Abdul Malik Mujahid
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Abdul Malik Mujahid is an American Muslim religious leader ("Imam" in Arabic), activist, film producer, and non-profit entrepreneur. He was born in Pakistan in 1951.
[edit] Accomplishments
As an Imam, he gives Friday sermons ("khutba" in Arabic) at various Chicago mosques and prayer locations.
In November 2009, the Board of Trustees of the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions elected him as chairman. His term is effective January 2010 [1].
From 2005-2008 he served as Chairman of the Council of the Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago(CIOGC)[2].
From 2005-2008 he served as Chairman of the Council of the Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago(CIOGC)[3].
He is the chairman of Sound Vision [4], which offers multimedia Islamic teaching materials . Sound Vision is one of the oldest (since 1988) Islamic multimedia companies in the United States [5]. He is the executive producer of Chicago's RadioIslam.com [6], a daily one hour (6 to 7 PM CST) talk program on WCEV 1450 AM [7].
He also serves as vice chair on the Board of trustees of the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions [8].
From 2005-2008 he served as Chairman of the Council of the Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago (CIOGC) [9]. In 2008 he served on the Credentials Committee of Democratic National Convention [10].
Imam Abdul Malik Mujahid is a founding member of a political organization called; Muslim Democrats [11]
He has previously served as National Coordinator of the Bosnia Task Force, a coalition of American Muslim organizations Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the similar Kosovo Task Force [12].
He has authored one book, "Conversion to Islam: Untouchables Strategy for Protest in India," which won the Outstanding Academic Book of the Year Award in 1990 from the American Library Association[13].
[edit] Namesake
People are occasionally confused with his namesake Abdul Malik Mujahid, a General Manager of Saudi-based Dar-us-Salam Publications [14]. They are unrelated to each other.
[edit] External links
Sound Vision website [15] Muslim Democrats website [16]
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