List of North American Muslims
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This page is an incomplete list of notable people from North America who are Muslims.
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[edit] Government/politics
- Zalmay Khalilzad - Current US Ambassador to Iraq. Former US Ambassador to Afghanistan<ref>[1]</ref>
- Malcolm X - Human rights leader, Black nationalist<ref>[2]</ref>
- Keith Ellison - Minnesota House of Representatives
- Mohamed Khairullah - current Mayor of Prospect Park, NJ
- Ibrahim Hooper - National Communications Director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
- James Yee - former US Army chaplain with the rank of Captain<ref>http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2004-05-16-yee-cover_x.htm</ref>
- Dr. Robert D. Crane - former foreign policy advisor, author<ref>http://www.islamonline.net/livedialogue/english/Guestcv.asp?hGuestID=gTlc0C</ref>
[edit] Religious Leaders
- Umar Faruq Abd-Allah - Muslim scholar<ref>[3]</ref>
- Jamal Badawi - Muslim scholar<ref>[4]</ref>
- Yusuf Estes - Muslim scholar<ref>[5]</ref>
- Sherman Jackson - Muslim scholar<ref>[6]</ref>
- Ingrid Mattson - Muslim scholar<ref>[7]</ref>
- Warith Deen Muhammad - Muslim scholar<ref>[8]</ref>
- Zaid Shakir - Muslim scholar<ref>[9]</ref>
- Sadullah Khan - Muslim scholar<ref>[10]</ref>
- Siraj Wahaj - Muslim scholar<ref>[11]</ref>
- Hamza Yusuf - Muslim scholar<ref>[12]</ref>
- Rashad Khalifa - Muslim scholar who founded United Submitters International<ref>[13]</ref>
- H. Rap Brown (aka Jamil Abdullah al-Amin)
- Marmaduke Pickthall - journalist, novelist, scholar, translator of the Qur'an
- Omar Ibn Said - scholar
- Alexander Russell Webb - scholar, journalist, da'ee
- Gary Miller (Abdul-Ahad Omar) - scholar
- Khalid Griggs - Imam, community activist, teacher <ref>http://www.islamicinvitationcentre.com/speakers/Khalid_Griggs.html</ref>
- Aminah Assilmi - scholar, activist, former journalist
- Dr. Jerald F. Dirks - scholar, author, former minister<ref>http://welcome-back.org/profile/dirks1.shtml</ref>
[edit] Journalists/Authors
- Yahiya Emerick - author<ref>[14]</ref>
- Jeffrey Lang - author, professor<ref>[15]</ref>
- Stephen Schwartz - journalist<ref>[16]</ref>
- Michael Wolfe - journalist<ref>[17]</ref>
- Fareed Zakaria - head of Newsweek International
- Haroon Siddiqui - Canadian newspaper journalist, columnist and a former editor of the Toronto Star
- Maryam Jameelah (born Margaret Marcus) - essayist, poet, journalist and author
- Erik Winkel - author, scholar<ref>http://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/biographies/winkel_eric_abu_munir/</ref>
- L. Ali Khan - author, legal scholar, professor of law
[edit] Business
- Kenan Sahin - software engineer, wealthiest American Muslim
- Haitham Alfuqahaa - CEO LUNA Industries
- Mansoor Ijaz - Investment management
- Safi Qureshey - Cofounder and former CEO of AST Research
- Farooq Kathwari - CEO and President of Ethan Allen Interiors Inc.
- Abdul Malik Mujahid - President of Sound Vision and community activist<ref>http://www.ciogc.org/shuraDetailP1.html?profileId=21</ref>
[edit] Science
- Fazlur Khan - structural engineer (designed the Sears Tower, John Hancock Center)<ref>http://www.fazlurrkhan.com/</ref>
- Ahmed H. Zewail - chemist and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
[edit] Entertainment
- Shohreh Aghdashloo (1952 - ) Academy Award-nominated Iranian-born actress<ref name="shohreh">Stanley, John. "'Nativity' Revisited", San Francisco Chronicle, 2006-11-26. Retrieved on 2006-11-25.</ref>
- Dawud Wharnsby Ali - Canadian singer-songwriter, poet<ref>http://www.wharnsby.com/</ref>
- Lewis Arquette - film actor, writer and producer
- Art Blakey - American jazz drummer and bandleader
- Dave Chappelle - comedian<ref> [18] [19]</ref>
- Ice Cube - actor/rapper<ref>[20]</ref><ref>
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- Everlast - singer-songwriter
- Lupe Fiasco - Rapper<ref>
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- Freeway - Rapper
- Yasmeen Ghauri - supermodel[citation needed]
- Jermaine Jackson - singer, bass guitarist
- Akon - rapper
- Jawad Jafry - director and creator of Adam's World<ref>http://www.soundvision.com/Info/adam/jawad.asp</ref>
- Ahmad Jamal - Jazz pianist
- Mos Def - rapper, actor
- Q-Tip (rapper) - rapper
- Idris Muhammad - Jazz drummer
- Mutah Wassin Shabazz Beale (Napoleon) - Rapper
- Azhar Usman - standup comedian
- Beanie Sigel - rapper
[edit] Sports
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar - basketball player<ref>[23]</ref>
- Shareef Abdur-Rahim - NBA, Sacramento Kings<ref>[24]</ref>
- Muhammad Ali - boxer<ref>[25]</ref>
- Laila Ali - boxer, daughter of Muhammad Ali
- Hakeem Olajuwon - basketball player<ref>[26]</ref>
- Hasim Rahman -- boxer
- Nazr Mohammed -- basketball
- Hedo Turkoglu -- basketball
- Bernard Hopkins -- boxer
- Mehmet Okur -- basketball
[edit] Alleged & Convicted Terrorists
- Hasan Akbar - convicted of premeditated murder in grenade attack on fellow soldiers.<ref>[27]</ref>
- Hesham Mohamed Hadayet - Egyptian-American who killed 2 people at the El Al counter at Los Angeles International Airport<ref>[28]</ref>
- Mir Aimal Kansi - Pakistani-American convicted and executed for the shootings at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters.<ref>[29]</ref>
- John Walker Lindh - American captured in Afghanistan<ref>[30]</ref>
- Brandon Mayfield - Wrongly accused attorney from Washington County, Oregon. <ref>Wrongly accused man settles bomb suit - news.yahoo.com</ref>
- José Padilla - accused terrorist and litigant before the United States Supreme Court<ref>[31]</ref>
[edit] Footnotes
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