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.
DIRECTOR AUGUSTINA ELGA JOAN SARAPUNG
Director, Institute for InterFaith Dialogue in Indonesia
A. Elga J. Sarapung was born in Gorontalo, on August 1st, 1961. She studied theology, and specialized in the field of Missiology and Ecumenical (Oikoumene), which was developed specifically for the study of "Interfaith Relations and Dialogue", as well as "Religions for Justice and Peace&...
DR. ROBERT P. SELLERS
Board Chair, Parliament of the World's Religions
Professor of Theology Emeritus, Hardin-Simmons University, Texas
Parliament Board Chair, Dr. Robert P. Sellers, is Professor of Theology Emeritus at Hardin-Simmons University in Texas. His classes emphasize cross-cultural living, global Christianity, Two-Thirds World and liberation theologies, world religions, and interreligious dialogue. He has a strong intern...
SADHVI BHAGAWATI SARASWATI
Secretary-General, Global Interfaith WASH Alliance
President, Divine Shakti Foundation
Director, World-Famous International Yoga Festival, Parmarth
Sadhviji was raised in an American family in Hollywood, California and graduated from Stanford University. She was completing her Ph.D. when she left America in 1996 to come and live permanently at Parmarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh, India. She has been living there for 22 years, engaged in spirit...
RABBI DR. NORMAN SOLOMON
Vice-President, World Congress of Faiths
Senior Associate, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, University of Oxford
Norman Solomon was born in Cardiff, and was educated at St. John’s College, Cambridge. He has served as rabbi to Orthodox congregations in Manchester, Liverpool, London and Birmingham. Currently, he is a member of Wolfson College of Oxford University and of the Oxford University Teaching and Resea...
SWAMI CHIDANAND SARASWATI
Co-Founder, Global Interfaith WASH Alliance (GIWA)
Founder, Interfaith Humanitarian Network-Project Hope
President and Spiritual Head, Parmarth Niketan Ashram
Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji’s motto in life is, “In the Service of God and humanity.” He left his home for the Himalayan jungles and forests in early childhood, in order to live a life devoted to God and in the service of humanity. He spent his youth in silence, meditation, yoga and austerit...
RABBI MARC SCHNEIER
President, Foundation for Ethnic Understanding
Founding Rabbi, The Hampton Synagogue
Rabbi Marc Schneier founded the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding in 1989 in order to help improve relationships between members of different ethnicities. One of the Foundation’s initial missions was to spearhead the rebuilding of the historic alliance between Jews and African Americans. His org...
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Connect2Dilaogue Demonstrator, KAICIID
I am Connect2Dialogue's demonstration avatar. This is how a profile can look when it is pinned to the map. Connect2Dialogue is a first of its kind networking platform for the global interfaith community. Beyond the open access resources, the platform offers: • A collaborative space for interre...
Ms. Afra Jalabi
Vice President, Tastakel Organization
Board Member, Baytna Syria, baytnasyria.org
Board Member, The Day After: Supporting a Democratic Transition in Syria
Afra Jalabi is a Syrian-Canadian writer whose interests revolve around religion, language and nonviolence. Jalabi is currently the vice-president of Tastakel Organization and a board member at both the Day After Association and Baytna--two NOGs. She was a signatory of the Damascus Declaration and ...
Trishna Singh
Director, Sikh Sanjog
Honorary Sikh Chaplain, University of Edinburgh Chaplaincy
Trishna Singh is a first generation Scottish Sikh. Born in Glasgow in the 1950’s, her education was limited due to cultural barriers she left school at the age of 13. She married and moved to Edinburgh in 1974. She re-entered the world of Education in 2004 and in 2007, at the age of 54, successful...
Ambassador Mohammad Alami Musa
Non-resident Ambassador to Algeria, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore
Head of Studies in Inter-Religious Relations in Plural Societies, The S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Justice of Peace, Prime Minister\'s Office Singapore
Director, Honour Singapore
Ambassador Mohammad Alami Musa is Head of Studies in Inter-Religious Relations in Plural Societies (SRP) Programme. He is concurrently Singapore’s non-resident Ambassador to the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria. Amb Alami held the appointment of President of MUIS Council (Islamic Religiou...