Talal Eid

Talal Eid (Arabic: إمام طلال عید) (born 1951) is an imam from Lebanon who has combated the portrayal of Muslims as terrorists and served as Commissioner of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom.

Biography Talal Eid was born in 1951 in Lebanon. He graduated with a degree in Islamic Law (sharia) from Jamia al-Azhar University in Cairo in 1974. In 2005, he received his Doctor of Theology degree from Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts

He left the mosque on July 30, 2005 due to a factional fight in which he resigned from the role. In 2005, Eid became the Imam and Executive Director of the Islamic Institute of Boston, holding the position until 2015. He was also the Muslim chaplain at Brandeis University, the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and the Brigham and Women Hospital in Boston.

After the September 11 Attacks, Eid visited many high schools, churches, and community organizations to combat the portrayal of Muslims as terrorists.

On 15 May 2007, he became the first Muslim cleric appointed to the US Commission on International Religious Freedom by President George W. Bush. He served as Commissioner until June 2011.

In June 2015, he became Imam and Director of Religious Affairs of the Islamic Center of Greater Toledo.