Continental Conference 2012 Speakers

Dr. Omar Mahmood

 

Imam Suhaib Webb

 

Shaykh Omar Sulaiman

 

Yasmin Mogahed

Yasmin Mogahed received her B.S. Degree in Psychology and her Masters in Journalism and Mass Communications from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After completing her graduate work, she taught Islamic Studies and served as the Sisters’ Youth Director for the Islamic Society of Milwaukee. She also worked as a writing instructor for Cardinal Stritch University, and a staff columnist for the Islam section of InFocus News.

Currently she’s an instructor for New Dawn Institute, a writer for the Huffington Post, and an internationally published author, where she focuses most of her work on spiritual and personal development. Yasmin has just published her new book, Reclaim Your Heart, which is now available worldwide. Tune intoSerenity, her show on One Legacy Radio, Monday thru Friday at 11:00 am PST (6 pm GMT), as she discusses questions on faith, spirituality and relationships from an Islamic spiritual lens. Visit her website, yasminmogahed.com, where you can find a collection of her articles, poetry, and lectures.

 

Imam Khalid Latif

Imam Khalid Latif was appointed the first Muslim chaplain at NYU in 2005 where he began to initiate his vision for a pluralistic future on and off campus for American Muslims. He was also appointed the first Muslim chaplain at Princeton University in 2006. Spending a year commuting between these two excellent institutions, he finally decided to commit full-time to New York University’s Islamic Center where his position was officially institutionalized in the spring of 2007. Under his leadership, the Islamic Center at NYU became the first ever established Muslim student center at an institution of higher education in the United States. Imam Latif’s exceptional dedication and ability to cross interfaith and cultural lines on a daily basis brought him recognition throughout the city, so much so that in 2007 Mayor Michael Bloomberg nominated Imam Latif to become the youngest chaplain in history of the New York City Police Department at the age of 24.