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Nihad Awad

Nihad Awad is National Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations

John Lewis (second from left) joins American civil rights campaigner Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife Coretta Scott King in a march from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital in Montgomery, March 30, 1965.

CAIR Exec: What American Muslims Can Do Today With Dr. King’s Lessons

Coordination is key

Coordination is key

A girl takes part in a vigil to commemorate victims of a mass shooting at the Pulse gay night club in Orlando, Fla., on June 12, 2016.

Muslim Leader: Homophobia and Islamophobia Are Connected Systems of Oppression

Americans cannot let criminals, terrorists and extremists divide us

Americans cannot let criminals, terrorists and extremists divide us

Republican presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) addresses the bombings in Brussels during remarks in Washington, D.C., on March 22, 2016.

CAIR: Ted Cruz’s Plan to Target ‘Muslim Neighborhoods’ Is Un-American

The Senator misunderstands both policy and peace

The Senator misunderstands both policy and peace

Black American civil rights leader Martin Luther King (1929 - 1968) addresses crowds during the March On Washington at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC, where he gave his 'I Have A Dream' speech

American Muslims Are Continuing Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy

'We demand that our nation live up to its own profession of values'

'We demand that our nation live up to its own profession of values'

Republican Presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson is seen at Barnes and Noble where he made an appearance to sign copies of his book A More Perfect Union: What We the People Can Do to Reclaim Our Constitutional Liberties in Miami, Fla., on Nov. 5, 2015.

Muslim Leader to Ben Carson: Extremists Are Our Enemies, Too

Comparing my group to terrorists is an act of fear, not strength

Comparing my group to terrorists is an act of fear, not strength

Militant Islamist fighters take part in a military parade along the streets of the northern Raqqa province in Syria, June 30, 2014.

ISIS Is Not Just Un-Islamic, It Is Anti-Islamic

If we want to stop ISIS, we must deny it any claim to represent Islam and s...

If we want to stop ISIS, we must deny it any claim to represent Islam and starve it of the fuel of injustice

Nihad Awad, a target of NSA surveillance

I Am a Muslim-American Leader, and the NSA Spied on Me

But I am not the threat—our country's surveillance program is

But I am not the threat—our country's surveillance program is