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# Clarity Coalition

Advancing Liberty by Defeating Islamism

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## Posts

- [Statement of Solidarity of Support for the People of Iran from the CLARITy Coalition](https://www.claritycoalition.org/statement-of-solidarity-of-support-for-the-people-of-iran-from-the-clarity-coalition/) - The CLARITy Coalition stands with the people of Iran, not as symbols, not as martyrs, and never as sacrificial lambs for geopolitical games played far from their streets and graves, but as the inspirations that they are as freedom fighters. The courage rising from Iran today is a demand for dignity, a cry for freedom,
- [CLARITy Coalition Condemns the Hanukkah Massacre at Bondi Beach for What It Is: an Anti-Semitic Act of Islamic Terrorism](https://www.claritycoalition.org/clarity-coalition-condemns-the-hanukkah-massacre-at-bondi-beach-for-what-it-is-an-anti-semitic-act-of-islamic-terrorism/) - The CLARITy Coalition, a global alliance dedicated to combating hatred and promoting truth in media, unequivocally condemns the barbaric terrorist attack on Sydney’s Bondi Beach Hanukkah celebration and names the violence for what it is: as an act of Islamist antisemitic terror. The CLARITy Coalition calls on governments to dismantle Islamic terror networks and prosecute
- [CLARiTy Coalition Supports Governor Abbott’s Action](https://www.claritycoalition.org/clarity-coalition-supports-governor-abbotts-action/) - The CLARiTy Coalition supports Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s designation of the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization and his call for increased restrictions on the Council on American-Islamic Relations. For decades, the ideological extremism of the Brotherhood has run through Texas. For years, our coalition of Muslims, ex-Muslims, scholars, and human rights advocates has raised
- [Statement from the Clarity Coalition on the 2025 Election Results ](https://www.claritycoalition.org/statement-from-the-clarity-coalition-on-the-2025-election-results/) - The 2025 elections mark a sobering and clarifying moment for all who believe in pluralism, liberty, free enterprise, and the separation of religion and state. Across the United States, from New York City to Dearborn, Michigan, a coordinated network of Islamist political operatives and establishment Muslim organizations, many with ideological or institutional roots in the
- [Clarity Coalition Statement on Charlie Kirk Shooting](https://www.claritycoalition.org/clarity-coalition-statement-on-charlie-kirk-shooting/) - On September 10, 2025, conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot in the neck during a publicevent at Utah Valley University—an act of violence that shattered not only physical safety butthe fragile equilibrium of public discourse .This tragedy is a powerful reminder of how the escalating tide of identity politics, sectarianviolence, and political tribalism has erected
- [CLARITy Coalition Supports New Legislation Designating the Muslim Brotherhood a Terrorist Organization ](https://www.claritycoalition.org/clarity-coalition-supports-new-legislation-designating-the-muslim-brotherhood-a-terrorist-organization/) - ACTION REQUESTED: The CLARITy Coalition welcomes the introduction of S.2293 and H.R.4927, the Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2025. We fully support the purpose of this legislation, which is to ban the Muslim Brotherhood and its network of affiliated organizations and operatives from operating in the United States. We urge you to support both
- [New Report —  “Beachhead at Georgetown U.” — Exposes Islamist Infiltration at Prestigious U.S. University](https://www.claritycoalition.org/new-report-beachhead-at-georgetown-u-exposes-islamist-infiltration-at-prestigious-u-s-university/) - The CLARITy Coalition released a report exposing foreign-funded Islamist influence infiltrating Georgetown University and other U.S. academic institutions under the guise of interfaith dialogue and diversity.
- [Statement from CLARITy Coalition on the Rise of "Anti-Palestinian Racism" as an Institutional Category](https://www.claritycoalition.org/statement-from-clarity-coalition-on-the-rise-of-anti-palestinian-racism-as-an-institutional-category/) - CLARITy Coalition is increasingly alarmed by the institutional adoption of the term Anti- Palestinian Racism (APR) across Canadian schools, public bodies, and professional sectors—often without clear definition, legal precedent, or parliamentary scrutiny. While all forms of racism and discrimination must be taken seriously, the sudden emergence of this term within educational frameworks—unaccompanied by robust legal or scholarly foundations—raises urgent concerns about due process, civil liberties, and academic freedom.
- [Clarity Coalition Statement on the Israel–Iran Conflict and the Iranian People’s Fight for Freedom](https://www.claritycoalition.org/clarity-coalition-statement-on-the-israel-iran-conflict-and-the-iranian-peoples-fight-for-freedom/) - The Clarity Coalition stands unequivocally in support of the Iranian people and their decades-long struggle against theocratic tyranny. For over four decades, Iranians have endured murder, imprisonment, gender apartheid, and the ruthless suppression of dissent at the hands of the Islamic Republic and its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). We honour their resistance and believe in a meaningful future for a strong democratic Iran with equal rights for all individuals.
- [CLARITy Coalition Statement on Islamist Terror Attack in Kashmir](https://www.claritycoalition.org/clarity-coalition-statement-on-islamist-terror-attack-in-kashmir/) - On April 22, 2025, Islamist terrorists from The Resistance Front—an offshoot of the Pakistan- based, U.S.-designated terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba—murdered 26 civilians in the Indian region of Kashmir. According to multiple reports, the attackers specifically targeted Hindu men, forcing them to show identification and inspecting their bodies for circumcision before executing them. This was a chilling, premeditated act of Islamist terrorism.
- [CLARITy Coalition Statement on Antisemitism](https://www.claritycoalition.org/clarity-coalition-statement-on-antisemitism/) - CLARITy Coalition — Champions for Liberty against the Reality of Islamist Tyranny — stands for peace, democracy, liberty, and secular governance. We support the liberty and dignity of all persons, and we oppose antisemitism and the surging incitement and violence against Jews in Israel and the West. CLARITy has adopted the definition of antisemitism issued by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA)...
