Iqbal Unus has focused his professional career on the evolving Muslim presence in America, gaining distinctive insight into its growth. He is associated with the International Institute of Islamic Thought, and has served as secretary general of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), where he is currently member of the Board. Dr. Unus has published several articles in Islamic Horizons, a book chapter in The Muslims' Place in the American Public Square, and two children's books, as well as abridged Apostasy in Islam: An Historical and Scriptural Analysis, and edited Muslim American Life: Reflections and Perspectives. He served on the Research Committee for The US Mosque Survey 2011. He also serves on the board of directors of United Nations Association of the National Capital Area (UNA-NCA). Ian Punnett is ordained to the Holy Order of the Diaconate in The Episcopal Church in America, and a professor of mass communication and journalism at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas. He is author of How to Pray When You're Pissed at God and Toward a Theory of True Crime Narratives.

Ian Punnett is ordained to the Holy Order of the Diaconate in The Episcopal Church in America, and a professor of mass communication and journalism at Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas. He is author of How to Pray When You're Pissed at God and Toward a Theory of True Crime Narratives.