Ihsan Bagby, Member at Large

Associate Professor of Islamic Studies, University of Kentucky.  Ph.D. in Near Eastern Studies from University of Michigan (1985).

Researcher of masjids in America.  Author of the first comprehensive study of American masjids, which has been widely quoted and used by media and government.  Presently he is working on a book on African American Muslims.

Formerly, Director of the ISNA’s Islamic Teaching Center (1985-1991).

Board member of various organizations: Muslim Alliance of North America, where he serves as General Secretary, CAIR National, ISNA’s Leadership Development Center, Hartford’s Seminary’s Hartford Institute for the Study of Religion and Fiqh Council of North America.