- [CLARITy Coalition Applauds Cancellation of Terrorism Conference and Calls on Canada to Designate Hizb ut Tahrir as a Terrorist Organization](https://www.claritycoalition.org/clarity-coalition-applauds-cancellation-of-terrorism-conference/) - The CLARITy Coalition, an international network fighting extremist ideologies and advocating for democratic principles, calls on the Canadian government to join the United Kingdom, Germany, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, and numerous Arab states in formally designating Hizb ut Tahrir as a terrorist organization.
- [Statement from CLARITy Coalition on USAID Funding Islamist Groups](https://www.claritycoalition.org/statement-from-clarity-coalition-on-usaid-funding-islamist-groups/) - Recent investigations have revealed a troubling pattern of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) allocating funds to organizations with Islamist affiliations, some allegedly linked to terrorism. A report by the Middle East Forum documents. that USAID has provided about $164 million to groups with Islamist connections, with at least $122 million benefiting organizations tied to designated terrorist groups.
- [CLARITy Coalition Stands with Israel on the First Anniversary of October 7th Attacks, Condemns Islamist Terrorism](https://www.claritycoalition.org/clarity-coalition-stands-with-israel-on-the-first-anniversary-of-october-7th-attacks-condemns-islamist-terrorism/) - The CLARITy Coalition stands with our brothers and sisters in Israel in their struggle against the tyrannical leadership of the Islamic Republic of Iran and its terrorist proxies. The Iranian regime is built on the oppressive Islamist ideology of its founder, Ayatollah Khomeini, and the Clarity Coalition opposes its suppression of human rights, secular democracy and women’s rights.
- [Statement from the Clarity Coalition on the Recent Sanctions and Ban on Samidoun](https://www.claritycoalition.org/statement-from-the-clarity-coalition-on-the-recent-sanctions-and-ban-on-samidoun/) - The Clarity Coalition applauds the joint decision by the United States and Canada to designate the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network as a front for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, or PFLP.
- [CLARITy Institutional Letter of Support for S.4136](https://www.claritycoalition.org/clarity-institutional-letter-of-support-for-s-4136/) - CLARITy Institutional Letter of Support for S.4136 The CLARITy Coalition supports S.4136, a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code (IRS) of 1986 to terminate the tax-exempt status of terrorist-supporting organizations. S.4136 is the companion bill to H.R.6408, which passed the House of Representatives in November 2023. Existing law allows the government to shut down
- [Keynote by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Panel Discussion on Understanding Islamist Strategies](https://www.claritycoalition.org/clarity-coalition-keynote-by-ayaan-hirsi-ali-panel-discussion-on-understanding-islamist-strategies/) - Over a weekend in October 2022, the very first CLARITy Coalition conference was held in Salzburg, Austria. AHA Foundation helped to organize this landmark event bringing together a diverse range of speakers to discuss how best to go on offense against the dangerous ideology of Islamism. (Find out more about CLARITy at https://www.theahafoundation.org/clar...) AHA Founder
- [CLARITy Conference 2022](https://www.claritycoalition.org/clarity-conference/) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhyX1U2ddW8&t=2s CLARITy brings together a diverse, global group of ex-Muslims, Muslim reformers, activists, authors, and more to champion secular, democratic values against the insidious ideology of Islamism. From October 27 to October 30, 2022, the CLARITy Coalition (Champions for Liberty Against the Reality of Islamist Tyranny) had its first international gathering in Salzburg, Austria. Years in the making, this founding conference of our diverse
- [CLARITy Conference 2024](https://www.claritycoalition.org/clarity-conference-2024/) - We are proud to share that the second CLARITy (Champions for Liberty Against the Reality of Islamist Tyranny) Coalition conference, “Defending the West,” was held on May 15 and 16, 2024 in Washington, D.C. The conference, hosted by the Hudson Institute, comes as America and the West awaken to the problems CLARITy founders and members have been warning about
- [CLARITy Coalition Statement on appointment of Islamophobia officer by Canadian government](https://www.claritycoalition.org/clarity-coalition-statement-on-appointment-of-islamophobia-officer-by-canadian-government/) - The CLARITy coalition stands for liberty and secularism in the face of Islamists. As such, we are vehemently opposed to the federal government of Canada offering an 85-million-dollar budget to an Islamophobia officer. We are against the establishment of the office, in general, as it offers exclusive protection from criticism to one religion. This is
- [Clarity Coalition Opposes Minneapolis' Embrace of the Adhan](https://www.claritycoalition.org/clarity-coalition-opposes-minneapolis-embrace-of-the-adhan/) - Clarity Coalition Opposes Minneapolis’ Embrace of the AdhanThe Clarity Coalition, which comprises Muslim and non-Muslims opposed to theocratic ideologies such as Islamism, has expressed alarm that the city of Minneapolis has revised an existing noise ordinance to allow the broadcast of the call to prayer, or adhan, over loudspeakers, five times a day, including at dawn. Such measures
- [War in Israel](https://www.claritycoalition.org/war-in-israel/) - The CLARITy Coalition unequivocally condemns the terrorist atrocities perpetrated by Hamas. Such inhumanity is repugnant, whatever one’s views are on the longstanding conflict in the region. The indiscriminate attacks on innocent Israeli women, children, and the elderly have resulted in hundreds of deaths and thousands of injuries. Israel is left with no choice but to
