2022 Cincy & Dayton Banquet Speakers

2022 Cincy & Dayton Annual Banquet

The Speakers


Keynote

Dalia Mogahed

Scholar & Researcher

Dalia Mogahed is a researcher, pollster, author, advisor and consultant who studies Muslim communities. As director of research at the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, Dalia Mogahed keeps her finger on the pulse of the Muslim world. She served on Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships in 2009, advising the president on how faith-based organizations can help government solve persistent social problems.

Mogahed is former Executive Director of the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies, a non-partisan research center that provided data and analysis to reflect the views of Muslims all over the world. She and John Esposito co-authored the book Who Speaks For Islam?: What a Billion Muslims Really Think, based on 6 years of research and more than 50,000 interviews representing Muslims in more than 35 predominantly Muslim countries. Accounting for more than 90% of the world’s Muslim community, this poll is the largest, most comprehensive study of its kind.
Mogahed later appeared as a commentator in the award-winning, PBS-broadcast documentary Inside Islam: What a Billion Muslims Really Think (2010), which was based on her and Esposito’s book and produced by Unity Productions Foundation.

Motivational

Altaf Husain, MSW, PhD

Vice President, Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research

Altaf Husain is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, and a double alumnus of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, having earned his B.S. in Biomedical Engineering and his M.S. in Social Work. He received his Ph.D. in Social Work from Howard University in Washington, D.C. Dr. Husain’s research interests include the mental health and integration of immigrant and refugee families, and especially Muslim adolescents, in the United States. He serves as founding Vice President of the Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research and an advisory board member of the Peaceful Families Project -dedicated to the prevention of domestic violence.

His past service to the community includes serving as a two-term national president of the Muslim Students Association (MSA National), an executive committee member of the Muslim Alliance in North America (MANA) and Vice President of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA). Dr. Husain and his family live in Northern Virginia.

Emcee

Alauddin Alauddin

Community Leader, Founder & President of The360Muslim.com

Alauddin Alauddin has been a resident of Ohio for over 15 years and has served as a community leader within various organizations in the area.

As the Founder and President of The360Muslim.com, Alauddin uses coaching, facilitation, and mediation techniques to guide individuals and families towards a life of purpose and accomplishment. He is also the Vice President of Muslim Family Services of Ohio, a Columbus, Ohio based social service organization, governed by Islamic principles, that strives to help families in crisis, such as the displaced or homeless and women in abusive situations.