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.
FATHER AMEER JAJE
Founding Member, Iraqi Council of Interfaith Dialogue
Advisor, Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue (ICID)
Professor, Catholic Institute for Theology in Paris
Father Ameer Jaje is a Dominican priest and Advisor to the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and Professor at the Catholic Institute for Theology in Paris. He is a Founding Member of the Iraqi Council for Interfaith Dialogue since 2013 and Member of the Dominican Institute of Orienta...
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW DISHANI JAYAWEERA
Co-Founder, Directress, Programme Designer and Strategist, Center for Peace Building and Reconciliation (CPBR)
Dishani Jayaweera is the directress, programme designer and strategist of the Centre for Peacebuilding and Reconciliation(CPBR). Recognizing her work in peace-building, she received the Peacemaker in Action award by Tanenbaum Network- USA in 2012, and became the 2nd runner-up of the Annual ‘Coexi...
JENNY KARTUPELIS
Director, Faith in Society Ltd
Strategy and Development Officer, World Congress of Faiths
Jenny Kartupelis was Director of the East England Faiths Council for 11 years, and a vital member in its establishment. The Council’s main goals were to advocate for faith in civil society, work with local and national governments, and support local interfaith initiatives. Kartupelis has a profess...
BIBI KIRANJOT KAUR
Member (Trustee), Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC)
Bibi Kiranjot Kaur is a senior Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) member and has previously held the position of General Secretary of the SGPC. Kiranjot Kaur has deep personal interest in the Sikh heritage and has championed high profile conservation causes. Kiranjot’s rich family heri...
ARAM I KESHISHIAN
Patriarch, The Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia
Born in 1947, in Beirut, Lebanon, His Holiness Catholicos Aram I studied at the Armenian Theological Seminary, Antelias, Lebanon and the Ecumenical Institute of Bossey, Geneva, Switzerland. He received his M.Div. from the Near East School of Theology, his S.T.M. jointly from the American University ...
SISTER EMILY (EMELINE) TANNOUS
Director, MECC Theological and Ecumenical Department (TED)
Sister Emily (Emeline) Tannous is a member of the religious order dedicated to Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, founded in Lebanon in 1853 and currently coordinator of the Theological and Ecumenical Department in MECC. Committed to the pastoral life in the church and to ecumenical, interfaith and in...
Dr. Sayyed Jawad Mohammed Taqi Al-Khoei
Secretary General, Al-Khoei Institute
Co-Founder, Iraqi Council for Interfaith Dialogue (ICID)
UNESCO Chair, Development of Interreligious Dialogue Studies in the Islamic World at the University of Kufa
Dr. Sayyed Jawad Mohammed Taqi Al-Khoei is the Secretary-General of the Al-Khoei Institute in Najaf, Iraq, a pioneering centre that combines a traditional Islamic seminary with a contemporary interfaith academy. He was born in December 1980, in Najaf into the family of the spiritual leader for Shia ...
DR. SAYYID M. SYEED
National Director, Islamic Society of North America (ISNA)
Dr. Sayyid M. Syeed is the National Director of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), heading up its Office for Interfaith and Community Alliances in Washington, DC. He served for 12 years (1994-2006) as Secretary General of the Indiana-based national umbrella organization, which has more tha...
PROF. DR. DIN SYAMSUDDIN
Professor, National Islamic University Indonesia
Former President, Muhammadiyah
Din Syamsuddin is a Professor on Islamic Political Thought at National Islamic University, Jakarta. Currently he is acting as Special Envoy of the President of Republic of Indonesia for Interfaith and Intercivilizational Dialogue and Cooperation. He was President of Muhammadiyah, from 2005 to 2015, ...
The Right Rev. William E. Swing
President and Founder, United Religions Initiative
Co-Founder, Episcopal Community Services
Retired Episcopal, Bishop, California, USA
Bishop William Swing is the President and Founder of the URI. Bishop Swing had the original vision of URI in 1993 in response to an invitation from the United Nations which asked him to host an interfaith service honoring the 50th anniversary of the signing of the UN Charter. Bishop Swing served as ...