Aminah McCloud, professor of religious studies at DePaul University and an internationally recognized authority on Islam in America, will be among the voices heard in a Link TV special hosted by Ray Suarez and scheduled to air Feb. 5, at 9 p.m., CST.

“Who Speaks for Islam?” will give Americans the opportunity to hear from a roundtable panel of diverse Muslim voices: McCloud, who is also the director of the new Islamic World Studies program at DePaul and one of 10 African American professors teaching Islamic Studies in the United States; Hatem Bazian, a Sunni Muslim lecturer in Islamic Studies at the University of California at Berkeley and host of “Islam Today,” which airs over KPFA radio in California; and Souheila Al-Jadda, a journalist and writer who says she has to defend her faith with federal authorities and American teenagers, and whose articles have appeared in the Christian Science Monitor, the Dallas Morning News and the San Jose Mercury News.

Joining the discussion via satellite will be Mike Scheuer, a former senior intelligence agent who created and advised a secret CIA unit for tracking and eliminating Osama bin Laden. Scheuer recently resigned from the CIA after 22 years and has authored “Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing the War on Terror.”

The segment, which will air over Direct TV, DISH Network and select PBS stations nationwide, seeks to answer the questions: Where do most Muslims fall within the spectrum of Muslim thought? Just how powerful is Osama bin Laden’s influence within the Muslim world, and why does his voice resonate commandingly for some? Where are the unheard voices of Islam, and what can they do to counteract the extremists? When people commit acts of violence in the name of Islam, is it really an Islamic act?

Suarez, a veteran television journalist, is the host of PBS’ “The Newshour.”