateeb at Masjid An Noor in west London. Dr Abdullah has written and translated several works on Islam. Daud Abdullah was born in Grenada where he received his early education. He obtained his first degree from the University of Guyana in 1981 and was awarded a scholarship to study Arabic language at King Saud University in Saudi Arabia. In 1984 he joined the University of Khartoum, Sudan to pursue postgraduate studies and was awarded his doctorate in 1989. His last posting in Saudi Arabia was as editor and translator at the Abul Qasim Publishing House in Jeddah.

Professor Jones holds a D.Min in Christian- Muslim relations and has been a faculty member in Manhattanville College's (Purchase N.Y, USA) World Religions Department for two decades.

Dr. Jones, a visiting professor of comparative Religions at the Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences (Ashburn VA, USA) has lectured in, taught at or consulted to educational institutions in Bosnia, Bermuda, Egypt, India, Jerusalem, Qatar, Saudi-Arabia, Trinidad & Tobago, UAE, UK and USA.

Dr. Muhammad Anwar Sahib Almadani is a Fiji born, kiwi (New Zealand) Islamic scholar. He started to study at Madeenah Islamic University at the age of 14. After completing Arabic language course and high school he completed his B.A in Islamic studies. Later on he completed his masters and Ph. D (1999) in Quranic science from the same university. He has authored a few books in Arabic and English that are yet to be published. He has presented Islamic programs on Voice of Islam, New Zealand and various radio channels.

He has coordinated many Islamic courses in various countries: New Zealand, Australia, Fiji and Papua New Guinea. He has attended many conferences locally and aboard. He is a founder member and chairman of AtTaqwa Trust, Auckland, New Zealand. His roles include that of Imaam, Khateeb and religious advisor. He is also the Secretary for the Ulama board of New Zealand and advisor for Halaal issues to the NZ government.

Aisha Utz has a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from West Virginia University and a Bachelor's Degree in Islamic Studies from the American Open University. She has written over 100 articles on various topics for Aljumuah Magazine (an international Islamic magazine), has one published book ("Nurturing Eeman in Children"), and another book to be released soon ("Psychology from the Islamic Perspective") by International Islamic Publishing House. She has written several professional journal articles and book chapters related to the topic of Psychology and Islam, has presented these ideas at a number of professional conferences, and regularly integrates the Islamic perspective into her teaching. She is also Associate Editor of the Faith-Based Practice section of the Journal of Muslim Mental Health. Her current efforts involve the development of a research program to study the relationship between religiosity and mental health in Muslim populations. She has been Muslim for 25 years and is actively involved in various da'wah activities.

Sh. Wissam El Tom has the highest certificates in Qur'an Qiraa'at (all 10 ways of reading Qur'an in original Arabic language with melodies and phonetics) and Quran studies from Al-Azhar Al-Sharif (Institute of Qur'an Qiraa'at) (Egypt). He has the "Sanad" (ijazah) -linked to the Prophet (sallallahu alayhi wasallam- in ten Qira'at sugra and kubra from the leading scholars in Egypt of this field internationally. He has a Master's degree in Islamic Studies from Makasid University (Lebanon) besides a Bachelors in Computer Science

He was honored with the opportunity of reciting the Quran to the late scholar Imam Sheikh Mohammad Mitwalli Al Shaarawi. He has also recited the Quran to the famous Qari of the Republic of Egypt, Dr Ahmad Nuainaa. He was the winner of the International Quran recitition and memorization competition held among 125 countries, organized by Al-Azhar Al-Sharif and Awkaf Ministry in Egypt.

He has listened to the Quraan recititions of many Huffaaz (male and female) in different Qiraat in Egypt and Canada and awarded them the honor of "sanad" linked to Prophet Muhammed (sal Allaahu Alayhi wa sallam).

He has authored some books in the ten Qiraat of Quran and has also composed a poem in the original Arabic language comprising of 1175 verses on an area of Quranic studies that has been touched on by a few scholars centuries earlier like Imaam Ash Shakhawi, the great scholar of 7th Century Hijri.
He speaks three languages - English, French and Arabic. and has delivered numerous lectures in Quranic Sciences, Islamic studies and Arabic language in Egypt and Montreal.

He currently lives in Montreal, Canada where he has been an Imaam for several mosques and is the director of Attibyan institute for ten Qiraat and Quran studies in Montreal. He is currently preparing for a PhD in Islamic Studies. He was a professional soccer player in the Lebanese football league until the year 1994.

Sheikh Imtiyaz Damiel was born in Blackburn, where he completed five years of an Alim training course. He then went on to complete a B.A. Honours degree in Arabic and Islamic studies at the University of Leeds. In 2003 he completed a diploma in Arabic after which he completed another B.A. Honours degree in Islamic studies, specialising in Hadith & Tafseer at King Saud University in Riyadh. He later completed his Master's program in Hadith & Tafseer from the same University.

Sheikh Imtiyaz Damiel's other areas of study include educational and child psychology, orientalism and comparative religions. He has also worked as Chief Editor for a number of organisations. He has also written over thirty articles and research papers to date.

In his spare time he likes swimming, football and reading. He is also an avid book collector.

M. Abdussalam obtained a Bachelor's Degree from the Islamic University, Madinah, and then went on to get a Master's Degree in 1996 from the same University.

He has participated in the project of translation of Kutbus Sittah in English (sponsored and published by Darus Salam, Riyadh, K.S.A.) His translated works in Urdu have been published in K.S.A and India besides numerous Research works published in monthly magazines.

