Souleiman Ghali

Souleiman Ghali is an American-Muslim leader and former head and a founder of the Islamic Society of San Francisco.

He supports dialogue between the faith communities and works to raise consciousness about Islam^[1] and bring Muslims, Christians, and Jews together.^[2][3] Born in Beirut, Lebanon, he came to the U.S. as a college student, and holds a degree in Activism and Social Change.^{[citation needed]}

He is a speaker and lecturer about Islam at churches, synagogues, universities and businesses, and has spoken at the Commonwealth Club^[4] and the World Affairs Council.^{[citation needed]}

The Islamic Society of San Francisco (ISSF) was the subject of a wrongful termination lawsuit by Safwat Morsy, an imam he had hired for his mosque but later fired for preaching radical ideology. ^{[citation needed]} Morsy maintained that he had been terminated for reporting accounting irregularities at the mosque, and was awarded $400,000 in damages by a jury in San Francisco Superior Court.^[5]