I have been informally exchanging ideas with WORDE Director, Dr. Hedieh MIrahmadi for over two years. I find the work she and her organization are doing is exactly what is needed to raise the awareness of the Muslim community and those unfamiliar with the Islamic religion and wide array of Muslim cultures to the challenges and opportinities of today's strategic environment. I have found WORDE's papers and the panel discussions they have hosted to be informative and constructive. Dialogue and the exchange of ideas is a vital part of expanding our understanding of complex views and deligitimazing hateful ideologies.