KAICIID Fellows
Sameera Abdullah Al Refa’e
Dr. Sameera Abdulla AL-Refa’e is currently working as an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Sharia, Department of Islamic Studies, Yarmouk University, Jordan. Dr. Sameera has participated in several conferences and events of various topics such as 1st international conference under the titl...
Simran Jeet Singh
Dr. Simran Jeet Singh is an educator, activist, and writer who is a Visiting Professor at Union Seminary and host of Spirited, a new interview-based podcast about spirituality, faith, and activism. Simran serves as a columnist for Religion News Service and a chaplain at Columbia University and New Y...
Tirmizy Abdullah
Tirmizy Esmail Abdullah is the current Interfaith Cooperation Forum (ICF) national coordinator in the Philippines. ICF is an Asian movement for justice and transformation that is interreligious in nature, is regional in scope, focuses on marginalised communities, confronts the roots of violence and ...
Ven. Acinna
Ven Acinna is a Buddhist monk from Myanmar. He is studying for his doctorate at Postgraduate Institute of Buddhist and Pali Studies, University of Kelaniya in Sri Lanka. He received his L.L.B from Yangon University in 2004 and his M.A (Buddhist Studies) from Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lank...
Venerable Galkande Dhammananda Thero
Venerable Galkande Dhammananda Thero is a Sri Lankan national and a monk of Theravada Buddhist tradition. After completing his monastic training, Dhammanand Thero attended the University of Kelaniya where he received a Bachelor’s degree in History. After winning the commonwealth Scholarship in 200...
Waheed Mossoud
Production Executive for BBC World’s Language Services Mr. Massoud was the editor and bureau chief for BBC World‘s Afghanistan Service based in Kabul from 2011 to 2017 where he was leading the BBC Afghan Service’s operation in Afghanistan. Prior to working with the BBC, Mr. Ma...
Yusuf Daud
Yusuf Daud earned his first scholarship for a Master of Science from the University of Indonesia in the International Affairs Middle East and Islamic Department in 2005 and his second for a Master of Philosophy and Islamic Mysticism from ICAS London in 2006. He has published four books on religion, ...