Center for Islamic Pluralism

Center for Islamic Pluralism

Abbreviation	CIP
Formation	2004 (2004), opened in 2005
Legal status	Public charity
Headquarters	Washington, D.C.
Executive Director	Stephen Suleyman Schwartz
President	Kemal Silay
Subsidiaries	in London, UK and Cologne, Germany
Website	islamicpluralism.org

The Center for Islamic Pluralism (CIP) is a U.S.-based Islamic think tank challenging Islamist interpretations of Islam. It was founded in 2004 by eight people including the Sufi Muslim author Stephen Suleyman Schwartz and officially opened on March 25, 2005. With its headquarters in Washington, D.C., today it has subsidiaries in London and Cologne, Germany and correspondents in 32 countries of the world.