Dr Hedieh Mirahmadi
President of the World Organization for Resource Development and Education
Hedieh Mirahmadi, an attorney by profession, serves as legal counsel and consultant for several multinational non-governmental organizations, which cultivate an international network of support and expertise to combat the spread of Islamist extremists and the means by which they advance their goals. She travels extensively on behalf of those organizations [e.g. Indonesia, Malaysia, Lebanon, Africa, Egypt, and UK] in order to learn about the methodology, ideology, infrastructure, and recruiting techniques of Islamist extremist movements. She has interviewed countless individuals around the Muslim world, including here in the US, to understand what ideologically motivates people towards the extreme, as well as the economic, social, and financial incentives used to recruit followers.
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Dr. Mirahmadi takes the wealth of knowledge gained from her work to brief law enforcement, government policy makers and counterterrorism experts on how to ultimately succeed in the long term struggle against radicalism and terror. Her expertise earned her an appointment to the US Embassy in Afghanistan as Senior Advisor for civil society infrastructure. Recently, she was also appointed to the “Heritage Council” of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the LAPD Counter Terrorism Community Police Advisory Board.
As President and founder of WORDE, Hedieh has combined her political, social and intellectual resources in the US and Muslim world to create the policy and networks that will transform stifled and oppressed Muslim societies into progressive, self-sustaining, communities that are the cornerstone of a grass roots democracy.
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Her current projects include extensive consultations and partnering with British Muslim NGO’s to “rehabilitate” Muslim youth back from radical ideologies and to bolster British Muslim minorities. She is also the Co-Chair of the first ever all female Islamic Law Council that will re-examine the current standing of women’s rights in Muslim societies and provide new verdicts on the most pressing issues.
Her recent briefings on the Islamist threat have been presented to HRH Prince Charles of Wales, England; Admiral Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff; Wives of Senior Military Officials Annual Conference; US NORTHCOM/NORAD Senior Leadership Conference; USARMY NORTH Force Protection Conference; US Congressmen Frank Wolf and Peter Roskam; Congresswoman Sue Myrick; former US Vice President, Richard Cheney; and Colonel M. Qaddafi, Leader of Republic of Libya.
She is a contributing writer to the book “The Other Muslims-Moderate and Secular” Palgrave Publications, and the author of several articles including “How Obama Can Split the Taliban”, “Picking and Choosing Enemies in Afghanistan” , “A Lebanon Freedom Foundation” and “Jihadi Tomb Raiders”. She is also the author of “Islam and Civil Society”, an important compilation of Islamic scholarship by Ingram Publications.
