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Zuhdi Jasser, also known as M. Zuhdi Jasser,〔 and Mohamed Zuhdi Jasser, is a medical doctor specializing internal medicine and nuclear cardiology in Phoenix, Arizona.〔 Jasser is a former lieutenant commander in the United States Navy,〔 where he served as staff internist in the Office of the Attending Physician of the United States Congress.〔 In 2003, with a group of American Muslims, Jasser founded the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD) based in Phoenix, Arizona,〔 and in 2004 he was one of the founders of the Center for Islamic Pluralism.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About Us )〕 He is also a contributor to national and international media, where he has advocated separation of mosque and state and spoken against the ideology of “political Islam” or Islamism. He has been a frequent guest on Fox News Channel, CNN, CBS, MSNBC, and TheBlaze.〔 He has also contributed articles to nationally read newspapers such as the ''Arizona Republic'',〔 ''The Dallas Morning News'',〔 ''The New York Post'',〔 ''The Wall Street Journal'',〔 and ''The Washington Times''.〔 He testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security hearings on The Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and the Community’s Response on March 10, 2011,〔 and before the United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution on June 24, 2011, on HR 963 the “See Something, Say Something Act.”〔 On June 20, 2012, Jasser appeared again before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security to discuss the Muslim Community’s response to the committee’s hearings on radicalization in the American Muslim community.〔 On February 27, 2013, Jasser testified on the issue of “Anti-Semitism: A Growing Threat to All Faiths” before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations. In March 2012, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) appointed Jasser to serve a two-year term on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom.〔 On June 25, 2013, in his role of USCIRF commissioner, Jasser appeared before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs joint subcommittee hearing on Religious Minorities in Syria: Caught in the Middle. On July 23, 2013, Jasser was elected vice chairman of USCIRF. ==Biography== Born on November 17, 1967 (), Jasser is the son of Syrians who immigrated to the United States in the 1960s, owing to repression in their homeland.〔 He was raised Appleton, Wisconsin, until the age of 6. The family then moved to Neenah, Wisconsin, where he was raised in the Sunni branch of Islam. His father was a cardiologist, and his mother is a pharmacist.〔 He attended the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, earning his bachelor of science in 1988; then he attended the Medical College of Wisconsin on a U.S. Navy scholarship, receiving his M.D. in 1992.〔 He served in the Navy for 11 years, receiving the Meritorious Service Medal and attaining the rank of lieutenant commander by the time of his honorable discharge in 1999.〔 His tours of duty included staff internist for the U.S. Congress,〔 medical department head aboard the USS El Paso, and chief resident at Bethesda Naval Hospital.〔〔 He moved to Arizona after his discharge from the Navy, taking over part of his father’s medical practice.〔 In the wake of the attacks of 9/11, Jasser and a group of American Muslims formed the American Islamic Forum for Democracy (AIFD) as “an organization that systematically looked at and engaged political Islam in all of its manifestations as the problem in order to reform our faith and stop terrorism, which was only a symptom.”〔 Jasser frequently writes and talks about the issue of political Islam. James Woolsey former head of the CIA and Seth Liebsohn, author and radio show host describe him as “the kind of man our government should listen to.”〔 Jasser utilizes his commentating, speaking engagements, and media appearances “to press Muslim leaders to aggressively oppose a ‘culture of separatism.’”〔 On March 10, 2011, Jasser appeared as a witness at the first in a series of hearings conducted by the United States House Committee on Homeland Security on “The Extent of Radicalization in the American Muslim Community and the Community’s Response."〔〔 Jasser’s testimony focused on how the polarization of American views of the Muslim community are an obstacle to reform within the faith, stating: I sit before you a proud, devout, American Muslim whose country is polarized on its perceptions of Muslims and the radicalization that occurs within our communities. One camp refuses to believe any Muslim could be radicalized living in blind multiculturalism, apologetics, and denial, and the other camp believes all devout Muslims and the faith of Islam are radicalized. Between these two polarities is a reasoned, pragmatic approach focused on solutions that recognizes the beauty of one of the world's great religions, while also acknowledging the existence within of a dangerous internal theo-political domestic and global ideology that must be confronted—Islamism. I hope that these hearings are the beginning of a rational national conversation about those solutions.〔 During his testimony he said that American Muslim organizations had been “circling the wagons” and have too frequently cautioned Muslims against speaking to law enforcement without a lawyer present.〔 He also said that political Islam was based on the idea that the government should be run under Islamic law, which he said violated the American concept of separation of church and state.〔 On June 24, 2011, Jasser appeared before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution to testify in favor of H.R. 963, the “See Something, Say Something” Act.〔 Jasser’s medical practice is in Phoenix, Arizona, and he resides in Scottsdale, Arizona, with his wife and three children, who are being raised as Muslims.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Zuhdi Jasser」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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