Mustafa Akyol is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, where he focuses on the intersection of public policy, Islam, and modernity. He is the author of acclaimed books such as “The Islamic Moses,” “The Islamic Jesus,” and “Reopening Muslim Minds: A Return to Reason, Freedom, and Tolerance .” He was a longtime contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, and teaches classes at Boston College and Foreign Service Institute. In July 2021, the Prospect magazine of the UK listed him among “The world’s top 50 thinkers.”