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.
FR. ZAKARIA MATTA
Priest, Saint Mary Coptic Orthodox Church, Marsa Matrouh
Father Matta Zakaria currently serves as Patron of the Virgin Mary Coptic Orthodox Church in Marsa Matrouh, Egypt and serves as a representative of His Holiness Pope Tawadros II of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Egypt in interreligious matters....
SR. KATHLEEN MCGARVEY
Founder, Interfaith Forum of Muslim and Christian Women’s Association
Sr. Kathleen McGarvey is a Catholic Religious Sister of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles (OLA) and currently the Provincial superior of her Religious Congregation in Ireland. Kathleen earned her Doctorate Degree in Missiology from St Patrick’s College, Maynooth. Her research focuse...
DR. KUSUMITA P. PEDERSEN
Professor Emerita, Religious Studies, St. Francis College, New York
Trustee, Parliament of the World's Religions
Vice President, Committee of Religious NGOs, United Nations
Co-Chair, Interfaith Center of New York
Kusumita P. Pedersen is Professor Emerita of Religious Studies at St. Francis College, New York, and has has been part of the global interfaith movement for over thirty years. She is a Trustee of the Parliament of the World's Religions and serves as Co-Chair of the Interfaith Center of New York....
PASTOR ZERIHUN DEGU MENEGESTE
Secretary General, Interreligious Council of Ethiopia
Board Member and East Africa Board Chairman, Africa Evangelical Fellowship
Board Chairman, Ethiopian Evangelical Churches Fellowship
Board Member, Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation
Member of Steering Committee, African Union
Pastor Zerihun Degu Menegeste was born in 1966 in Ethiopia and is the current Secretary General of the Interreligious Council of Ethiopia. Pastor Menegeste obtained a Master of Arts in Leadership from the Pan Africa Christian University, and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Bible and Theology from Addis ...
ADJA ASTA MOUSSA
National President, The National Bureau of Muslim Central African Women (BNFMC)
Adja Asta Moussa, born Kpassa Blandine Asta, is the national president of Muslim women in CAR and the second coordinator of the religious platform in which she coordinates organizations and groups in Bangui's third district. Moussa is the founding President of the organization for Muslim women a...
Canon Mark Poulson
Canon, Inter Faith Relations, Diocese of London
Former Archbishop’s Secretary, Inter-Religious Affairs and National Advisor for Inter-Religious Affairs, Church of England
From 2014 to 2018, Canon Mark Poulson has served as Secretary for Inter-Religious Affairs to the Archbishop of Canterbury and National Inter-Religious Affairs Adviser for the Church of England. Prior to this Mark was the Vicar of St John’s Church, Southall for 11 years, where he and his family sti...
HIS VIRTUE, SHEIKH UL-ISLAM ALLAHSHÜKÜR HUMMAT PASHAZADE
Sheikh ul-Islam, Caucasus
Chairman, Caucasus Muslims` Board
Secretary General, Baku International Centre for Interfaith and inter-Civilization Cooperation (BCIC)
Co-chair , CIS Interreligious Council
His Virtue Prof. Dr. Allahshukur Pashazade is the current Chairman of the Caucasus Muslims` Board (CMB), Secretary General of BCIC (Baku International Centre for Interfaith and Inter-Civilization Cooperation and Sheikh ul-Islam of Caucasus. Born in 1949, Azerbaijan, he received his religious educati...
MR. JAMES PATTON
President & CEO, International Center for Religion and Diplomacy (ICRD)
James Patton has conducted international development, conflict transformation and social reconciliation for over two decades in more than a dozen countries, building collaborative networks and programs with the entire range of social and political actors in complex conflict environments. His non-gov...
BHAI SAHIB MOHINDER SINGH AHLUWALIA
Chairman, British Sikh Consultative Forum
Co-President &Trustee, Religions for Peace (RfP)
Chair and Trustee, Museum of World’s Religions, UK
Member, Elijah Board of World Religious Leaders
Bhai Sahib is the third in line of Sikh religious leaders of Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha (GNNSJ), and since 1995, Chairman of the Nishkam Group of Charitable Organisations, active in religious practice and propagation, social regeneration, heritage conservation and education, health and infrastru...
DR. MOHAMMAD SAMMAK
Secretary-General, Islamic - Christian National Dialogue Committee, Lebanon
Secretary General, Islamic spiritual Summit (Sunni-Shiite-Druze-Alawite), Lebanon
Secretary, Arab Group for Christian-Muslim Dialogue
Co-President, Religions for Peace, New York
For Dr. Sammak, dialogue is a way of life. It is the culture of building bridges between peoples of different religions and cultures, and the art of searching for the truth in the point of view of the other. Career Summary: Secretary-General of Lebanon’s National Committee for Christian-Muslim Dia...