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.
Jean Frances Duff, M.A, M.P.H
President, The Joint Learning Initiative on Faith and Local Communities
Ms Duff serves as chief executive of the Joint Learning Initiative on Faith & Local Communities (JLI) an international, interfaith, multi-sector collaboration for excellent  evidence for faith groups’ activity and contribution to development and humanitarian challenges. JLI’s goal is to e...
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. MAJEDA OMAR
Director, Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies (RIIFS)
Majeda Omar is the director of the Royal Institute for Inter-faith Studies in Jordan. She previously served as a Senior Researcher at Majlis El Hassan, (His Royal Highness Prince El Hassan bin Talal Offices), Royal Hashemite Court, Jordan. She also chaired the philosophy department at the University...
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...
ASSOC. PROF. DR. IMTIYAZ YUSUF
Associate Professor, The International Institute of Islamic Civilisation and Malay World, Malaysia
Dr. Imtiyaz Yusuf is Associate Professor and Deputy Dean for Students Development and Community Engagement and also Coordinator, Islam and Buddhism Programme at The International Institute of Islamic Civilisation and Malay World (ISTAC-IIUM), Malaysia. Dr. Yusuf is also a Senior Fellow at the Prince...
DR. CHARLES C. HAYNES
Vice president, Newseum Institute
Executive director, Religious Freedom Center
Dr. Charles C. Haynes is vice president of the Newseum Institute, founding director of the Religious Freedom Center and a senior scholar at the First Amendment Center. He writes and speaks extensively on religious liberty and religion in American public life. Haynes is best known for his work on Fir...
PROF. PRIYANKAR UPADHYAYA
UNESCO Chair Professor for Peace and Intercultural Understanding, Banaras Hindu University
Global Fellow, Peace Research Institute Oslo
Professor Priyankar Upadhyaya is widely regarded as the pioneer of peace studies in India and holds the UNESCO Chair for Peace and Intercultural Understanding at Banaras Hindu University, in addition to over thirty years teaching international relations and peace studies as well as managing the M...
REV. SUSAN HAYWARD
Senior Advisor for Religion and Inclusive Societies, United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
Susan Hayward is a senior advisor for religion and inclusive societies at the U.S. Institute of Peace. Hayward directs the Institute’s efforts to advance conflict prevention, resolution and reconciliation projects engaging the religious sector. Since joining the Institute in 2007, her field work h...
THE VENERABLE DHARMA MASTER HSIN TAO
Founder, Museum of World Religions, Taipei, Taiwan
Founder, Ling Jiou Mountain Buddhist Foundation
Founder, Global Family for Love and Peace (GFLP)
Born in upper Burma in 1948 to ethnic Chinese parents, Master Hsin Tao was left orphaned and impoverished at an early age. Having been taken in by the remnants of ROC military units operating along the border of Yunnan, China, he was brought to Taiwan in 1961. At the age of 15, he was deeply moved b...