Shaykh Abdul Nasir Jangda was born and raised in Dallas, Texas and at the age of 10 began the road to knowledge by moving to Karachi, Pakistan, and memorizing the entire Qur’an in less than one year.

After graduating from high school, he continued his studies abroad at the renowned Jamia Binoria and graduated from its demanding seven year program in 2002 at the top of his class with numerous licenses to teach in various Islamic Sciences. Along with the Alim Course he concurrently completed a B.A. and M.A. in Arabic from Karachi University. He also obtained a Masters in Islamic Studies from the University of Sindh. He taught Arabic at the University of Texas at Arlington from 2005 to 2007. He served as the Imam at the Colleyville Masjid in the Dallas area for three years. He is a founding member and chairman of Mansfield Islamic Center.

He has served as an instructor and curriculum advisor to various Islamic schools and Islamic studies programs including Qalam Seminary for which he is the founder and director. His latest projects include Quran Intensive (a summer program focusing on Arabic grammar and Tafsir), Quranic analysis lectures, Khateeb Training, chronicling of the Prophetic Biography, and personally mentoring and teaching his students at the Qalam Seminary.

His light-hearted nature and southern warmth make him one of the most sought-after speakers on the international scene.

Br. Abdullah Omar received his Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from PETRONAS Technology University (UTP) in 2009. Upon his study completion, he joined the Raudhatus Sakinah (RS), a guiding and training center for adolescents in Malaysia and became the Operations Manager and certified trainer under Raudhatus Sakinah Master Training and Consultancy since then.

His interest in community work made him become well known to the public. Br. Abdullah Omar had talked in various media including a teen talk at IKIM.fm radio, Radio 24 BERNAMA talking about integrity, Hello On Two program by Malaysia TV2, Malaysia Hari Ini program by Malaysia TV3, and Sinar Harian newspaper.

Since 2010, Br. Abdullah Omar has attended more than 400 schools and colleges in Malaysia, reaching out nearly 100 000 students through RS events `Anda Bijak Jauhi Zina (ABJZ)`, a school/college program to promote students against adulteries. He was also the director of the event `Himpunan 1000 Jiwa 1 Hati` in Kuala Lumpur organized by RS for several years, an annual convention to gather all the ABJZ participants from all over Malaysia.

Ustadz Adi Hidayat, Lc, MA. studied Dirasat Islamiyyah at UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta and then continued his graduate studies abroad.

Ustadz Adi Hidayat is well known by his polite delivery, systematic lectures and the strength of his memorization.

Dr. Ahmed Taha is the founding president of the Champaign-Urbana Muslim American Society. He's also MAS-ICNA Program Director.

USTADZAH DEDEH Agustinah Lc. Parenting and family trainer from Indonesia. She graduated from Al-Azhar University, Egypt, with Bachelor Degree in Syariah. She is active as Fiqh counselor and family consultant at two Islamic Centers in Indonesia: Syariah Consultation Center in Jakarta and Family Home in Aceh. She is also the wife of Imam Fahmi Zubir.

USTADZ FAHMI ZUBIR , Lc. MA . He is currently Imam at IMAAM Center, Silver Spring, MD. He is originally from Indonesia and has been residing in Washington, DC area since 2013. He graduated from AlAzhar University, Egypt, with Bachelor Degree in Theology in 2000, and from Syiah Kuala University, Indonesia with Master Degree in Education Management. Imam Fahmi has many experiences in dakwah and religious training in Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirat, and Japan.

Dr. Hamed Ghazali has extensive experience in the field of Tarbiyah and issues related to work in classroom management. He holds a Ph.D. from the department of Curriculum and Instruction, Kansas State University. Dr. Ghazali worked as a Principal and Superintendent of several Islamic Schools.

BR. IFDAL YUSUF A young Qari (22 years old) who just graduated from University of Texas at Arlington in psychology. He also graduated from Bayyinah Institute in 2014. He studied Arabic under the guidance of the famous American Islamic cleric Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan and Ustadh Adam Jamal. Ifdal became a hafidz at a very young age of 14 years old, under the guidance of his teacher Qari Abdelkarim Edghouch. Ifdal regularly leads daily Solah at the Islamic Center of Irving, and also Taraweeh prayers during Ramadan in mosques throughout The United States. Ifdal is currently a senior at the University of Texas at Arlington, majoring in Clinical Psychology. In addition to being a student, Ifdal teaches Quran at Tanzeel Academy, at the Islamic Center of Irving (ICI).

