Mahdi Bray

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Mahdi Bray
Religious beliefs Sunni Islam

Mahdi Bray (born June 10, 1950) is a long time American human and civil rights activist that is currently serving as the Executive Director of the Muslim American Society's Freedom Foundation (MAS Freedom) based in Washington, D.C. He also served on the Board of Directors of the Interfaith Alliance, the National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice and is a National Co-convener of Religions for Peace - USA. He is a Washington, DC television and radio talk show host has appeared on CBS News, Fox News, MSNBC, CNN, C-SPAN, Aljazeera and many TV and radio talk shows. He has served as a major consultant and a political adviser to various Washington-based political and advocacy groups and to several national, state, and local political campaigns. He was also a principle organizer for the "No War on Iraq" movement and have led peace missions in Bosnia, East Africa and Darfur as well as served as a liaison between the President’s White House Faith-Based Initiative Program (which he opposed) and congressional affairs on behalf of the Muslim Community. He's also the author of The Mosque Voter’s Guide and The Political Guide for Mosque Activists.