LEADERSHIP

Guided by over 100 leaders
representing the world’s faith communities.

Honorary Presidents

The designation of Honorary President may be bestowed upon those meriting the honour by reason of their diligence and leadership in Religions for Peace or in other related fields of endeavor. Honorary Presidents may be requested by the Executive Committee to provide leadership and representation in areas of Religions for Peace activity.

Honorary Presidents

Sheikh Majid Al-Hafeed

Imam of the Big Mosque-Sulaimaniya, The Islamic Scholars Union of Kurdistan; Honorary President, Religions for Peace

Muslim, Iraq

H.E. Dr. Zuhair Alharthi

Secretary General, The International Dialogue Centre - KAICIID; Honorary President, Religions for Peace

His Beatitude Anastasios

Archbishop, Tirana, Durrës and All Albania; Honorary President, Religions for Peace

Christian, Albania

Ms. Rajni Bakshi

Prominent Hindu Author and Journalist; Honorary President, Religions for Peace

Hindu, India

Dr. Georgette Bennett

President, Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding

United States

H.H. Dah Couchoro Balogoun

President, National Voudon Council of Benin; Honorary President, Religions for Peace

Indigenous, Benin

Dr. Mustafa Ceric

Raisu-L-Ulama Emeritus, Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina; Honorary President, Religions for Peace

Muslim, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ayatollah Mohaghegh Damad

Dean, Department of Islamic Studies, The Academy of Sciences of Iran; Honorary President, Religions for Peace

Muslim, Iran

Vada Dasturji Khurshed Dastoor

High Priest, Iranshah Atash Behram, Udvada; Honorary President, Religions for Peace

Zoroastrian, India

HRH Prince EL Hassan Bin Talal

Crown Prince of Jordan (1965 - 1999); Honorary President, Religions for Peace

Islam, Jordan

Ambassador Jakob Finci

President, Jewish Community of Bosnia and Herzegovina; ; Honorary President, Religions for Peace

Jewish, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Shri Shrivatsa Goswami

Acharya, Sri Radharaman Mandir; Honorary President, Religions for Peace

Hindu, India

Rabbi Rick Jacobs

President, Union for Reform Judaism; Honorary President, Religions for Peace

Jewish, United States

H.H. Karekin II

Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians, Armenian Apostolic Church; Honorary President, Religions for Peace

Orthodox, Armenia

Mr. Steve Killelea

Founder and Executive Chairman, Integrated Research LTD. Charitable Foundation; Institute for Economics and Peace; Honorary President, Religions for Peace

Australia

Chief Raoni Metuktire

Chief of the Kayapo People; Honorary President, Religions for Peace

Indigenous, Brazil

President Pagbalha Geleg Namgyae

Honorary President, China Buddhist Association; President, China Committee on Religions and Peace (CCRP); Honorary President, Religions for Peace

Buddhist, China

Rev. Nichiko Niwano

President, Rissho Kosei-kai; Honorary President, Religions for Peace

Buddhist, Japan

Most Rev. Koshin Ohtani

Monshu (Head Priest) Emeritus, Jodo Shinshu Honganji-ha; Honorary President, Religions for Peace

Buddhist, Japan

H.E. John Cardinal Onaiyekan

Archbishop of Abuja, Archdiocese of Abuja; Honorary President, Religions for Peace

Christian, Nigeria

H.E. Amb. Marie-Therese Pictet-Althann

Order of Malta Permanent Observer to the UN Geneva; Honorary President, Religions for Peace

Christian, Switzerland

Rabbi Joseph Potasnik

Executive Vice President, The New York Board of Rabbis; Honorary President, Religions for Peace

Jewish, United States

H.E. Vinko Cardinal Puljic

Archbishop of Vrhbosna; Honorary President, Religions for Peace

Christian, Bosnia and Herezegovina

Priestess Beatriz Schulthess

President, Indigenous Peoples Ancestral Spiritual Council; Honorary President, Religions for Peace

Indigenous, Costa Rica

Prof. em. Dr. h.c. Wolfgang Schürer

Chairman, Foundation Peace Dialogue of the World Religions and Civil Society; Honorary President and Trustee, Religions for Peace

Christian, Germany

Ajarn Sulak Sivaraksa

Founder, International Network of Engaged Buddhists; Honorary President, Religions for Peace

Buddhist, Thailand

Mufti Husein Smajić

Islamic Community of Bosnia-Herzegovina; Honorary President, Religions for Peace

Islamic Community of Bosnia-Herzegovina

Mme. Cissé Hadja Mariama Sow

President, Muslim Women of Guinea; Honorary President, Religions for Peace

Muslim, Guinea

Bishop Gunnar J. Stålsett

Bishop Emeritus of Oslo, Church of Norway; Honorary President, Religions for Peace

Christian, Norway

The Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit

Former General Secretary, World Council of Churches; Honorary President, Religions for Peace

Christian, Norway

Emmaus Maria Voce

President, Movimento Dei Focolari; Honorary President, Religions for Peace

Christian, Italy

Bishop Dr. Munib Younan

Bishop Emeritus of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land; Honorary President, Religions for Peace

Christian, Palestine

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