Md. Abu Taher is currently an assistant professor at the Department of World Religions and Culture at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He earned his B.A. Hons. in history, and his M.A. and M.Phil. in world religions and culture. He was also awarded a postgraduate diploma in youth development and...

Farha Iman is pursuing her doctorate in interfaith foundations in Islam and Christianity from the Sophia University Institute (promoted by the Focolare Movement and erected by the Holy See) in Florence, Italy. Ms. Iman is one of the founding members and General Secretary of Sarva Dharma Samvaad (All...

Firouz Bibi is a doctoral researcher at the Al-Amir Abdel-Kader University for Islamic sciences specializing in religious studies. She has a masters’s degree in religious studies from the same university. Her PhD thesis is on Theologian thoughts of St. Athanasius of Alexandria. Currently, she is a...

Since 2004, Hani has been the Programme Manager of “Taawon for Conflict Resolution” in Palestine. He has years of experience in vocational capacity building and employability programs as well as training in working with conflict. He holds a master’s degree in American studies from Palestine Un...

Kathy is Program Manager of Phandeeyar Innovation Hub’s Tech for Peace Program. In 2019, she received a full scholarship from Open Society Foundation and is studying MSc in Violence, Conflict and Development studies at SOAS, University of London. She started her career as a lawyer and programme of...

Lina Salim is a budding interfaith activist and an Islamic religious teacher from Singapore. She is a graduate of Usul al-Din and Comparative Religion from the International Islamic University of Malaysia. Following her passion in communication and peacebuilding, she has been active in promoting rel...

Dr. El Jeyed is the deputy dean of Mauritania’s University of Islamic Sciences in Balayoun. He holds a PhD in modern history from First Tunisia University and a master’s degree in history from Nawakshot University. Dr. El Jeyed has been teaching at higher education institutions for more than 1...

Dr. Muhammad Fawzy Abdel-Hay was born in 1979, in El-Bohayra, Egypt. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Islamic studies in English summa cum laude (2003), Master of Islamic Studies (2008), Bachelor of Islamic Laws (2009), and a PhD in Islamic jurisprudence and methodologies of Islamic legal theo...

Muhammad Nuruddeen Lemu develops, facilitates and conducts train-the-trainers courses in enhancing interreligious dialogue and engagement, intrareligious cooperation, responding to religious extremism among Muslims and promoting Shari’ah Intelligence, or faith-based critical thinking. Trainees at...

Dr. Pradana Boy Zulian’s expertise is in the field of Islamic legal theory and thought as well as contemporary Islamic thought. Other than Islamic Law, his interests include the history of Islam, Islamic philosophy and religious studies. He completed his degree in Islamic law from the Universi...