We are a global coalition of Muslims, former Muslims, Christians, Jews, Hindus, atheists, academics, scholars, authors, and activists united by a shared commitment to peace, democracy, liberty, human dignity, freedom of conscience, and secular governance.
We are deeply concerned by the growing influence of Islamism and by the threat it poses to these principles in societies around the world. We believe Islamism is a political ideology that seeks, in varying forms, to subordinate individual rights, democratic institutions, and civil society to an Islamist conception of religion and law. We reject this political project while affirming the equal dignity and rights of Muslims and people of every faith and of no faith.
Our coalition is uniquely led by co-directors Yasmine Mohammed, a former Muslim, and Dr. Zuhdi Jasser, a practicing Muslim. Their partnership reflects both the diversity of Muslim experience and the broad coalition necessary to confront the ideological movements that threaten liberty, democracy, and human rights.
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 the host of the Yasmine Mohammed Podcast, where she has conversations with freethinkers, exMuslims, cult survivors, whistleblowers, and dissidents from the Middle East and beyond.
Co-Director
M. Zuhdi Jasser, M.D., is the son of Syrian immigrants who fled Ba’athist oppression in 1966. Dr. Jasser is a physician, former U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander, and President and founder of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD). He is a co-founder of the Muslim Reform Movement (MRM) and a former Vice-Chair of U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) appointed by the U.S. Senate from 2012-2016.
Zuhdi is an internationally recognized expert on Islamism (political Islam). He is widely published in the field, featured in many top-tier media, and regularly testifies to the U.S. Congress on the Islamist global threat and our domestic and foreign strategy.
