Reşit Haylamaz, PhD, writes extensively on the life of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, and early history of Islam. His Sultan of Hearts: Prophet Muhammad is a best-selling biography of the Prophet in his native Turkish.

Y. Alp Aslandoğan, PhD, is the Executive Director of the Alliance for Shared Values, a non-profit organization in New York. An author and editor of The Fountain magazine, Aslandoğan co-edited Muslims Citizens of the Globalized World: Contributions of the Gülen Movement (2007).