Mohammad Usman Rana (born 3 June 1985) is a Norwegian commentator, columnist and medical doctor, having earned his degree at the University of Oslo.

His father Aftab Ahmed Rana was a local politician for the Norwegian Labour Party, and a leader of an Islamic congregation (named "Islamsk Senter") in Vestfold.

[3] He participated in debates on national television and was interviewed by newspapers on issues pertaining to immigration, integration, Islamism,[4] internal strife in Norwegian Muslim groups.

[9] Rana said that "the burning of the Norwegian flag, all because a small number of Christian extremists published pictures of the Prophet, is unfair", according to the Verdens Gang.

[10] The day before Rana had described Storhaug as "extremely xenophobic", "paranoid", adherent of racism and an "extremist" who "hates Islam", in Verdens Gang.