- [CLARITy Coalition Statement re: Denmark and Sweden to ban protests involving Quran burnings](https://www.claritycoalition.org/clarity-coalition-statement-re-denmark-and-sweden-to-ban-protests-involving-quran-burnings/) - The Clarity Coalition is appalled by the recent decision by Western states to capitulate to the pressures of Islamists. We view the announcements by Denmark and Sweden considering additional legal powers to ban protests involving Quran burnings as a defeat for global free speech. Such a decision sets a troubling precedent and betrays the freedoms these
- [CLARITy Coalition Statement re: California Resolution Honoring Islamists](https://www.claritycoalition.org/clarity-coalition-statement-re-california-resolution-honoring-islamists/) - CLARITy Coalition Statement re: California Resolution Honoring Islamists The CLARITy Coalition, a global alliance of Muslim and non-Muslim scholars and activists committed to liberty and secularism, stands opposed to the California Assembly’s introduction of House Resolution 52 (HR 52), honoring Muslim American Appreciation and Awareness Month.” Instead of promoting California’s diverse Muslim community and its many
- [CLARITy Coalition Statement on Salman Rushdie](https://www.claritycoalition.org/clarity-coalition-statement-on-salman-rushdie/) - CLARITy Coalition Statement on Salman Rushdie August 12, 2022 We are sure that, like us, you are still processing the shock and horror at the news of the attack on Salman Rushdie at the Chautauqua Institution, New York. When we saw it, we felt sick to our stomachs. Imagine: a writer preparing to give a lecture to
- [CLARITy Coalition Statement re: Protests in Iran](https://www.claritycoalition.org/clarity-coalition-statement-re-protests-in-iran/) - We wish to express our solidarity with the brave protestors who have risen up against the theocratic regime of the Islamic Republic. The brutal death of Mahsa Amini has inspired and emboldened her fellow Iranians, both in Iran and in the diaspora, to resist oppression and demand freedom. Many protestors have died at the hands
- [Hamline University Statement](https://www.claritycoalition.org/hamline-university-statement/) - As members of the CLARITy Coalition, we unequivocally stand with Erica López Prater, former Art History professor at Hamline University. We defend free speech, religious freedom and academic freedom and deplore any civic, social or legal penalties, violent actions and threats of violence stemming from Islamic and other religious blasphemy codes, including those, such as in this case,
- [CLARITy Coalition Statement re: Masih Alinejad](https://www.claritycoalition.org/clarity-coalition-statement-re-masih-alinejadjanuary-27-2023/) - January 27, 2023 The Clarity Coalition, a pro-freedom group that includes many Muslims, expresses its alarm that Iranian agents are operating in the US to ruthlessly silence Islamist regime dissidents and extends its gratitude to US officials for taking action to protect Iranian-American human rights advocate and journalist, Masih Alinejad. The Brooklyn-based Alinejad is well known

## Pages

- [Homepage](https://www.claritycoalition.org/) - Meet Our Founders Statement of Purpose WHO WE ARE We are a global coalition founded by Muslims, ex-Muslims, academics, scholars, authors, and activists who stand for peace, democracy, liberty, and secular governance and who are deeply concerned by the continuing threat posed to these values by the actions and demands of Islamists in various places
- [Coalition Founders](https://www.claritycoalition.org/coalition-founders/) - Founders & Members CLARITy Coalition Founders Aliya A.@aliyadissents Dalia Al-Aqidi@DaliaAlAqidi Mansour Al-Hadj@Mannyalhadj Ayaan Hirsi Ali@Ayaan Phyllis Chesler@Phyllischesler Debra Coplan Soraya Deen@SoooMD Zuhdi Jasser@DrZuhdiJasser Evelyn Markus Yasmine Mohammed@YasMohammedxx Asra Nomani@AsraNomani Raheel Raza@Raheelraza Kyle Shideler@ShidelerK Donald Seitz Nina Shea Thomas Sheedy@sheedythom Samuel Tadros@Samueltadros Charlie Weimers Sam Westrop@samwestrop Rosa Zeegers CLARITy Coalition Members Magomyed Alexandrov Sharleen Apranik Wafa
- [Samantha Sussman](https://www.claritycoalition.org/samantha-sussman/) - Samantha Sussman Samantha is a brand strategist with over 20 years experience working on both the agency and client side. She now owns a creative strategy studio. Sam holds a BA from the University of Denver in International Relations (with a focus on the Middle East). She remembers reading Infidel during her senior year of
- [Einav Keet](https://www.claritycoalition.org/einav-keet/) - Einav Keet Einav Keet is a writer with a Master’s in print journalism who covered science, health, technology, and public health for more than 15 years.Born in Israel and raised there and in America, Einav is the grandchild of Holocaust survivors and has family that proudly served in the Jewish Brigade which fought the Nazis
- [Kathleen Liccope](https://www.claritycoalition.org/kathleen-liccop/) - Kathleen Liccope Raised near Montréal within a long-established Québécois and Irish family during Quebec’s Quiet Revolution, Kathleen Licoppe grew up amid the tensions surrounding language, identity, secularization, and political unrest—experiences that fostered a lifelong sensitivity to questions of belonging, emancipation, decolonization, and how societies navigate periods of rapid change. Her perspective was further shaped through
- [Nicole Bernstein](https://www.claritycoalition.org/nicole-bernstein/) - Nicole Bernstein Nicole Bernstein is former hi-tech marketing executive turned education policy advocate and political strategist.Granddaughter of Holocaust survivors and the first American-born child of an Israeli immigrant family, Nicole spent the first half of her career as a high-tech executive in Silicon Valley and then Tel Aviv, where her startup won recognition as one
