Muslim Youth and Women in the West: Source of Concern or Source of Hope?

Appendix II: List of Participants

Lina Abduljawad, student representative, Qatar Foundation (United States)

Fareena Alam, Editor, Q—News (United Kingdom)

Mina Al–Oraibi, Current Affairs Journalist, Asharq Al–Awsat (United Kingdom)

Andreas Als¿e, Head of Section, Integration Policy Division, Ministry of Refugee, Immigration, and Integration Affairs (Denmark)

Salah Al–Wahibi, Secretary General, World Assembly of Muslim Youth (Saudi Arabia)

Mojtaba Amiri Vahid, Minister Counselor and Deputy Permanent Observer of the Organization of the Islamic Conference to the United Nations in Geneva

Elena Arigita, Research Coordinator, Casa Árabe and the International Institute of Arab and Muslim World Studies (Spain)

Mohamed Baba, Cofounder and Managing Partner, MEX–IT Intercultural Management (The Netherlands)

Rabin Baldewsingh, Deputy Mayor, the Hague (The Netherlands)

Randy Beardsworth, Vice President, Human Capital and Corporate Communication Strategies, Analytic Services Inc., former Assistant Secretary, Policy, Planning, and International Affairs Directorate, Department of Homeland Security (United States)

Coskun Beyazgül, President, Belgian Muslim Executive Office

Sophie Body–Gendrot, Director, Center for Urban Studies, the Sorbonne (France)

Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, Secretary General, Organization for Security and Co–operation in Europe (OSCE)

Abdelmajid Charfi, Professor Emeritus of Arab Civilization and Islamic Thought, University of Tunis (Tunisia)

Rudolph Chimelli, Journalist, Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany)

Reefat Drabu, Chair, Muslim Council of Britain’s Social and Family Affairs Committee (United Kingdom)

José Mar’a Ferré de la Peña, Special Ambassador for Relations with Muslim Communities and Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Spain)

Hans G. Gnodtke, Commissioner for Dialogue with the Islamic World and Dialogue Among Civilizations, Federal Foreign Office (Germany)

Farid Hafez, Muslim Youth of Austria

Roger Hardy, Middle East and Islamic Affairs Analyst, BBC World Service (United Kingdom)

Bas Heijne, Journalist, NRC Handelsblad (The Netherlands)

Karen Hopkins, President of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and member, Board of Regents of the Department of Education in New York City (United States)

Shireen Hunter, Visiting Scholar, Center for Muslim–Christian Understanding, Georgetown University (United States)

Aziz Huq, Director, Liberty and National Security Project, Brennan Center for Justice, New York University School of Law (United States)

Rikke Hvilshøj, Minister of Refugee, Immigration, and Integration Affairs (Denmark)

Kamel Kabtane, Rector, Grand Mosque of Lyon (France)

Haci Karacaer, Managing Director, Foundation Marhaba, Centre for Islam, Culture, and Encounter (The Netherlands)

Humera Khan, Trustee, An–Nisa Society (United Kingdom)

Birol Kilic, Publisher, Yeni Vatan (Austria)

Henriette Korf, Analyst, Security Intelligence Service, Center for Terrorism Analysis (Denmark)

Edward Mortimer, Senior Vice President and Chief Program Officer, Salzburg Global Seminar (Austria)

Mathias Mossberg, Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Sweden)

Wael Mousfar, President, Arab Muslim American Federation (United States)

Hadia Mubarak, Senior Researcher, Georgetown University and the Gallup Organization (United States)

Zarqa Nawaz, Filmmaker, FUNdamentalist Films (Canada)

Farhan Nizami, Director, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (United Kingdom)

Zsolt Nyiri, Regional Research Director for Europe, the Gallup Organization (United States)

Farah Pandith, Senior Adviser on Muslim Engagement, Department of State (United States)

Ceri Peach, Professor of Social Geography, Oxford University (United Kingdom)

Abdul Wahid Pedersen, Foreign Relations Manager, Muslim Council of Denmark

Jane Perlez, Correspondent, New York Times (United States)

Ursula Plassnik, Federal Minister for European and International Affairs (Austria)

Hassan Qazwini, Imam and head of the Islamic Center of America (United States)

Naheed Qureshi, Board Member, Muslim Advocates (United States)

Tariq Ramadan, Professor of Islamic Studies, St Antony’s College, Oxford University (United Kingdom), and Visiting Professor, Erasmus University in Rotterdam (The Netherlands)

Iqbal Riza, Special Adviser to the United Nations Secretary–General on the Alliance of Civilizations

Michael Rolince, Senior Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton, and former Special Agent in Charge of the Washington Field Office’s Counterterrorism Division, FBI (United States)

Shamit Saggar, Professor of Political Science, University of Sussex, and former Senior Policy Adviser to the Prime Minister (United Kingdom)

Martin Schain, Professor of Politics, New York University (United States)

Heinz Schaden, Mayor, Salzburg (Austria)

Ralph Scheide, Deputy Director General for Political Affairs and Director of the Near and Middle East Department and Africa, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs (Austria)

Susan Scholefield, Director General for Equalities, Department of Communities and Local Government (United Kingdom)

Kurt Seinitz, Foreign Editor, Kronen Zeitung (Austria)

Adeela Shabazz, Trustee, Forum Against Islamophobia and Racism (United Kingdom)

Haroon Siddiqui, Editorial Page Editor Emeritus, Toronto Star (Canada)

Vincent Tiberj, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Political Research at Paris Institut des Sciences Politiques (France)

Ahmed Turkstani, Professor, Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University (Saudi Arabia)

Shaarik Zafar, Senior Policy Adviser, Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Department of Homeland Security (United States)

Observers

Fareed Alkhotani, Director, Islamic Center in Vienna (Austria)

Abduljaleel Lahmanate, Consultant to Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al–Missned (Qatar)

Abdul–Rehman Malik, Contributing Editor, Q–News (United Kingdom)

Hugo Østergaard–Andersen, Ambassador, Embassy of Denmark in Austria

Marietje Schaake, Diversity Dialogues, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and the American Embassy in the Hague (The Netherlands)

Staff

Mustapha Tlili, Founder and Director, New York University Center for Dialogues: Islamic World–U.S.–The West (United States)

Shaanti Kapila, Assistant Director, New York University Center for Dialogues: Islamic World–U.S.–The West (United States)

Nyasa Hickey, Program Assistant, New York University Center for Dialogues: Islamic World–U.S.–The West (United States)

Salimah Hadi, Intern, New York University Center for Dialogues: Islamic World–U.S.–The West (United States)

Claudia Rivera Bohn, Consultant (Brazil)

Andrea Stanton, Consultant (United States)

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