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.
BISHOP DR. MUNIB A. YOUNAN
Bishop Emeritus, Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land
Former President, the Lutheran World Federation
Honorary President, Middle East Council of Churches
Founder and member, core group of Council of Religious Institutions in the Holy Land
Judge, World Interfaith Harmony Week
Bishop Dr. Munib Younan was is the former President (2010-2017) of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF), a global communion of Christian churches with 145 member churches in 79 countries representing more than 70 million Christians. In his capacity of president of the LWF the bishop signed with his H...
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...
CLAUDIO GREGORIO EPELMAN
Executive Director, Latin American Jewish Congress
Representative to the Holy See & Commissioner, Interreligious Dialogue, World Jewish Congress
Claudio Epelman is the Executive Director of the Latin American Jewish Congress, regional branch of the World Jewish Congress, and Commissioner for interreligious dialogue &Â Representative to the Holy See of the World Jewish Congress. Epelman had a personal relation with the then Cardinal Jorg...
JOHN L. ESPOSITO
Founding Director, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, Georgetown University
Project Director, Bridge Initiative
Editor-in-Chief, Oxford Islamic Studies Online, The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World, The Oxford Encyclopedia
University Professor, Professor of Religion and International Affairs and of Islamic Studies at Georgetown University, John L. Esposito is Founding Director of the Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding and The Bridge Initiative: Protecting Pluralism – Ending Islamophobia in the Walsh ...
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...
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...
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...
IMAM ABDOULAYE OUASSELEGUE
Vice President, Islamic Council Central African Republic
Coordinator, Islamic Relief Central African Republic
Secretary General, Mohammed VI Foundation of African Ulemas, Morocco
Abdoulaye Ouasselegue, currently Imam of the Petevo mosque in Bangui and coordinator of Islamic Relief in Central African Republic, is the vice president and spokesperson of the Islamic Council in Central African Republic. Secretary General of the Mohammed VI Foundation of African Ulemas, Abdoulaye ...
HONOURABLE ELA GANDHI
Trustee, Gandhi Development Trust
Ela Gandhi is the granddaughter of Mohandas Gandhi, also known as 'Mahatma' (great soul) Gandhi, the man who famously led Indians to independence from their British colonizers in 1946. She was born in 1940 and grew up in the Phoenix Settlement, the first Ashram established by Mahatma Gandhi,...
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...