Abdul Malik Mujahid

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Abdul Malik Mujahid is an American Muslim religious leader, activist, film producer, and non-profit entrepreneur.

Mujahid was born in Pakistan, but emigrated to the U.S. in 1981, and received a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Chicago.[1] He is an imam at three Chicago mosques. He is currently chairperson of the Council of the Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago (CIOGC).[2]

Mujahid is the founder and the president of the Sound Vision Foundation, which offers multimedia Islamic teaching materials.[3] Sound Vision is the oldest (since 1988) and largest Islamic multimedia company in the United States, whose most popular product is the Adam's World children's video series. Sound Vision Foundation is the majority owner of Soundvision.com, a for-profit video production arm. The Foundation has a second office in Toronto. ^[1] As a friend of Yusuf Islam, the singer formerly known as Cat Stevens, Mujahid was instrumental in persuading Islam to record his 1995 album The Life of the Last Prophet, originally released by Sound Vision, and urged him to record songs speaking about Islam to Americans after Islam's deportation in 2004.[4]

He is a founder of Chicago's Radio Islam, a daily syndicated talk program on Islamic matters. He has previously served as National Coordinator of the Bosnia Task Force, a relief organization for Bosnia-Herzegovina, and the similar Kosovo Task Force.

He has produced more than 40 educational programs and written extensively on matters regarding Islam. In 1990, his book, "Conversion to Islam: Untouchables Strategy for Protest in India," won the Outstanding Academic Book of the Year Award from the American Library Association.[5] and remains widely cited today. (He should not be confused with a Saudi author of the same name.)

Mujahid is also on the Board of Directors of the Council for a Parliament of the World's Religions.[6]