- [Elinor Weiss](https://www.claritycoalition.org/elinor-weiss/) - Elinor Weiss Elinor Weiss is a retired educator. She has been active in Jewish and non-Jewish communal causes for more than forty years. Elinor has campaigned against antisemitism and for environmental safeguards, education, and Israel Advocacy among other issues.Following a trip to Israel in 2002, Elinor Weiss joined the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East
- [Mars Cheung](https://www.claritycoalition.org/mars-cheung/) - Mars Cheung Mars Cheung entered the discussions about the current cultural crisis through his interests and involvement within the greater overall intellectual community, reaching back as far as 2014. Upon encountering inconsistency in the application of humanistic values and intellectual inquiry towards peoples of varying ethnic, religious and sociological backgrounds by supposedly progressive organizations, he
- [Paula Glick](https://www.claritycoalition.org/paula-glick/) - Paula Glick Paula Glick is a co-founder of Honeytree Investment Management, an investment firm focused on responsible growth and sustainability. She brings over 25 years of leadership experience in investment management, with a focus on high-conviction investing. She has a major in Political Science and has always had a deep interest in geopolitics and international
- [Mark Milke](https://www.claritycoalition.org/mark-milke/) - Mark Milke Mark Milke, PhD, is the founder and president of the Aristotle Foundation for Public Policy. Mark is a public policy analyst and author with six books, over 70 studies, and more than 1,000 columns published in the last 25 years. His policy work has been published by numerous think tanks in Canada and
- [Ashti Waissi](https://www.claritycoalition.org/ashti-waissi/) - Ashti Waissi Ashti Waissi is a political analyst and host of Hidden Face of Politics. A former Kurdish refugee raised in Edmonton, Alberta, she spent nearly five years as a policy advisor on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, worked with the British Columbia provincial government, and was a Conservative nomination candidate in the last federal election
- [Kyle Shideler](https://www.claritycoalition.org/kyle-schideler/) - Kyle Shideler @ShidelerK Kyle Shideler is the Director and Senior Analyst for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism at the Center for Security Policy where he conducts research and analysis on domestic threats to the US homeland with an emphasis on the doctrines which fuel terrorism and shape the variety of kinetic and non-kinetic threats to America’s
- [Sara Ghorbani](https://www.claritycoalition.org/sara-ghorbani/) - Sara Ghorbani Sara Ghorbani is a women’s rights activist, writer, educator, translator, editor, content creator, and social media manager. She holds a Master’s degree in English Language and Literature and has over 24 years of teaching experience. As an ex-Muslim woman from Iran, Sara works to raise awareness about Islamotrauma and Gender Apartheid in Islamic
- [Karen Lugo](https://www.claritycoalition.org/karen-lugo/) - Karen Lugo @karenLugo Karen Lugo is a constitutional law consultant, specializing in First Amendment and civil liberties law. When living in California, she was Co-Director of the Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence Center and she was a clinical visiting and adjunct professor at Chapman University School of Law where she co-taught the advanced Constitutional Law Clinic. Karen
- [Tali Gillette](https://www.claritycoalition.org/tali-gillette/) - Tali Gillette For nearly two decades, Tali Gillette built and led a luxury brand that gained international recognition. In the wake of the Oct. 7, 2023, terror attacks by Hamas, she saw the world’s chilling indifference to the tragedy, including the abandonment of universal principles by movements she once trusted. She shifted from running a business
- [Statements & Advocacy](https://www.claritycoalition.org/statements-and-advocacy/) - Coalition Statements Statement of Solidarity of Support for the People of Iran from the CLARITy Coalition The CLARITy Coalition stands with the people of Iran, not as symbols, not as martyrs, and never as sacrificial lambs for geopolitical games played far Read More » January 3, 2026 No Comments Coalition Statements CLARITy Coalition Condemns the
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- [Azita Yashar](https://www.claritycoalition.org/azita-yashar/) - Azita Yashar Azita Yashar was born into a Jewish family in Tehran, Iran and was compelled to leave the country following the Islamic Revolution of 1979. She sought asylum in the United States, where she built a new life and career. She has worked for approximately 18 years in the healthcare field and is now
- [Zahra Sandberg](https://www.claritycoalition.org/zahra-s/) - Zahra Sandberg Zahra supports Liberal values such as freedom of speech, tolerance, and equality. She considers herself a lifelong learner and has earned her bachelor’s degree in History and Religious Studies. She is especially passionate about women’s rights, particularly those living in societies where they are often silenced.Zahra’s parents immigrated to the United States from
- [Magomyed Alexandrov](https://www.claritycoalition.org/magomyed-alexandrov/) - Magomyed Alexandrov Magomyed was born and raised in Saudi Arabia, and throughout his teenage years and early twenties he grappled with a series of extreme ideologies. At different points, Magomyed found himself drawn to Islamist militancy, to the point that at 17 he nearly crossed the Saudi-Iraqi border to join the Syrian conflict. Not long
- [Michael Gamal](https://www.claritycoalition.org/michael-gamal/) - Michael Gamal Michael Gamal is an ex-Christian, ex-Muslim Coptic advocate for Israel who previously spent nearly 20 years promoting Palestinianism and violent extremists. Through his reflection and research, he abandoned his previous life to advocate for the victims of the same causes he used to support.
