John L. Esposito is University Professor, Professor of Religion and International Affairs and of Islamic Studies at Georgetown University. He is the author or editor of more than 45 books, including What Everyone Needs to Know About Islam and The Future of Islam and is Editor in Chief of Oxford Islamic Studies Online.

Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, Secretary-General, Organization of the Islamic Conference
John L. Esposito, University Professor, Professor of Religion and International Affairs and of Islamic Studies, and Founding Director, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding at the Walsh School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Jocelyne Cesari, Principal Research Fellow, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)
Peter Gottschalk, Associate Professor of Religion, Wesleyan University
Gabriel Greenberg, graduate student (rabbinical school)
Ibrahim Kalin, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University
Mohamed Nimer, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Washington, DC
Juan R. I. Cole, Richard P. Mitchell Distinguished University Professor of History, University of Michigan
Sherman A. Jackson, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Visiting Professor of Law and Professor of Afro-American Studies, University of Michigan
Anas Al-Shaikh-Ali CBE, Chair of AMSS (UK), Academic Advisor, IIIT, Director, London Office and Translation Department.
Sam Cherribi, Senior Lecturer, Sociology, and Director, Emory Development Initiative (EDI), Emory University
Sunaina Maira, Associate Professor, Asian American Studies, University of California, Davis
Tahir Abbas, Reader, Sociology, founding Director, Birmingham University Centre for the Study of Ethnicity and Culture, UK
Kate Zebiri, Senior Lecturer, Arabic and Islamic Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, London

"Edited with skill by John L. Esposito and Ibrahim Kalin...Together the authors give a comprehensive, well-documented account of the historical roots of present-day Islamophobia." -- Times Literary Supplement