Biographies

 
 
  Speakers:
  Dr. Zuhdi Jasser - film narrator  
Dr. Jasser is the founder of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD). AIFD is a startup think tank that supports the expression of Islam as consistent with American democracy and the clear separation of religion and state. A devout practicing Muslim from Wisconsin, Jasser is the son of Muslim-Syrian immigrants. After medical school, Jasser served as a US Navy doctor. He was later an Attending Physician to the US Congress. Jasser has since been in the private practice of internal medicine and nuclear cardiology in Phoenix. He is the immediate-Past President of the Arizona Medical Association.
  Dr. Tawfik Hamid - Film interviewee
Tawfk Hamid was born in Egypt to a secular Muslim family. As a teenager Hamid joined Jammaa Islameia, a terrorist organization led then by Ayman al Zawahiri. Hamid was chosen to debate and criticize Christians. To fulfill this role he started to read the Bible and began to realize his fundamental disagreements with terrorism. Hamid began speaking regularly in mosques where he developed a peaceful understanding of Islam, compatible with human rights offered in Western society. Hamid is now a medical doctor who also holds degrees in psychology and education. In media interviews and at lectures at UCLA, Stanford and Georgetown University, Hamid speaks out against Jihadism. His most recent book is The Roots of Jihad.
 

Erik Werth - Co-Director
is an Emmy-nominated TV news producer and former advisor to senior government officials. He is the co-director and producer of Director at Co-Director/Producer at The Third Jihad and Obsesion and The Parcel ( currently in production) . He has also been a Producer/Writer at NeoMedia Productions; a consulting producer at MSNBC and a founder of the Digital Revolution Lab.

 
   
 

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