- [Joe Adam George](https://www.claritycoalition.org/joe-adam-george/) - Joe Adam George Joe Adam George is the research lead for Islamist threats in Canada at the Middle East Forum. Based in Ottawa, he is also a foreign policy and national security analyst with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, covering Islamist extremism in the West, terror financing, and geopolitical developments in the Middle East and South Asia
- [Mansour Al-Hadj](https://www.claritycoalition.org/mansour-al-hadj/) - Mansour Al-Hadj @Mannyalhadj Mansour Al-Hadj is a writer and researcher focused on terrorism analysis and countering Islamist ideology, with a particular interest in how extremist narratives influence communities and policy.He was born and raised in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, and immigrated to the U.S in 2005, and has a degree in Sharia and Islamic Studies from
- [Douglas Burton](https://www.claritycoalition.org/douglas-burton/) - Douglas Burton Douglas Burton is an award-winning conflict reporter specializing in Nigerian war news. Doug mentors conflict reporters in North-Central Nigeria as Managing Editor of TruthNigeria.com. Since 2019 he has authored hundreds of reports appearing in The Epoch Times, The Catholic News Agency, and Providence Magazine, among others. His work has been featured in Fox Nation, Christian
- [Andria Spindel](https://www.claritycoalition.org/andria-spindel/) - Andria Spindel Andria Spindel is the Executive Director of the Canadian Antisemitism Education Foundation.She was raised in Calgary and moved to Toronto in 1981 to assume the ED role at Ontario March of Dimes. Stayed there 38 years and grew the agency into March of Dimes Canada, retiring as President and CEO in 2018. Educated at
- [Jennifer Richmond](https://www.claritycoalition.org/jennifer-richmond/) - Jennifer Richmond A former professor at Trinity University on Chinese Politics and Vice President of International Projects for Stratfor, Jennifer Richmond now serves as the Education and National Security Deputy Director at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies. She is also the Co-founder of the Institute for Liberal Values and Senior Advisor for the Coalition for Empowered
- [Yasmine Mohammed](https://www.claritycoalition.org/yasmine-mohammed/) - Yasmine Mohammed @YasMohammedxx Human rights campaigner Yasmine Mohammed advocates for the rights of women living within Muslim majority countries, as well as those who struggle under religious fundamentalism in general.Yasmine is co-founder and co-director of the CLARITy Coalition. She is the author of bestselling book “Unveiled: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam.” She is also
- [Randi Woloz](https://www.claritycoalition.org/randi-woloz/) - Randi Woloz Randi has held senior leadership positions throughout her 20+ year career in Consulting, building and leading national business development and service delivery teams, launching and growing multi-million dollar professional services practices, as well as leading a North American talent acquisition function for a rapidly expanding consumer products manufacturer.She is currently the Executive Director
- [Marcy Bruck](https://www.claritycoalition.org/marcy-bruck/) - Marcy Bruck Marcy Bruck is the director of communications for The Foundation for Genocide Education. The mission of the foundation is to ensure that the history and stages of genocide are taught to every high school student in Canada to educate them about the dangers of extremist hate and intolerance.Born and raised in Montreal, she
- [Edna Epstein](https://www.claritycoalition.org/edna-epstein/) - Edna Epstein I was born in Zagreb, Yugoslavia on July 26,1938, on the eve of WWII in an extensive family of wealthy and established businessmen and professionals scattered throughout the former Austro-Hungarian Empire. The family were Jews, but non-observant, with already at that time intermarriages with Roman Catholics and Serbian Orthodox.My immediate family survived WWII,
- [Heidi Berger](https://www.claritycoalition.org/heidi-berger/) - Heidi Berger Heidi Berger is the founder and president of The Foundation for Genocide Education (FGE) based in Montreal. She is also an award-winning video producer and former professor of communications at Concordia University, and the child of Holocaust survivors. For the past 15 years, she has visited high schools throughout Quebec and Ontario with
- [Contact](https://www.claritycoalition.org/contact/) - Media Inquiries Clarity Coalition encourages working with journalists across the globe to share compelling stories based on our mission statement. We are open to sharing our diverse professional and personal experiences fighting against tyranny under the threat of extreme Islam. If you’re a member of the press and would like to talk, please get in touch in
- [Daniel Layish](https://www.claritycoalition.org/daniel-layish/) - Daniel Layish Dr. Daniel Layish graduated Magna cum Laude from Boston University School of Medicine in 1990. He then completed a Residency in Internal Medicine at Barnes Hospital (Washington University) in St. Louis followed by a Pulmonary/Critical Care/Sleep Fellowship at Duke. He joined the Central Florida Pulmonary Group in Orlando in 1997 and currently serves
- [Hadassah Goldberg](https://www.claritycoalition.org/hadassah-goldberg/) - Hadassah Goldberg @hadassahg55 I am a mother and grandmother, a proud Jew and a proud Canadian. I strongly believe in the values of secular democracy. I am horrified by the slow erosion of our democracy, by the radicalization of our institutions, the demonization of Israel and the explosion of anti-Jewish hatred following the barbaric attack against Israel on October
- [Machyar Kumbang](https://www.claritycoalition.org/machyar-kumbang/) - Machyar Kumbang Machyar Kumbang, an American artist of academic classicism. He is a painter, sculptor, etcher, and poet. Machyar is of an Indonesian descent and was born into an orthodox Muslim household. After completing trade school, he received a full scholarship to study art at Maine College of Art in the United States. Later, he
- [Soul Singer](https://www.claritycoalition.org/soul-singer/) - Soul Singer Soul is a fiction writer and graphic novelist whose latest graphic novel is The Hennesey Secret. His passion is to infuse spirituality into literature. He is based in Phoenix, Arizona for over 40 years.Soul is a native of New York City and has lived with his wife in Phoenix for over 40 years.
