Dr Salim Mansur is a Muslim who was born in Calcutta and moved to Canada where he received his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. He is now an Associate Professor at the University of Western Ontario. He is a renowned voice in the debate of moderate versus militant Islam, the author of numerous articles published in the Jerusalem Quarterly, American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences, The Journal of South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Arab Studies Quarterly, Middle East Quarterly, a frequent contributor to the Globe & Mail, The National Post, Toronto Sun, National Review Online and others, a frequent commentator and analyst on radio and television, including the PBS Jim Lehrer Hour, and in 2006, he received the American Jewish Congress' Stephen S Wise "Profile in Courage" award.