* Executive Director of the Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation
* Advisory board member for numerous Muslim organizations
* Has worked in concert with International ANSWER
* Declared that he and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist fundraiser Sami al-Arian are “kindred spirits” on the issue of Muslim political activism
Born in 1950, Mahdi Bray is a former Baptist who converted to Islam sometime in the mid- to late 1970s.
Over the years, Bray has been convicted more than 20 times for operating improperly registered, tagged or inspected vehicles, and for repeatedly driving with a suspended license. More seriously, during the 1980s he was convicted and sentenced on three felonies:
On one occasion in 1981, Bray seemed to deny his Muslim faith when – during a pre-sentencing investigation related to the drug charges that had been filed against him – he told his probation officer that he was a member of the Central Avenue Baptist Church in Norfolk (Virginia), and that he wanted to eventually become a Baptist minister.
Following his release from prison in 1991, Bray went on to become a public figure and activist. He is best known as the former executive director of the Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation (MASFF)