Dr Hisham A (HA) Hellyer is currently a scholar at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and senior associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies. Elected as a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Royal Society of Arts for his scholarly and public impact over two decades in geopolitics, security studies, media, and belief, he has held positions at Harvard University, Warwick University, Brookings, and the American University in Cairo. Trained in the Islamic canon, he was previously appointed as fellow at the Centre of Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge, the first “senior scholar” of Azzawia Institute, Council Member of the British Board of Scholars and Imams, and professional fellow at Cambridge Muslim College. His seven books include: Muslims of Europe: the ‘Other’ Europeans; A Revolution Undone: Egypt’s Road Beyond Revolt; A Sublime Path: the Sufi Way of the Makkan Sages; and The Islamic Tradition and the Human Rights Discourse.