- [Sarri Singer](https://www.claritycoalition.org/sarri-singer/) - Sarri Singer Sarri Singer, born in Lakewood, New Jersey, is the daughter of New Jersey State Senator, Robert Singer. Until 9/11, Sarri worked a few blocks away from the World Trade Center. Deeply moved by the tragedy of 9/11, Sarri decided to resign from her position in December 2001 and move to Israel to help
- [Ira Straus](https://www.claritycoalition.org/ira-straus/) - Ira Straus BA Princeton 1976, PhD UVA 1992, studies also at Oxford. Twice a Fulbright professor of polisci and international relations, in post-Soviet Russia. I have worked for 40 years for the international integration of the Western democracies, along with their close allies in the “West-adjacent” Asia-Pacific (ANZ, Japan, SK, Taiwan), the better to sustain
- [Lawrence M. Krauss](https://www.claritycoalition.org/lawrence-m-krauss/) - Lawrence M. Krauss Lawrence Krauss is an internationally known theoretical physicist and bestselling author, as well as being an acclaimed lecturer. He has also appeared regularly on radio and television, as well as in several feature films. He was born in New York City and moved shortly thereafter to Toronto, Canada, where he grew up.In
- [Elana Behar](https://www.claritycoalition.org/elana-behar/) - Elana Behar Elana Behar is a Sephardic Jewish New Yorker who is passionate about contributing to a world that is loving, respectful, democratic, educated, empowered, and works as a team. She recognizes that Islamic extremism is an enemy that is threatening the well-being of Muslims, Jews, and Christians in many countries, and aims to threaten
- [Zavosh Mottahedeh](https://www.claritycoalition.org/zavosh-mottahedeh/) - Zavosh Mottahedeh Zavosh Mottahedeh was born in Tehran, Iran, and raised as a Muslim. His high school studies in Astronomy and Astrophysics contributed significantly to his journey in critically examining his beliefs, ultimately leading him to embrace atheism at 16—a conviction he kept private due to the risks posed by Iran’s restrictive environment. Zavosh went
- [Eran Shayshon](https://www.claritycoalition.org/eran-shayshon/) - Eran Shayshon Eran is the Founder and CEO of Atchalta, a social benefit organization in Israel focused on national resilience and social cohesion in Israel and fighting antisemitism worldwide.From 2017 to 2023, Eran served as CEO of the Reut Group, Israel’s leading think tank. Eran’s work on the threat of the red-green alliance has been
- [Cécile M. Bensimon](https://www.claritycoalition.org/cecile-m-bensimon/) - Cécile M. Bensimon Cécile M. Bensimon is currently an ethics consultant for Environment and Climate Change Canada, Chair of the Research Ethics Board (REB) at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) and Vice-Chair of the Pharmaceutical Advertising Advisory Board (PAAB). She was previously Director of Ethics and Professional Affairs at the Canadian Medical Association
- [John Coelho](https://www.claritycoalition.org/john-coelho/) - John Coelho John Coelho is a left liberal activist and environmentalist who is concerned about radical Islam starting with the original fatwa against Salman Rushdie. He is deeply disgusted by the all too prevalent alliance between the left and both Islamists and Arab supremacists. He has found the Muslim reform movement to be heartening. He
- [Ryan Mauro](https://www.claritycoalition.org/ryan-mauro/) - Ryan Mauro @RyanMauro Ryan Mauro is an international security and counter-terrorism specialist and analyst in the news media.He is currently an investigative researcher of extremist groups and foreign threats for Capital Research Center. He is an adjunct professor for Regent University, teaching courses related to the Middle East and homeland security and has taught for
- [Recent Events](https://www.claritycoalition.org/recent-events/) - Coalition Statements Statement of Solidarity of Support for the People of Iran from the CLARITy Coalition The CLARITy Coalition stands with the people of Iran, not as symbols, not as martyrs, and never as sacrificial lambs for geopolitical games played far Read More » January 3, 2026 No Comments Coalition Statements CLARITy Coalition Condemns the
- [David Bernstein](https://www.claritycoalition.org/david-bernstein/) - David Bernstein A passionate advocate of the free expression of ideas and the state of Israel, David Bernstein is the founder of the Jewish Institute for Liberal Values (JILV), which opposes illiberal ideologies and supports liberal values in and out of the Jewish community, and author of Woke Antisemitism: How a Progressive Ideology Harms Jews. He
- [Robert Hamilton](https://www.claritycoalition.org/robert-hamilton/) - Robert Hamilton Robert Hamilton is a retired professional with a productive career in communications and strategic business planning within the federal government. Currently, he serves as the President of Humanist Ottawa, where he champions secular values and humanist principles. As a Board Director of Street Epistemology International, Robert advocates for a more rational and reasoned
- [Rachel D.](https://www.claritycoalition.org/rachel-d/) - Rachel D Rachel is an enterprise consultant in the private sector with a background in European history and foreign policy with the Middle East, particularly in the Arab-Israeli conflict. As a project manager and historian in the public sector, she conceived and led a project in the field of integration and inclusion that involved both
- [Syed Sohail Raza](https://www.claritycoalition.org/syed-sohail-raza/) - Syed Sohail Raza Organizational Affiliations:• Director, Forum 4 Learning• Director, Muslims Facing Tomorrow• Director, Council of Muslims Against AntisemitismSohail Raza has had a distinguished career in the airline industry for over 35 years, first in Pakistan, then in the United Arab Emirates and in Canada.He has worked in ground operations, customer service and operational control dealing with
- [Guido Smit](https://www.claritycoalition.org/guido-smit/) - Guido Smit Guido was born in 1945 in Kibbutz Hazorea in the British Mandate of Palestine. His mother was a Holocaust survivor, his father was a member of the Dutch resistance, rescuing Jewish youngsters.In 1949 the family returned to the Netherlands, and at age 21 Guido emigrated to Canada. Following a career of managing sales
- [Sjúður Skaale](https://www.claritycoalition.org/sjudur-skaale/) - Sjúrður Skaale Sjúrður Skaale was first elected to the Danish Parliament in 2011. He is an experienced politician who always gives good speeches, he is also a stand-up comedian from the Faroe Islands, and he usually makes the politicians of the Danish Parliament laugh. This year, however, his speech was not funny, but serious and
