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LEADERSHIP
of the World Council
Co-Chairs

 

His Excellency Dr. Mohammad bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa

Secretary General of the World Muslim League, Saudi Arabia

 

His Excellency Dr. Mohammad Mahdi Tashkiri

President of the Islamic Culture and Relationship Organization of the Islamic Republic of Iran

 

Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef

Chief Rabbi of Israel

 

Askenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau

Chief Rabbi of Israel

 

His Holiness Vijayendra Saraswati

The Shankaracharya of Kanchipuram, India

 

His Holiness Somdet Phra Ariyavongsagatanana IX

Supreme Patriarch President of The Executive Council of the

Chief Patriarch, Kingdom of Thailand

 

Most Venerable Li Guangfu

President of the China Taoist Association, China

 

Board

 

His Grace Thabo Makgoba

Anglican Archbishop of Capetown, South Africa

 

His Beatitude Pierbattista Pizzaballa

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem

 

Chief Rabbi David Rosen

President, International Jewish Committee for Inter-Religious Consultation

USA and International Advisor to Chief Rabbinate of Israel

 

Chief Oren Lyons

Chief Onandoga Nation

 

Most Venerable Phra Dharmakosarjan

Rector, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University, Thailand

 

His Eminence Nikitas Loulias

Archbishop of Thyateira and Great Britain

 

Swami Parmatmananda Saraswati

Secretary General - Convener, Hindu Dharma Acharya Sabha, India

  

Rabbi Arthur Schneier

President, Appeal of Conscience Foundation, New York, USA

 

His Holiness Swami Avdeshananda Giri

Chair of the Board

Maha Mahamandleshwar, Pithadishwar Juna Akhada, India

 

Bawa Jain

Secretary General, World Council of Religious Leaders, USA

 

Venerable Shi Ming Yi

Director General, World Council of Religious Leaders

Abbot, Foo Hai Ch’an Monastery, Singapore

 

Advisors

 

Senior Advisors:

 

His Eminence Francis Cardinal Arinze

Former President, Pontifical Council for Inter-Religious Dialogue

 

His Excellency Dr. Abdullah Omar Nasseef

Secretary General for the International Islamic Council for Dawa and Relie and Former Secretary General of the Muslim World League

 

His Excellency Ayatollah Abdollah Vaeze Javadi Amoli

Member of the Assembly of Experts for the Constitution, Iran

 

His Excellency Mr. Budimir Loncar

Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yugoslavia

 

Dame Jane Goodall, PhD, CBE

UN Messenger of Peace & Founder

- The Jane Goodall Institute

 

Mr. David Harris

CEO, American Jewish Committee, USA

 

Lord Jonathan Sachs 

Former Chief Rabbi of the UK

 

Her Excellency Gillian Sorenson

Former Assistant Secretary General, United Nations

 

His Excellency Ravi Sawhney

Former Principal Officer and Advisor to Executive Secretary

United Nations-ESCAP, Thailand

 

Honourable Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi, M.P

Spokesperson, All India Congress Party and Eminent jurist

Government of India

 

His Excellency Sheikh Ahmad Badreddin Hassoun

Grand Mufti of Syria

 

Dr. Mahdi Abdul Hadi

Founder and Chairman, PASSIA, Jerusalem

 

Mr. Ismail Al-Sharief

Deputy Chairman, Addustoor Group, Jordan

Business Advisory Group

 

Mr. Thian Poh Chua

Chairman, Ho Bee Group, Singapore

 

Mr. Iqbal Kassam

Chairman CEO, Zynik Group, Canada

 

Ms. Winnie Ko

Chairman, Kingrich Group, Hong Kong, China

 

Mr. Ronald G. Weiner

CEO - Partner, Perelson Weiner LLP, USA

 

Dr. Manish Shah

Chairman, Kingsway Group, Kenya

 

Dr. Doudou Diene

Special Rapporteur United Nations Human Rights Council

formerly Director, UNESCO

 

Professor Dr. Ervin Lazlo

Founder and President

The Club of Budapest

 

Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr

Department of Islamic Studies, George Washington University

 

His Excellency Dr. Karan Singh

Member of Parliament India

 

Reverend Dr. C. Welton Gaddy

Executive Director

Interfaith Alliance Foundation

 

Honorable Leticia Ramos Shahani

Presidential Adviser on Culture

Office of the President of the Phillippines

 

His Excellency Ambassador Onur Gokce

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

of the Republic of Turkey

 

His Excellency Mr. Kenneth Kaunda

Former President

of the Republic of Zambia

 

Dr. Cheryl Fishbein

President, Jewish Community Relations Council, New York, USA

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