Dr. M. Zuhdi Jasser

M. Zuhdi Jasser, M.D., is the founder and president of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD). A devout Muslim, Dr. Jasser founded AIFD in the wake of the 9/11 attacks on the United States as an effort to provide an American Muslim voice advocating for the preservation of the founding principles of the United States Constitution, liberty and freedom, and the separation of mosque and state. Dr. Jasser earned his medical degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin and served eleven years as a medical officer in the U.S. Navy. A respected physician, Dr. Jasser is currently in private practice in Phoenix, Arizona, specializing in internal medicine and nuclear cardiology. He is the former president of the Arizona Medical Association. Dr. Jasser is also actively involved in the Syrian-American community as the founder of Save Syria Now! and the Chairman of the Syrian Democracy Council. A nationally recognized expert in the contest of ideas against political Islam and American Islamist organizations, Dr. Jasser has been featured frequently in the media, including in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Times, the New York Post, and on CNN, CBS, Fox News Channel, MSNBC and BBC. He is featured in four documentaries: America at Risk, Islam vs. Islamists, A Question of Honor and The Third Jihad.