The Minaret of Freedom Institute, based in Bethesda, Md., conducts independent scholarly research into issues involving Islam in the U.S. and policy issues affecting Muslim countries. The institute’s emphasis is on Islam, freedom and free markets, and the political and economic implications of Islamic law.

Cecilia Elena Rouse is a professor of economics and public affairs and dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University.

Pastor John C. Hagee is the founder and senior pastor of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas, and the founder and president of John Hagee Ministries.

George Mamo is the executive vice president of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews and executive director of Stand for Israel, an IFCJ project.

The Cato Institute is a public policy research organization dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, limited government, free markets and peace.

Steve Strang is the founder and CEO of Charisma Media (formerly Strang Communications).

Rabbi Eric Yoffie is the president emeritus of the Union for Reform Judaism.

David Klinghoffer is a senior fellow at the Discovery Institute and the editor of Evolution News & Views.

Rabbi Yechiel Z. Eckstein is founder and president of the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. In 2005, Eckstein was appointed Goodwill Ambassador to the State of Israel. Contact through Tönya Derrickson.