Dalia Mogahed is Executive Director of the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies. She co-authored Who Speaks for Islam? What a Billion Muslims Really Think. She also serves on the White House Advisory Council on Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.

Blog Entries by Dalia Mogahed

Who Speaks for Islam?

Posted October 24, 2009 | 02:16 PM (EST)


At the invitation of the Egyptian media, I attended President Obama's June 4th speech in Cairo and witnessed first-hand its impact on the audience. President Obama finished to a standing ovation, was interrupted more than 40 times with applause, and exited an auditorium of people chanting "O-Bah-Mah." The President electrified...

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