Muhammad Robert Heft (born November 4, 1972, in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian Muslim activist.
Coming from a German and Irish background, Heft spent his childhood and majority of his life in a small town outside of Toronto.
In 2007 Heft was made a representative for the Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Humanitarian and Charity Est.
[3][failed verification] In 2009 Heft formally started working with “youth at risk” and designed a 3-step "de-radicalization" program for Muslim Canadians.
[citation needed] Judge Dawson court approved Heft in 2010 as a de-radicalization counsellor in for Steven Vikash Chand, one of the “Toronto 18” arrested for involvement in the 2006 Ontario terrorism plot.