Zuhdi Jasser
Mohamed Zuhdi Jasser | |
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Jasser at the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference | |
| Born | November 17, 1967 Canton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (BSc) Medical College of Wisconsin (MD) |
| Occupation(s) | Medical doctor – internist and nuclear cardiologist |
| Organization(s) | President and founder, American Islamic Forum for Democracy |
| Known for | American Muslim activist for "separation of mosque and state" and against the ideology of "political Islam" |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards | Meritorious Service Medal Defender of the Home Front |
| Website | aifdemocracy |
Mohamed Zuhdi Jasser (Arabic: محمد زهدي جاسر; born November 17, 1967) is an American religious and political commentator and physician specializing in internal medicine and nuclear cardiology in Phoenix, Arizona. Jasser is a former Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy, where he served as staff internist in the Office of the Attending Physician of the United States Congress. In 2003, with a group of American Muslims, Jasser founded the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD) based in Phoenix, Arizona, and in 2004 he was one of the founders of the Center for Islamic Pluralism.
In March 2012, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) appointed Jasser to serve a two-year term on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.