Radwan A. Masmoudi [masmoudi@islam-democracy.org] is the Founder and President of the Center of the Study of Islam & Democracy (CSID), a Washington-based non-profit think tank. He has also been the Editor-in-Chief of the Center’s quarterly publication, Muslim Democrat. Dr Masmoudi has written and published several papers on the subject of democracy, diversity, human rights, and tolerance in Islam. He speaks regularly at conferences on themes related to democracy and democratization in the Arab and Muslim world, and appears frequently on television. In recent years, he has visited, organized events, and/or spoken at major international conferences in Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Turkey, Qatar, Jordan, Sudan, Nigeria, the Philippines/Mindanao, Germany, South Africa, Lebanon, and Tunisia. Dr. Masmoudi holds a Ph.D. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

From: http://www.islam-democracy.org/6th_Annual_Conference__papers.asp#mahmoudb