Zuhdi Jasser

Mohamed Zuhdi Jasser
Jasser at the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference
Born (1967-11-17) November 17, 1967 (age 56)
Canton, Ohio, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (BSc)
Medical College of Wisconsin (MD)
Occupation(s)Medical doctor – internist and nuclear cardiologist
Organization(s)President and founder, American Islamic Forum for Democracy
Known forAmerican Muslim activist for "separation of mosque and state" and against the ideology of "political Islam"
Children3
AwardsMeritorious Service Medal
Defender of the Home Front
Websiteaifdemocracy.org

Mohamed Zuhdi Jasser (Arabic: محمد زهدي جاسر; born November 17, 1967) is an American religious and political commentator and physician specializing in internal medicine and nuclear cardiology in Phoenix, Arizona.[1] Jasser is a former lieutenant commander in the United States Navy,[2] where he served as staff internist in the Office of the Attending Physician of the United States Congress.[3] In 2003, with a group of American Muslims, Jasser founded the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD) based in Phoenix, Arizona,[4][5] and in 2004 he was one of the founders of the Center for Islamic Pluralism.[6]

In March 2012, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) appointed Jasser to serve a two-year term on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.[7]

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  5. ^ Security, United States Congress House Committee on Homeland (2012). Compilation of Hearings on Islamist Radicalization: Hearings Before the Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, First Session, March 10, June 15, and July 27, 2011. U.S. Government Printing Office. ISBN 978-0-16-090452-3.
  6. ^ "About Us". Center for Islamic Pluralism. Archived from the original on January 21, 2015. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
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