Ustaz Ihsan Setiawan, Lc.MA is Graduated from Al-Azhar University - Egypt, with major in Hadith Usuluddin and Master from As Syafi'iyyah University in Jakarta. Currently he is the Imam of Masjid Al Hikmah New York. He is known as one of practitioner of bekam dan Ruqyah Syar'iyyah. Ustadz Ihsan has many experiences in dakwah and religious training in Indonesia, among other: Ketua LPPD Bidang Dakwah Yayasan As Syifa Al Khaeriyyah, Da'i for PKPU & IZI, Ketua MAPADI Kabupaten Subang, Ketua Komisi Dakwah IKADI Kabupaten Subang

Imam Mohamad Joban, MA is the current president of the Imam Fatwa Committee in Washington State, an instructor of Internet Islamic University, is a full time imam at Masjid Ar-Rahmah (MAPS). Residing in Redmond with his wife and twins as well as the Muslim chaplain for the Department of Corrections in Washington. Before coming to Redmond, he was a full time imam of the Islamic Center of Olympia. He has a BA in Arabic from the Islamic University in Jakarta, Indonesia and a BA in Theology, Islamic Call and Culture and an MA in Islamic Studies from the prestigious University of Al-Azhar in Cairo.

Mohamed Herbert is the youth director and assistant imam at Tulsa Oklahoma and a graduate of the Qalam Aalimiyyah program.

Chairman of Gabungan Dakwah Malaysia (GDM) as well as Hidayah Centre Foundation (HCF)

Nadeem Siddiqi serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Business Manager, and Community Educator at The Family and Youth Institute. He holds a PhD in Finance from York University, a Master's in Statistics from McMaster University, and a Bachelor's in Actuarial Science from The University of Toronto. He has served as Senior Vice President at LaSalle Bank/ABN AMRO, Bank of America, JP Morgan, Guidance Financial and taught MBA students at the Schulich School of Business at York University.

Dr. Siddiqi is a trained marriage educator and has been a youth mentor and trainer for the Muslim Students' Association and the Muslim American Society. He has been extensively involved in community organizing at both the local and national levels for over 25 years and most recently served as the National Chairman of the Muslim American Society (2012-2016).

Prof Najibah specializes in family related laws, and women`s rights and she teaches these courses at the graduate level. She was a visiting fellow at the National University of Singapore and Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, University of Oxford in 2005 and 2010-2011 respectively. Prof Najibah has written articles and chapters in books on various family law issues and Shariah related laws published by various local and international refereed journals. She has edited a few books on family and procedural law. She occasionally writes in local newspaper and has been given a column in KOSMO on women and Shariah.

Prof Najibah serves various governmental and non-governmental agencies as committee members. She is a member of Shariah committees in Attorney General Chamber; a committee member on Practice Direction Shariah Judiciary of Malaysia; a panel member of Disciplinary Committee, Bar Council for several years; research committee with IKIM on harmonization of law; an expert panel on Shariah law and Siyasah Shariyyah Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka. She has served Kulliyyah of Laws as Deputy Dean for Academic; Deputy Dean for Postgraduate and Research, and Head, Department of Islamic law.

Prof Najibah is presently working as a full time professor at Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws, International Islamic University Malaysia and a member of the Council of Professors of the University. She involves in social activities in organizing legal literacy programmes for local community under AIKOL legal aid platform or NGOs. She is one of the advisors to AIKOL Legal Aid Clinic and Chairman of Raudhatul Sakinah Berhad, a guiding and training centre for adolescents.

USTADZAH RITA PRITARINI. Ustazah Rita, well known among IMSA and MISG sisters, was two term president of IMSA Sister for 2007-2010 and has been leading halaqahs among sisters in US and Canada. She is a hafidzah and a mother of three daughters who are hafidzahs as well. She started her Islamic education by attending Al Ikhlas Islamic boarding school from middle school to high school in Taliwang, Sumbawa and later obtained two undergraduate degrees at the same time, in Quranic Exegesis and Prophet Traditions at the State Islamic University of Syarif Hidayatullah and Arabic Literature at the University of Indonesia, both in Jakarta. Currently she teaches Islamic Studies at Al Salam Day school in Ballwin, Missouri.

Sr. Rosmawati Zainal is an expert in teenagers and family issues and counselling, as well as general da`wah to the Muslim reverts and non-Muslim. She is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Raudhatus Sakinah (RS), a guiding and training center for adolescents in Malaysia. She is also part of the board of directors for Raudhatus Sakinah.

Well known as Ummiroses, Sr. Rosmawati has been in the media sharing about various related topics countless times such as local magazines (Wanita, Al-Islam, Anis, Keluarga, Nona), newspapers (Utusan Malaysia , Berita Harian, Sinar Harian, Kosmo), radios (Salam.FM, IKIM, Radio 24 BERNAMA, Wanita FM, Sinar FM, KoolFM) and television programs (ASTRO, TV9, RTM, TV3, Al-Hijrah). Used to be a speaker at Muktamar MISG-IMSA in 2008, she was a leader, thinker and panelist in many workshops about community services, parenting, and volunteerism, as well as awareness and prevention campaigns and events organized by private and government institutions including Malaysian universities, hospitals, The Institute of Islamic Understanding Malaysia (IKIM), Jabatan Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan (JAWI), The National Population and Family Development Board (LPPKN), and many others.