- [Elie Pieprz](https://www.claritycoalition.org/elie-pieprz/) - Elie Pieprz Elie Pieprz is a strategic marketing and campaign consultant whose career has gravitated to the nexus of government and business; faith and freedom; security and diplomacy. He has been a DC-based lobbyist, TV producer, and served on the launch team for Microsoft’s Windows ME and Windows XP. He serves as the Director of International
- [Dalia Ziada](https://www.claritycoalition.org/dalia-ziada/) - Dalia Ziada Dalia Ziada is an Egyptian award-winning writer and political analyst, specializing in governance, geopolitics, and defense policy in the Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean. Dalia studied international relations, with a focus on international security studies, at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University (U.S.).In 2015, Dalia co-founded the Liberal Democracy
- [Mohammed Rizwan](https://www.claritycoalition.org/mohammed-rizwan/) - Mohammed Rizwan Mohammed Rizwan is a journalist and OpEd writer for more than 20 years. He extensively covered war on terror, Afghan Jihad and extremism from Pakistan and Afghanistan for various international news outlets including AFP and Washington Post. Currently he writes op-eds for various publications including National Post, NY Post, Jerusalem Post. He has been
- [Daniel Pipes](https://www.claritycoalition.org/daniel-pipes/) - Daniel PipesDaniel Pipes, a historian, has led the Middle East Forum since its founding in 1994. He taught at Chicago, Harvard, Pepperdine, and the U.S. Naval War College. He served in five U.S. administrations, received two presidential appointments, and testified before many congressional committees. The author of 18 books on the Middle East, Islam, and
- [Evelyn Markus](https://www.claritycoalition.org/evelyn-markus/) - Evelyn Markus@joinNAN Evelyn Markus was born in The Netherlands. Since 2006 she lives in the United States with her partner Rosa. Evelyn holds a Ph.D. in psychology from Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands. She was the founder and CEO of a consulting firm specializing in program development against (the impact of) violence. She developed programs
- [Azi Jankovic](https://www.claritycoalition.org/azi-jankovic/) - Azi Jankovic Azi Jankovic is American-Israeli, educator and marketing professional. Her company produces video content and marketing solutions. Azi holds a doctorate in education with a focus on empowering educators within multicultural societies. Azi is the author of “Beyond All Things,”(2019) a compendium of spiritual insights, and the producer of a top ranking podcast. Motivated
- [Wafa Bahri](https://www.claritycoalition.org/wafa-bahri/) - Wafa Bahri Dr. Wafa Bahri is the director of the Translations Project at the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science in collaboration with the Center for Inquiry. She is a free thinker, human rights activist, and feminist from Tunisia. She is also a co-founder of Hypatia for Gender Justice, a forming organization that upholds equal rights and
- [Deepti Mahajan](https://www.claritycoalition.org/deepti-mahajan/) - Deepti Mahajan Deepti is a professional with over 21+ years of corporate experience.Passionate about world politics and global human rights issues, she strives to see humanity and love, thrive prosper by following equal, humanitarian principles. A proud Hindu and being Hindu to her is dedication to follow her Karma (duties), be on a constant path
- [Ghada Wahdan](https://www.claritycoalition.org/ghada-wahdan/) - Ghada Wahdan Ghada Wahdan is a member of the U.S. Intelligence Community, a professor of homeland security, and a national speaker on foreign affairs, radical Islam, U.S. national security, and terrorist groups operating in the Middle East and North Africa. Her articulate and informed perspectives contribute significantly to the national discourse on these pressing issues,
- [Charlie Weimers](https://www.claritycoalition.org/charlie-weimers/) - Charlie Weimers Member of the European ParliamentCharlie Weimers is a Swedish politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019. From an early age, Weimers developed a keen interest in politics, leading him to become actively involved in a youth political association. In 2002, he was elected to the
- [Aliya A.](https://www.claritycoalition.org/aliya-a/) - Aliya A. @aliyadissents Aliya A. is a child marriage survivor and activist to end child marriage in the United States; She also advocates for the rights of Ex-Muslims and women. She has written a self-help/exercise book, Being Woman’s Inspirational Quotes: Transformation in 21 Days and most recently an OP-ED for the Baltimore Sun on child
- [Collin May](https://www.claritycoalition.org/collin-may/) - Collin May Collin May is a lawyer in Calgary, Alberta; an Adjunct Lecturer in Community Health Sciences with the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary; and a human rights activist focussing on issues related to LGTBQ+ rights, Indigenous and elderly health equity, and academic freedom.Collin’s academic and legal interests focus on secondary
- [Elementor #3859](https://www.claritycoalition.org/mathew-giagnorio/) - Mathew Giagnorio co-authored with Mr. Phil GurskiUnprecedented, Yes, Surprising, NoEmail: modesofinquiry@gmail.com
- [Asra Nomani](https://www.claritycoalition.org/asra-nomani/) - Asra Nomani @AsraNomani Asra Nomani is an Indian American author. Born in India to Muslim parents, she earned a BA from West Virginia University in liberal arts in 1986 and an MA from the American University in international communications in 1990. She subsequently worked as a correspondent for The Wall Street Journal with her colleague Daniel Pearl in Pakistan post-9/11. Pearl was kidnapped and
- [Sharleen Apranik](https://www.claritycoalition.org/sharleen-apranik/) - Sharleen Apranik I escaped the Islamic tyranny of Iran to pursue my dream of studying medicine. After attending a university where critical and scientific thinking was encouraged, I familiarized myself with the works of Richard Dawkins I become an atheist. I subsequently got accepted into medicine in Australia and am currently a medical student. While
- [Raheel Raza](https://www.claritycoalition.org/raheel-raza/) - Raheel Raza @Raheelraza Raheel Raza is President of The Council for Muslims Facing Tomorrow, author of the book “Their Jihad – Not My Jihad,” award-winning journalist, public speaker, and activist for human rights, gender equality, and dignity in diversity.She is a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal for service to Canada.She is
- [Sam Westrop](https://www.claritycoalition.org/sam-westrop/) - Sam Westrop @samwestrop Sam Westrop has headed Islamist Watch since March 2017, when MEF absorbed the counter-extremism unit of Americans for Peace and Tolerance (APT), where he was the research director.Before that, he ran Stand for Peace, a London-based counter-extremism organization monitoring Islamists throughout the UK.
