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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.

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...

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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...

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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...

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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 &  Representative to the Holy See of the World Jewish Congress. Epelman had a personal relation with the then Cardinal Jorg...

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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,...

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