The Alliance was founded by scholars including Wahhaj, Zaid Shakir, Hamza Yusuf, Talib Abdur Rashid, Asim Abdur Rashid, Ihsan Bagby, R. Mukhtar Curtis, Sherman Jackson, Amir al-Islam and many others.
IRF features internationally famous scholars and orators including Dr. Zakir Naik, Ahmed Deedat, Yusuf Estes, Maulana Parekh, Dr. Bilal Philips, Yasir Fazaga, Abdur Raheem Green, Yasir Qadhi, Hussein Ye, James Yee, Siraj Wahhaj and many others.
The first Kominas' song ever released was "Rumi was a Homo (But Wahhaj Is a Fag)", by the website Muslim Wake Up! in response to then recent homophobic comments made by the Imam Siraj Wahhaj.