Nihad Awad is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the most prominent Muslim civil rights and advocacy organisation in the United States. As a signatory of A Common Word Between Us and You, he promotes interfaith dialogue between Muslims and Christians. Awad played a central role in coordinating the Open Letter to al-Baghdadi, mobilizing over 120 Muslim scholars to reject extremist ideology. He has condemned Western governments for complicity in the Gaza genocide and called for expanded Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) action. CAIR has also filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government for its support of Israeli genocide in Gaza.