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.
Ambassador Mohammad Alami Musa
Non-resident Ambassador to Algeria, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore
Head of Studies in Inter-Religious Relations in Plural Societies, The S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
Justice of Peace, Prime Minister\'s Office Singapore
Director, Honour Singapore
Ambassador Mohammad Alami Musa is Head of Studies in Inter-Religious Relations in Plural Societies (SRP) Programme. He is concurrently Singapore’s non-resident Ambassador to the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria. Amb Alami held the appointment of President of MUIS Council (Islamic Religiou...
H.E. Mr. Rudelmar Bueno de Faria
General Secretary, ACT Alliance
Rudelmar Bueno de Faria is the General Secretary (CEO) of the ACT Alliance, an international coalition of 156 churches and faith-based organizations working together in humanitarian, development and advocacy work in over 120 countries. Prior to this, he served as the World Council of Churches Repres...
Mr. Daisaku Ikeda
Buddhist leader, Peacebuilder, Educator, Author and Poet, Daisaku Ikeda
Founder, Ikeda Center for Peace, Learning and Dialogue, Ikeda Center for Peace, Learning and Dialogue
Founder, Toda Peace Institute, Toda Peace Institute
Third president of the Soka Gakkai and Founder of Soka Gakkai International, Soka Gakkai International (SGI)
Founder, Soka Schools which include universities in Japan and the USA, Soka University
Founder, Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, Tokyo Fuji Art Museum
Daisaku Ikeda, third president of the Soka Gakkai Buddhist organization in Japan and founding president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI), is a Buddhist thinker and leader, peacebuilder, prolific writer and poet, educator, and proponent and practitioner of wide-ranging dialogue. Ikeda’s dialo...
Most Rev. Dr. Dr h.c. mult. Antje Jackelén
Archbishop and primate of the Church of Sweden, Church of Sweden
Co-President, Religions for Peace, Religions for Peace (RfP)
Vice President, Lutheran World Federation, Lutheran World Federation
Rev. Dr. Antje Jackelén is the archbishop of Uppsala and primate of the Church of Sweden (Lutheran). She was previously the bishop of the Lund Diocese of the Church of Sweden as well as associate professor of systematic theology and director of the Zygon Center for Religion and Science at the Luthe...
Grand-Father T8aminik (Dominique) Rankin
Hereditary Chief and Elder, Algonquin (Anishinabe) First Nation
Founder, Dominique Rankin Foundation, Dominique Rankin Foundation
Co-Founder, KINA8AT-Together, KINA8AT-Together
Co-President, Religions for Peace, Religions for Peace (RfP)
Grand-Father Dominique Rankin, a hereditary chief from the Algonquin (Anishinabe) First Nation in Canada, was born in the nomadic way of his ancestors in the forests of north-western Quebec. He was chosen when he was seven years old to succeed his father as chief and medecine-man. Once Grand Chief o...
His Eminence Cardinal Vinko Puljić
Archbishop of Vrhbosna, Archdiocese of Vrhbosna – Sarajevo
Honorary President - Religions for Peace, Religions for Peace (RfP)
Cardinal Vinko Puljić is the Archbishop of Vrhbosna – Sarajevo. He was born on September 8, 1945 in Priječani near Banja Luka. After finishing primary school, he went to a minor seminary and high school in Zagreb. He studied Philosophy and Theology at the major seminary of Djakovo and was ordain...
His Beatitude Fouad Twal
Archbishop and Patriarch Emeritus, Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem
His Beatitude Fouad Twal is the emeritus Archbishop and Patriarch of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, having been its ordinary from 2008 to 2016. He holds a doctorate in Canon Law from the Pontifical Lateran University which he received in 1975. Archbishop Twal was appointed as Bishop of the ter...
Rev. Prof. Dr. Margot Käßmann
Co-President, Religions for Peace (RfP)
Bishop Emeritus, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Hanover
Margot Käßmann was born in Marburg in 1958. She studied theology and was the Secretary General of the German Protestant Kirchentag. From 1999 to 2010 she was Regional Bishop of the Protestant-Lutheran Church of Hanover, and the 2009/2010 Council President of the Evangelical Church in Germany. From...
Bishop Dr. Michael Ipgrave
Bishop, Diocese of Lichfield, Church of England
Chair, Council of Christians and Jews, Council of Christians and Jews, UK
Anglican Moderator, Anglican Lutheran Society , Anglican Lutheran Society
The Right Reverend Dr Michael Ipgrave was ordained Deacon in 1982 and Priest in 1983 in the Dicoese of Peterborough. In 2004, he became Archdeacon of Southwark after over 20 years of ministerial work in Leicestershire and Japan. Before this, he was the Inter Faith Relations Adviser to the Archbishop...
Very Reverend Hieromonk Stefan Igumnov
Secretary for inter-Christian Relations, The Russian Orthodox Church Department for External Church Relations, Russian Orthodox Church Department for External Church Relations
Hieromonk Stefan (Igumnov) was born in 1977 on the Dikson island in the Arctic region of the USSR. He studied at Almaty State University and then at Moscow Theological Seminary and Moscow Theological Academy. He was ordained as a deacon in 2009. In 2010 he took his monastic vows and was ordained as ...