Omar Suleiman
The Imam Dr. Omar Suleiman is a world renowned scholar and theologically driven activist for human rights. He is the Founder and President of the Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research, and an adjunct professor of Islamic Studies in the Graduate Liberal Studies program at Southern Methodist University. He's also the resident scholar of the Valley Ranch Islamic Center and Co-Chair Emeritus of Faith Forward Dallas at Thanks-Giving Square, a multi-faith coalition of clergy for peace and justice. In addition to being recognized by CNN as one of 25 Muslim American changemakers, Suleiman is included in The Muslim 500 - an annual ranking of the world's most influential Muslims compiled by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre. In 2019, the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University and Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives recognized Suleiman among 200 honorees who embody the legacy of the abolitionist’s commitment to social change. He is a native of New Orleans, and currently resides in Dallas with his wife and 3 children.

Quelling the obsession with burning the Quran

India’s Hindu nationalism is exporting its Islamophobia

The world needs to make China pay for its maltreatment of the Uyghurs

Why I oppose the Abraham Accords

India’s insult of the Prophet Muhammad is a sign of deeper Islamophobia

Fortitude through faith: The Muslim pandemic experience

The world united to pray to save the boy in the well. Why not children who die in war?

11 hours of prayer and solidarity at the Colleyville synagogue standoff

Even Congress can agree that we need to stop Uyghur genocide. Why can’t Elon Musk?

Still brothers: Making sense of the Malcolm and Ali split

The last casualty of 9/11: Speaking up for Muslim political prisoners

Why is Islamophobia wrong at home and acceptable against Palestinians?

Malcolm X’s moral courage and the challenge of Palestine

Ramadan fasting isn’t about hunger. It’s about living mindfully.
