Experts
Dalia Mogahed
Executive Director of Muslim Studies, Gallup
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Mogahed on mutually negative perceptions. Read More
November 19, 2007 | In Belief, Politics & Policy
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Whom would you like to interview and what would you ask?
How did Nelson Mandela find such spirit and such strength? Read More
November 19, 2007 | In Inspiration & Wisdom
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How will this age be remembered?
Today is an age of asymmetrical warfare. Read More
November 19, 2007 | In Inspiration & Wisdom
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Is there a demographic crisis in the Middle East?
Mogahed on the so-called "youth bulge." Read More
November 19, 2007 | In Belief
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What does it mean to be a Muslim?
Religious and national identities are not mutually exclusive, Mogahed says. Read More
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Is there a clash of civilizations?
If it's a war of ideologies, what are the two ideologies? Read More
November 19, 2007 | In Belief, Politics & Policy, World
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Can people of different faiths co-exist?
Co-existence is not enough. Read More
November 19, 2007 | In Belief
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Do European Muslims feel ostracized?
British Muslims are more likely than the general public to say that they identify strongly with the U.K. as their country. Read More
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Nothing is worthy of worship except God. Read More
November 19, 2007 | In Belief
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Where is the Muslim world today?
Muslims are very critical of their societies, Mogahed says. Read More
November 19, 2007 | In Belief, Politics & Policy
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Do you want religion or do you want rights? Read More
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What Drives the Fundamentalist?
Extremism is fueled not by poverty or piety, but by politics. Read More
November 18, 2007 | In Belief
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Public Opinion in Public Affairs
Better information means better decisions. Read More
November 18, 2007 | In Politics & Policy
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What do you stand for? Read More
November 18, 2007 | In Identity
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Religion is often blamed for human action that usually has very little to do with religion. Read More
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Introspection is key. Read More
November 18, 2007 | In Inspiration & Wisdom
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Things can always be improved if human beings make different decisions. Read More
November 18, 2007 | In Future
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If you believe in one God, that means he created everyone. Read More
November 18, 2007 | In Belief
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Mogahed is a translator between two cultures in conflict. Read More
November 18, 2007 | In Politics & Policy
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A blend of the Western and the Middle Eastern. Read More
November 18, 2007 | In Identity, Politics & Policy
Dalia Mogahed is a Senior Analyst and Executive Director of the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies, a nonpartisan research center dedicated to providing data-driven analysis on the views of Muslim populations around the world. With John L. Esposito, Ph.D., she is coauthor of the book Who Speaks for Islam?: What a Billion Muslims Really Think. Her analysis has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Foreign Policy magazine, the Harvard International Review, the Middle East Policy journal, and many other academic and popular journals. She travels the globe engaging diverse groups on what Muslims around the world really think.
Mogahed leads the analysis of Gallup's unprecedented survey representing the opinions of more than 1 billion Muslims worldwide, including Muslims in the West. She also directs the Muslim-West Facts Initiative, through which Gallup, in collaboration with the Coexist Foundation, is disseminating the findings of the Gallup World Poll to key opinion leaders in the Muslim World and the West. She is a member of Women in International Security, serves on the leadership group of the Project on U.S. Engagement with the Global Muslim Community, and is a member of the Crisis in the Middle East Task Force of the Brookings Institution.
