Imam Abdullah Antepli is the President of the Rothko Chapel in Houston, Texas—an independent, globally recognized institution dedicated to art, spirituality, and human rights. He is a globally acknowledged scholar and leader in cross-religious and cross-cultural dialogue. His Muslim Leadership Initiative helped young Muslim American leaders understand Judaic and Israeli studies and cultivated compassion in the face of fear and hate. He built multiple organizations that facilitated religious and spiritual life on college campuses across the United States, sowing seeds of understanding between religions while upholding their cultural integrity and dignity. He has written extensively on religious and cultural issues, contributing his vibrant voice to national and international media on these crucial areas of public affairs. As a Muslim-American Imam and one of the few scholars bridging faith, ethics, and public policy—and as someone born in Turkey who has lived in three different countries—Abdullah Antepli offers the academic and interfaith worlds a vital element of intellectual, ethnic, religious, and cultural diversity.