- [Jaleh Tavakoli](https://www.claritycoalition.org/jaleh-tavakoli/) - Jaleh Tavakoli Jaleh Tavakoli is an Iranian-Danish author, a political commentator, and an activist. She was born in Iran under the Islamic regime and came to Denmark at the age of nine. She has a Master’s degree in social sciences. Values such as freedom, human rights, democracy and secularism –and especially free speech have become like
- [Leslie S. Lebl](https://www.claritycoalition.org/leslie-lebl/) - Leslie S. Lebl Leslie S. Lebl is a former U.S. diplomat who writes on various policy issues. In June 2023 she published a book, Hidden Struggle: The Challenge of Sharia in the West, that examines the conflict between Muslim sharia law and Western law.
- [Dalia Al-Aqidi](https://www.claritycoalition.org/dalia-al-aqidi/) - Dalia Al-Aqidi @DaliaAlAqidi Dalia Al Aqidi is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy in Washington DC and a former Republican Congressional Candidate in the USA.She is an award-winning international journalist and a commentator covering foreign affairs, terrorism, radical Islamism, and terrorist groups.Dalia has spent over three decades reporting from the capital cities
- [Soraya Deen](https://www.claritycoalition.org/soraya-deen/) - Soraya Deen @SoooMD Soraya Deen is the coordinator of Women’s Initiatives. She blends her legal expertise of over a decade with her uniquely diverse background to inspire people to navigate conflict and promote peace. A native of Sri Lanka, she developed a deep commitment and love, to learning and practicing the Eastern philosophy of SEVA
- [Ayaan Hirsi Ali](https://www.claritycoalition.org/ayaan-hirsi-ali/) - Ayaan Hirsi Ali @Ayaan Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and founder of the AHA Foundation. She served as a member of the Dutch Parliament from 2003 to 2006. Ayaan is currently researching the relationship between the West and Islam. She has to live with round-the-clock security, as her willingness
- [Zuhdi Jasser](https://www.claritycoalition.org/zuhdi-jasser/) - Zuhdi Jasser @DrZuhdiJasser M. Zuhdi Jasser, M.D., is the son of Syrian immigrants who fled Ba’athist oppression in 1966. Dr. Jasser is a physician, a former U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander, and President and founder of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD) a Phoenix-based counter-Islamism think tank founded in 2003. He is also a co-founder
- [Thomas Sheedy](https://www.claritycoalition.org/thomas-sheedy/) - Thomas Sheedy @sheedythom Thomas Sheedy is the President of Atheists for Liberty.He has appeared on multiple shows, blogs, and podcasts, and has participated extensively in atheist activism.He is a public policy expert, specializing in the largest growing demographic (atheism), separation of religion and government, and religious freedom.He focuses on the growing civilizational conflict between those who
- [Rosa Zeegers](https://www.claritycoalition.org/rosa-zeegers/) - Rosa Zeegers Rosa Zeegers is a seasoned Marketing and Entertainment Executive who has led iconic global brands, including KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Barbie and National Geographic. Currently, she is a partner at Newport LLC, a national Advisory firm.In addition, she serves as a Director on the boards of: the Qiddiya Investment Company, (a Sports, Arts and
- [Shawnelle Martineaux](https://www.claritycoalition.org/shawnelle-martineaux/) - Shawnelle Martineaux@PublicShawnelle Shawnelle Martineaux is a Trinidadian attorney, writer, artist and aspiring bioethicist. She is passionate about human rights and the preservation of liberal western democracy and culture. As a citizen of a cosmopolitan country and an increasingly connected world, she understands the importance of diversity of thought and freedom of speech in fostering healthy
- [Helayne Kushner](https://www.claritycoalition.org/helayne-kushner/) - Helayne Kushner Helayne Kushner is an experiential marketing producer, artist, and activist. She was born in NJ to a New York Jewish family who values debate, hard work, humor, education, and democracy. Her last name means “Furrier” in Yiddish and was assigned to anyone working in the Fur Trade in the Pale of Settlement. Similar
- [Join Us](https://www.claritycoalition.org/join-us/) - Membership Application Form Thank you for your interest in joining our CLARITy (Champions for Liberty Against the Reality of Islamist Tyranny) Coalition, alongside a diverse group of activists, academics, experts, and leaders. Please complete this form in its entirety to submit your candidacy for membership within the CLARITy Coalition. Membership is ultimately subject to the
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- [Debra Coplan](https://www.claritycoalition.org/debra-coplan/) - Debra Coplan Debra Coplan is a board member of the AHA Foundation. She is a graphic designer. Debra received her BA in English Literature from UCLA. She also received a BA from Art Center College of Design. Debra is a board member of the AHA Foundation and a founding member of the Clarity Coalition.Debra grew
- [Donald Seitz](https://www.claritycoalition.org/donald-seitz/) - Donald Seitz Donald Seitz is an entrepreneur, music publisher, and artist who received his BA from Stanford University and his JD from the University of Michigan.Donald enjoys biking, hiking, and songwriting.He currently lives in Nashville, TN with his wife and son.
- [Samuel Tadros](https://www.claritycoalition.org/samuel-tadros/) - Samuel Tadros @Samueltadros Samuel Tadros is a Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute’s Center for Religious Freedom.At Hudson, he is researching Middle Eastern politics, Islamist movements, and religious freedom. He is also the Distinguished Visiting Fellow in Middle Eastern Studies at the Hoover Institution, a Professorial Lecturer at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies
- [Phyllis Chesler](https://www.claritycoalition.org/phyllis-chesler/) - Phyllis Chesler @Phyllischesler Phyllis Chesler is an American writer, psychotherapist, and professor emerita of psychology and women’s studies at the College of Staten Island. She is a renowned second-wave feminist psychologist and the author of 18 books, including the best-sellers “Women and Madness, With Child: A Story of Motherhood,” and “An American Bride in Kabul:
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