Who is Who in Interreligious Dialogue
The KAICIID Who is Who in Interreligious Dialogue is an online directory of individuals active and expert in the field of IRD including religious leaders, policymakers, heads of international organizations, teachers, trainers and activists. Search the directory to connect with experts and specialists from every region engaged in a wide variety of initiatives.
José "Chencho" Alas
President and Executive Director, Foundation for Sustainability and Peacemaking in Mesoameric
José Inocencio "Chencho" Alas is a community organizer and former priest from El- Salvador. The director of the Foundation for Sustainability and Peacemaking in Mesoamerica, "Chencho"- as he is fondly known – also established the Foundation for Self Sufficiency in Central America....
Sohini Jana
Education USA Advisor, United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF)
Associate, Institute for Faith-Based Diplomacy
Sohini Jana is the Director of Jammu and Kashmir Policy Institute, and acting Chapter President for the India chapter of the Euphrates Institute, a US-based non-profit organization. A post-graduate in English Literature, her interest in IRD stems from books, as she took to listening to the "othe...
His Grace the Right Reverend Bishop Demetrios Charbak
Bishop of Banias, Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East
His Grace, the Right Reverend Bishop Demetrios (Charback) currently serves as Bishop of Safita. He has a diploma of Civil Engineering from Syria and Doctorate in Dogma from Greece. Professor of “inter-Christian Dialogue: Ecumenical movement” at the Theological Faculty of the University of Balama...
DR. HAGGAR MAHAMAT AHMAT
CEO, Cultural Center for Research and African and Arab Studies
President, International Committee of the Group of Islamic-Christian friendship (GAIC)
Former Special Advisor, Prime Minister and Head of Government
Dr. Haggar Mahamat Ahmat is Former Special Advisor to the Prime Minister and Head of Government. He has also served as CEO of the Cultural Center for Research and African and Arab Studies, former representative for Central and West Africa at the NGO World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY) - Saudi Arab...
Alison Van Dyk
Board of Trustees, Temple of Understanding
Alison Van Dyk holds M.A. degrees in clinical psychology and transpersonal counciling psychology. She has been a child psychotherapist in private practice for the past 30 years. In 1989 she founded the Early Childhood Project for preschool at risk children in the South Bronx, New York. She is chairm...
DR. MUSTAFA Y. ALI
Secretary General, Global Network of Religions for Children
Director, Arigatou International - Nairobi
Dr. Mustafa is the Secretary General of the Global Network of Religions for Children, and Director of the Arigatou International – Nairobi. He previously served as the Secretary General of the African Council of Religious Leaders (ACRL) and the Africa Representative for Religions for Peace Interna...
DR. KEZEVINO ARAM
President, Shanti Ashram
Co-moderator and Executive Committee Member, Religions for Peace International
Chairperson, International Interfaith Council for Children, Arigatou International
Member, Governing Council, National Foundation for Communal Harmony
Dr. Aram is currently the President of a dedicated Gandhian Institution Shanti Ashram. In its 32nd year, it has become a centre for development, learning and practice. The service outreach of Shanti Ashram has also grown over the past 10 years to cover nearly 80,000 vulnerable children and partne...
RADIA BAKKOUCH
Civil Society and Program Officer, United Nations
Radia Bakkouch is the head of research and documentation for the 5th season of the InterFaith Tour program, a world tour project of interfaith initiatives whose mission is to identify, study and promote practices that contribute to peace. She was president and director of advocacy and research of Co...
Kiran Bali, MBE JP
Global Chairperson, United Religions Initiative
Member of the Executive Committee, World Congress of Faiths
Kiran Bali, MBE JP, is a practicing Hindu scholar and a social entrepreneur. As a recipient of numerous international awards, Kiran has been leading at the global interfaith level for many years. As an environmental activist, Kiran has been leading grassroots projects to help tackle climate action. ...
HIS GRACE DR. LUIGI BRESSAN
Former Archbishop of Trento, R.C. Archdiocese of Trento
His Grace, Archbishop Luigi Bressan, was born in 1940 in Trento (Italy) and was ordained Priest in 1964 and Bishop in 1989, promoted as Archbishop of Trento in 1999. He resigned because of age in 2016 and was appointed National Assistant of two Italian Associations dealing with development project...