With her motto, `do the best all the time`, Sr. Rosmawati is tirelessly working with Raudhatus Sakinah, Hidayah Centre (a center for new Muslims and non Muslims to learn Islam), Rumah Puteri Arafiah (a shelter for adolescence females who have high-risk behaviors), and Malaysian Expressive Art Therapy (MEATA). She is an author of the book `Kutemui Jalan Pulang` (2007), an anthology of true stories of Raudhatus Sakinah students.

Sameera Ahmed, is the Director of The Family and Youth Institute. She holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology from Fairleigh Dickinson University, a Master's in Biology from Bowling Green State University, and Bachelor's from the University of Michigan. She also serves as Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Wayne State University, an Associate Editor for the Journal of Muslim Mental Health, and has a private clinical practice in Canton, MI.

Her areas of interest include: risk behaviors and protective factors of Muslim adolescents and young adults; promoting culturally and religiously meaningful psychotherapy; and skills based parenting and marital interventions to strengthen families. Dr. Ahmed has published numerous journal articles, book chapters, and is the Co-editor of the book, "Counseling Muslims: Handbook of Mental Health Issues and Interventions." She speaks nationally and has been invited as a subject matter expert, to events organized by the White House, Health and Human Services (HHS), Substance Abuse Mental Health Service Administration (SAMHSA), and Department of Education (DOE).

Dr. Ahmed has also been a community organizer at both the grassroots and national levels for more than 25 years, primarily focusing her energies around American Muslim youth development, marriage preparation, and parenting. She currently serves on the Muslim American Society (MAS) National Board of Trustees.

Imam Shamsi Ali, Phd is a prominent Muslim Scholar known for promoting interfaith dialogues among Abrahamic Religions in United States and the Director of Jamaica Muslim Center in Jamaica, Queens, New York City. The president of Nusantara Foundation, a community based operating and non-profit organization in New York that is established, publicly supported, operated by, and for the benefit of Indonesian culture
The Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the ASEAN Muslim Federation of North America. He also serves as the Vice President of the Asian-American Coalition USA (AAC-USA) and its UN Representative and as an Advisory Board member to numerous interfaith organizations, including the Tanenbaum Center and Federation for Middle East Peace.
In interfaith organizations, Imam Ali serves as a Board member for the Partnership of Faith in NY, and co-founder of the UNCC (Universal Clergy Coalition-International). Furthermore, he is also Assistant Director and a Board member of the Muslim Foundation of America, Inc., and Chairman of the annual Muslim Day Parade in NYC.
A few days after the events of 11 September 2001, New York City chose him to represent the Muslim community to visit the scene, where he met President George W. Bush.[7] He also recited a prayer at the memorial service for the September 11th victims at Yankee stadium in the Bronx.
In 2002, Ali was appointed "Ambassador for Peace" by the International Religious Federation, and a recipient of ICLI Interfaith Award in 2008. Ali was chosen as one of the seven most influential religious leaders in New York City by New York Magazine in 2006
Edications
He completed his undergraduate in Tafseer at International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan in 1992 and continued his master at the same university in the field of Comparative Religion in 1994. Earned Ph.D in Political Science from Southern California University in 2003.[3][4] Besides Indonesian as his Native Language and Buginese language as his mother-tongue, Ali is also fluent in Arabic, English, and Urdu.
Writings and Publications
Ali has written many articles, given speeches and initiated dialogues with various religious leaders about the importance of dialogues among Muslims, Christians, Jews and other religious groups toward peace. He has made countless appearances on TV (ABC, PBS, BBC World, CNN, Fox News, National Geographic, al-Jazeera, the Hallmark Channel, TV One and more) condemn terrorism, radicalism, anti-Semitism and to promote peaceful Islam.
Ali has authored four books: Dai muda di New York City (A Young Dai in New York City),[16] The True Love in America; 29 Kisah Mualaf Amerika (The True Love in America: 29 stories of Muallaf in America),[17] Menebar Damai di Bumi Barat (Spreading Peace in Western World).[18] The former US president Bill Clinton gave a foreword to his fourth book, a memoir, entitled Sons Of Abraham: A Candid Conversation about the Issues That Divide and Unite Jews and Muslims which he co-authored with Marc Schneier, a Jewish rabbi who is also his close friend.[

Pursuing her studies in Electrical Engineering from Ohio University during the 1980s, Sr. Yusnani fell in love with education and volunteering as she was part of a team volunteering at the Islamic Sunday School on campus. She was also involved with activities organized by the then Malaysian Islamic Study Group (MISG) of USA & Canada and ISNA. She was appointed as the MISG Assistant Head, Women's Wing 1985 and the Women's Wing of Region 8 in 1986.

Returning home in 1987, she further her studies in Early Childhood Education. She taught at numerous preschools in the Klang Valley and Kerteh, Terengganu. In 1998 she was offered to lead the Raudhatus Sakinah Institution (RS), a center for shelters and rehabilitation of adolescents affected by social ill across Malaysia.