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.
REV. PROF. DR. FADI DAOU
Co-Founder and President, Adyan Foundation
Born in 1971 in Lebanon, Fadi Daou is currently the Chairperson and CEO of Adyan Foundation, where he contributes, in Lebanon and internationally, to the promotion of coexistence, interfaith relations and inclusive citizenship. Adyan’s successful work was recognized in 2018 by receiving the Niwan...
DR. HANI DAWAH
Deputy Senior Media Advisor, Grand Mufti of Egypt
Hani Dawah is the current Deputy of the Senior Media Advisor to the Grand Mufti of Egypt. He is a 2017 International Fellow of KAICIID, Vienna; a member of the Interreligious Platform for Dialogue and Cooperation in the Arab World, as Representative of the Grand Mufti of Egypt, and an incumbent...
AMBASSADOR HOUDA EZRA EBRAHIM NONOO
Former Ambassador and Member of Parliament, Bahraini Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Houda Ezra Ebrahim Nonoo (b. 1964) was born in the small Arabian kingdom of Bahrain, to Jewish parents of Iraqi ancestry. She spent a major part of her formative years in Britain, where she went to a Jewish school. Nonoo earned her BA and MBA in England, and also married there. After her father die...
DR. FARHAN AHMAD NIZAMI, C.B.E
Director, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
Founder-Director, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies
Prince of Wales Fellow, Magdalen College, Oxford University
Since 1985, Dr. Farhan Ahmad Nizami is the Founder Director of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies , a recognized independent center of the University of Oxford, which was granted a Royal Charter by Queen Elizabeth II. He was also elected Prince of Wales Fellow at Magdalen College and Emeritus Fel...
RABBI AMY EILBERG
Coordinator of Jewish Community Engagement, Faith in Action Bay Area
Member of Steering Committee, Multifaith Voices for Peace and Justice
Rabbi Amy Eilberg is the first woman ordained as a Conservative rabbi by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.She serves as the Coordinator of Jewish Engagement for Faith in Action Bay Area, a multi-faith, multi-racial social justice organization in the San Francisco Bay Area. She previouslyÂ...
PROF. DR. ITZCHAK WEISMANN
Professor of Islamic Studies, Haifa University
Itzchak Weismann is Associate Professor of Islamic studies and former Director of the Jewish-Arab Center at Haifa University. He is also the editor of Sahar (Crescent) series of translations into Hebrew of major modern Islamic texts. His scholarship focuses on Salafism, Islamic movements in the Midd...
DR. C. ROSALEE VELLOSO EWELL
Executive Director, Theological Commission, World Evangelical Alliance
Principal, Redcliffe College
Dr. C. Rosalee Velloso Ewell is the Principal of Redcliffe College (UK) and the Executive Director of the Theological Commission for the World Evangelical Alliance. She is a Brazilian theologian from São Paulo and has a PhD in theological ethics from Duke University. Rosalee also serves as New Test...
REV. DR. C. WELTON GADDY
President Emeritus and Senior Advisor, Interfaith Alliance
Pastor Emeritus, Northminster Church
Member, Council on Foreign Relations Advisory Committee
The Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy is President Emeritus of Interfaith Alliance and currently serving as their Senior Advisor. A champion of religious freedom, he also hosts a weekly national radio programme "State of Belief" in which he explores and explains the role of religion in daily life.Â...
DR. MARK OWEN
Secretary General, ECRL European Council of Religious Leaders
Director, Centre of Religion, Reconciliation and Peace, University of Winchester
Dr Mark Owen holds a BA in Theology and Religious Studies, MA in World Religions, and PhD in Tibetan Buddhism. Mark has extensive experience of working with interfaith and multi-faith organisations, and an academic and practical background in religious peacebuilding. Dr Owen has been Secretary Gener...
Imam Yahya Sergio Yahe Pallavicini
President, CO.RE.IS. (Comunità Religiosa Islamica) Italiana
ISESCO Ambassador, Dialogue among Civilizations
Co-Coordinator, the European MJLC Muslim and Jewish Leadership Council
Council Member, ECRL European Council of Religious Leaders
Yahya Pallavicini is president of COREIS, the Islamic Religious Community of Italy, one of the principal organisations of institutional representation of Islam in Italy with a vocation for theological training, ecumenism and intercultural education in the West (www.coreis.it). Yahya has been a me...