Hanif D. Sherali is a University Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Industrial and Systems Engineering Department at Virginia Tech. He is a Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences and the Institute of Industrial Engineers, and he is an elected member of the National Academy of Engineering, and a member of the Virginia Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine. On the related topic of Islam, he has previously authored the book, “Spiritual Discourses,” [2014] published by Author House.