Mustafa Akyol

Mustafa Akyol is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, focusing on Islam and modernity, and a former contributing opinion writer for the New York Times . His book Islam without Extremes was longlisted for the Lionel Gelber Prize, while being banned in Malaysia for challenging the 'religion police'. In 2021, Prospect picked Akyol as one of the world's top ten thinkers.

Mustafa Akyol is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, focusing on Islam and modernity, and a former contributing opinion writer for the New York Times . His book Islam without Extremes was longlisted for the Lionel Gelber Prize, while being banned in Malaysia for challenging the 'religion police'. In 2021, Prospect picked Akyol as one of the world's top ten thinkers. See less