Karen Armstrong
Author and Researcher on Comparative Religions

Prof. Hatem Bazian
Professor of Islamic Law and Theology, Zaytuna College

Prof. Fabienne Brion
Professor of Criminology, Université Catholique de Louvain

Prof. Francois Burgat
Professor and Director (Emeritus), IREMAM - L’Institut de recherches et d’études sur le monde arabe et musulman

Prof. Massimo Campanini
Professor of Islamic studies, University of Trento

Prof. Rik Coolsaet
Professor (Emeritus) of International Relations, Ghent Institute for International Studies

Prof. Sonya Dayan
Professor (Emeritus) of Sociology, Université Paris Diderot-Paris

Prof. John Esposito
Professor of International Affairs and Islamic Studies, Georgetown University

Alain Gresh 
Editor (till 2015), Le Monde Diplomatique

Prof. Ebrahim Moosa
Professor of Islamic Studies,University of Notre Dame