He was aregular Khateeb (in Arabic) at a mosque in Doha, Qatar, from 1999-2009. He conducts Dawah activities in numerous Islamic centers in the Gulf and India, as lecturer, guest speaker, consultant, etc.

He is presently the Head of the Department of Islamic Studeis at the Preston Internation College, Chennai.

Riaz Ansary graduated from the College of Sharee'ah of the Islamic University of Madeenah in 1993. He completed his master's degree in usool al-fiqhat the International Islamic University of Malaysia and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. at the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization, also in Malaysia.

He has translated a number of Arabic books into English, including biographies of the Companion AdeeibnHaatim and the hadeethscholar AbooDaawood al-Sijistaanee [for Dar us-Salam, Riyadh], and Muhammad Hamidullah's compilation Political Documents of the Prophet (pbuh) [for the Islamic Book Trust, KL], and he is the author of a book, A Search for Happiness,published by Dar ul-Huda in Chennai, India.

Shafiq Flynn has a Masters in Usul al Deen and is currently pursuing a PhD on the study of certain aspects of IbnTaymiyyah's thought in the attempt to present its significance in contemporary Muslim thought.

He has tutored undergraduate students. SLEU (Student Learning Enhancement Unit) functions to assist students in their academic pursuit for excellence. To this effect he designed and conducted a training camp aimed at endowing students with the right balance of life and academic skills all within an all-embracing framework of spirituality so that routines at home and at university are seen as being part of a wholesome and holistic life that enriches all of the body, mind, and spirit.

Imran Asif holds an MSc in Applied Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition from the University of Oxford, Department of Education.

He is currently a Science Curriculum Specialist with the Supreme Educational Council, Doha, Qatar where he monitors and oversees implantation of curriculum standards, providessupport and direction to teacher advisors in improving teaching/learning and carries out overall School Inspections.

Rasheedah has a master's degree in education with a specialization in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) and Reading/Writing/Literacy. She has been a teacher for over 20 years and has taught in a variety of settings, both in the USA and abroad. Additionally, she has studied at different Islamic universities online, through correspondence, as well as on-site (overseas) and is currently pursuing a certificate in shariah.

Altijani Hussin has a Masters in Economics from the University of North Carolina. He is currently the Manager for Health Economics with the Supreme Council of Health, Ministry of Health - Qatar.

Hooman Keshavarzi holds a Masters in Clinical Psychology and is currently pursuing his doctorate in Psychology. He is an Adjunct Professor at Argosy University (Chicago), a researcher, and co-founder of SIRAT (an Islamically based community mental health agency) where he oversees and performs psychotherapy. He is also a clinical supervisor training graduate students of psychology in culturally competent services at the Department of Health and Human Services in Hoffman Estates. His area of specialty is in working towards uncovering Islamic theoretical perspectives on psychology and the psycho-social issues and their implications/applications on Muslim minorities in the West. Additionally, he delivers seminars on specialized topics around multiculturalism to various communities.

Dr. Uvais Ahmed Qidwai completed his PhD(EE), from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Massachusetts-USA, in the year 2001 and his thesis was titled '2D Blind de-convolution for image enhancement with applications to ultrasonic NDE' and his MS(EE), from King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran-Saud Arabia, in the year 1997, and his thesis was titled, Estimation and Filtering of Harmonics.
Previously, he was a Visiting Faculty for the Communications Department, Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan, and was the Assistant Professor for the EECS Department, Tulane University from 2001 to 2005. He was also a Part Time Visiting Lecturer for the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA, and was a Senior Design Supervisor at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia Lecturer from 1997 to 1998 and was a Research Assistant from 1995 to 1997.
At present he is an Assistant Professor, in the Computer Science & Engineering Department, Qatar University, since 2005.
He also has a number of awards to his credit. Some of the are, Best Researcher of the year Award, CSE Department, Qatar University, for the year 2008-09, Community Services Award, Pakistani Engineers Forum Qatar in June 2009, Best Ph.D. Research of the year Award, ECE Department, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, in May 2002, Community Services Award, Career Resource Center & International Students' Affairs Office, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, in May 2001, and so on.

Ahmad Abdel-Wahab completed his Bachelors of Science in Computer Science, from the University of Maryland. During his college years in America, he memorized the Qur'an, with Tajweed and mastery under the guidance of his noble teacher, Shaykh Muhammad al-Raaee.
In the summer of 2005, he was accepted into the Islamic University of Madina, and upon arriving, he started his Bachelors of Arts in the College of Islamic Law. He benefited tremendously from the scholars who taught in the University, and he benefited even more studying Qur'an and the classical texts in the masjids from the scholars of Madina. He received an Ijaaza in Qur'an and Tajweed from his noble teacher, Shaykh Salaah Shabaana, a teacher of Qur'an in the Prophet's Masjid. Then he started reciting the Qur'an to the noble Shaykh, Ibrahim a-Akhdar, Shaykh al-Qurraa' of the Prophet's Masjid.
He studied the book 'Umdat al-Fiqh, by Ibn Qudaama under the guidance of his noble teacher, Shaykh Abdul-Khaliq Naaqru, one of the major students of Shaykh Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Mukhtaar ash-Shanqeetee and a professor of Fiqh in Madina and Jeddah. He also attended and benefited from the Fiqh classes given by the great scholar and Faqeeh, the noble Shaykh, Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Mukhtar ash-Shanqeetee, may Allah protect him.
Currently, he is teaching Qur'an and Tajweed in the Prophet's Masjid as well as Fiqh classes to beginner students of knowledge in Saudi Arabia and the United States.