Imad-​ad-​Dean Ahmed

Imad-​ad-​Dean Ahmed is the president of the Minaret of Freedom Institute, a think tank, and the Islamic-​American Zakat Foundation, a religious and charitable organization serving poor Muslims in the United States. He was born at sea to Palestinian refugee parents, raised in America, and holds a Ph.D. in astronomy and astrophysics from the University of Arizona. Dr. Ahmed is the author of Signs in the Heavens: A Muslim Astronomer’s Perspective on Religion and Science and Islamic Rules of Order.