Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, author of Moving the Mountain, is the author of a forthcoming book, The Shariah Index Project, which seeks to define and measure the Islamic state. He is chairman of Cordoba Initiative, an independent, multifaith, multinational project that provides innovative solutions to areas where conflict between Islamic and Western communities undermines local and global security. His work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal and Foreign Policy, and Time has named him among the 100 most influential people of the world.