Alliance of Inclusive Muslims, or AIM, is a collective of progressive Muslims across all nationality, race and sectarian affiliation

Who We Are

Ulfat Hussein

President

Ms. Ulfat Hussein Masibo founded Africa Muslim Women Action Network (AMWAN) in 2019 and based in Mombasa. AMWAN is Muslim women led organization seeking to bring forth an egalitarian society by advocating for gender equality and women empowerment. She is also the current Regional coordinator for Coast People Forum (CPF), an organization seeking to educate the girl child at the coast region.

Ms. Hussein is a Kenyan citizen born from an Arab Muslin mother and a Christian father of African origin, the late Patrick Masibo.

Bukuru Elie

Vice President

Imam Khalfan, President, Founder, and Legal Representative of AICNDH, is a leader in the Muslim community in Burundi. Imam Khalfan was born in Nyagatovu in 1984. After college, he went to study Islamic Studies at the Islamic Institute of Mombasa. At that time, he became aware of harmful interpretations of sacred texts. In 2012, upon returning from Mombasa, Imam Khalfan did a six-month training on Islamic Thought at the Islamic Cultural Center in Kigali.

Through AICNDH, he engages in promoting human rights, especially Muslim women’s rights, citizen participation, and humanitarian development. As a #ImamsForShe Champion, he was a keynote speaker in conferences on Freedom of Religion and Sexuality at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.

Imam Khalfan holds a graduate degree in Mathematical Physics from the Normal Superior School of Burundi (ENS). As a student, Imam Khalfan founded and led the Association of Muslim Students of Normal School (AEMENS). He also served as Executive Secretary for Muslim Students of the East African Community. Currently he is the Deputy Secretary of Alliance of Inclusive Muslims.

Sherine Elbanhawy

Secretary

Sherine Elbanhawy is pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia. She’s also the founder of Rowayat, a literary magazine showcasing Egyptian writers. She’s a blogger, freelance writer, and writes book/movie reviews for ScoopEmpire. She enjoys spending time with family, is committed to community service. She loves to travel, ride bikes, and read.

Ani Osman-Zonneveld

Treasurer

Ms. Ani Zonneveld is Founder and President of Muslims for Progressive Values (MPV), a faith-based, grassroots, international human rights organization that embodies and advocates for the traditional Qur’anic values of social justice and equality for all. Ms. Zonneveld has presided over MPV’s expansion to include chapters and affiliates in 12 countries and 19 cities. She is the co-editor of MPV’s first book “Progressive Muslim Identities – Personal Stories from the U.S. and Canada”; and has contributed to many forewords and to numerous anthologies, and is a contributor for HuffingtonPost, Open Democracy and al-Jazeera, and is the subject of a documentary title “al-imam” featuring Ani’s activism works. As an award-winning songwriter, Ms. Zonneveld utilizes the power of music and the arts in countering radicalism as she speaks-sings her message of social justice and peace from a progressive Muslim woman’s perspective, and is the first woman to release an English Islamic pop album in the U.S. in 2004.

Ms. Zonneveld has spearheaded the founding of the Alliance of Inclusive Muslims and now serves as its Treasurer.