Chairman of the Religion & Security Council, Rome. Emiliano Stornelli is the founding chairman of the Religion & Security Council (RSC). He established RSC to promote conflict resolution and a cooperative approach to security through active engagement in the religious dimension of interna...

Executive Director WeRise Africa Harriet Atieno Ahalo is a Kenyan Youth Peace advocate working in the coast region. Much of her work involves championing youth of her age to take active roles in peace building and conflict mitigation. She currently holds a bachelor’s degree in criminology and sec...

Father Hermes Bajao Sabud S.M. is a missionary priest of the Society of Mary, Marist Fathers. He is a visiting professor at Saint Alphonsus Theological and Mission Institute in Davao City, Philippines, teaching Theology of Religions and Religious Pluralism and Dialogue, and Mission Spirituality. He ...

Project officer, Swedish government agency for support to faith communities Jana Jakob is a project officer at the Swedish government agency for support to faith communities, where she is mainly responsible for the agency’s educational and capacity building work, as well as special government ass...

Jannatul Maoa is a writer and an interfaith dialogue activist. She has 11 years of experience in working and dealing with people from diverse religious and cultural backgrounds. As a student of the Department of World Religions and Culture, Jannatul participated and voluntarily facilitated several i...

International relations scholar and independent consultant Kannanathan Rajganna is an international relations scholar with specialisation in international human rights law and geopolitics. He’s also an independent consultant of geopolitics with a special focus on the Indo-Pacific region. He worke...

Marcelle Al-Jwaniat has a master’s degree in media from Yarmouk University, Jordan. She is also a doctoral candidate at a Lebanese university, specializing in media and communication.  She is an active volunteer with many religious centres and institutions such as the Catholic Center for Studies ...

Muhammad Mahdi al-Husseini holds a master’s degree in historical and cultural studies and a Phd in religious history. He works in the Iraqi Ministry of Education and is a lecturer in religious studies at Imam Kazem University in Dhi Qar. He believes in the protection of diversity, interfaith a...

Reverend Dr. Nicolas André Kazarian is a priest of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of France (Ecumenical Patriarchate) and a visiting fellow of the Orthodox Christian Studies Center at Fordham University in New York. He is also a research associate at the French Institute for International and Strat...

Muslim Coordinator of the Silsilah Forum, Davao, Philippines Nor Asiah Madale Adilao believes that each one of us has been shaped by our unique culture and we can only appreciate the richness of the cultures of others if we know who we are and are comfortable with ourselves. Nor Asiah serves as Mus...