INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS

(as of June 17, 2008)

Afghanistan

Abdullah Abdullah

Secretary General

Massoud Foundation

Kabul

Algeria

Abdelkader Emir Khiati

University of Alger

Alger

Hamza Yahia-Cherif

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Embassy of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria

Australia

Ameer Ali

Vice President

Regional Islamic Da’wah Council of Southeast Asia and the Pacific (RISEAP)

Murdoch

Father Chris Riley

CEO & Founder

Youth Off The Streets

Sydney

Desmond Cahill

Professor of Intercultural Studies

School of International and Community Studies

RMIT University

Melbourne

Jeremy Jones

Co-Chair

Australian National Dialogue of Christians, Muslims & Jews

Melbourne

Rev. John Baldock

Parish Priest

St. Johns Anglican Parish

Malvern East

Ven. Master Chin Kung

Founder

Amitabha Buddhist Society

Toowomba

Bahrain

Mohammad Noman Jalal

Advisor

Strategic Studies

Bahrain Centre for Studies & Research

Manama

Bangladesh

Kazi Nurul Islam

Professor & Chairman

Department of World Religions

Dhaka University

Dhaka

Belgium

Aidan Patrick White

General Secretary

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)

Brussels

Bettina Peters

Director

Global Forum for Media Development

Brussels

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Ibrahim Ahmetagic

Islamic Community in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Office for Relations with Islamic World

Sarajevo

Egypt

Fawzy Fadel el-Zifzaf

Al-Azhar Previous Minister

Cairo

Ja’far Abd el-Salam

Secretary General

World Islamic Universities Association

Cairo

Lawrence Pintak

Director

Kamal Adham Centre for Journalism, Training and Research

The American University in Cairo

Cairo

Mohamed Sobeih

Palestinian Representative to the Arab League

Cairo

Mustafa Dasouqi

S.A. Kamel Center for Islamic Economics

Al-Azhar University

Mohamed El Sayed Taha

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt

Finland

Kalle Sysikaski

Committee of 100

Helsinki

Germany

Baron Paul Von Maltzahn

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany

India

N. Vasudevan

Director

Indian Council of Gandhian Studies

Gandhi Media Centre

New Delhi

Radha Bhatt

Chairperson

Gandhi Peace Foundation

New Delhi

Iran

Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Taskhiri

Secretary General

Global Assembly for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought

Tehran

Ayatollah Seyyed Hassan Rabbani

Global Assembly for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought

Tehran

Qodratollah Alizadeh

Global Assembly for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought

Tehran

Sadeq Kakou’ie

Global Assembly for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought

Tehran

Seyyed Mohammad Ali Abtahi

Founder & President

Institute for Interreligious Dialogue (IID)

Tehran

Seyyed Ali Moujani

International Institute of Dialogue among Cultures & Civilisations

Tehran

Italy

Valeria Martano

Comunita di Saint’Egidio

Rome

Japan

Khalid M. Higuchi

Honorary Chairman

Japan Muslim Association

Tokyo

Nagashima Akihisa

Member of the House of Representatives of Japan

Tokyo

Ryu Hirofumi

Member of the House of Representatives of Japan

Tokyo

Yajima Yoshinari

League of DPJ Parliamentarians for Japan-Indonesia Friendship

Tokyo

Yamaguchi Tsuyoshi

Member of the House of Representatives of Japan

Tokyo

Yasuaki Ono

President

Middle East Links (Rawabit)

Tokyo

Korea

Sunggon Kim

Secretary General

Asian Conference on Religions for Peace

Seoul

Kosovo

Resul Rexhepi

Secretary

The Presidency of Islamic Community Republic of Kosovo

Pristina

Libya

Mahmoud H. Reeh

World Islamic Call Society

Tripoli

Mohammad A.

World Islamic Call Society

Tripoli

Malaysia

Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim

Adviser

Parti Keadilan Rakyat

Kuala Lumpur

Tan Sri Lee Kim Yew

Founder & Chairman

Cheng Ho Multi Culture Trust

Kuala Lumpur

Tun Mohamad Omar Mohamad Marzuki

Honorary Secretary General

Regional Islamic Da'wah Council of Southeast Asia and the Pacific (RISEAP)

Kuala Lumpur

Tan Sri Mohamed Jawhar Hassan

Chairman & CEO

Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS)

Kuala Lumpur

Abdullah Muhammad Shafiq Ong

Regional Islamic Da'wah Council of Southeast Asia and the Pacific (RISEAP)

Morocco

Abderrahmae Drissi Alami

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco

New Zealand

H.E. Dell Higgie

Ambassador for Counter-Terrorism

New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Wellington

Paul Morris

Department of Religious Studies

Victoria University of Wellington

Wellington

David Strachan

Deputy Head Mission

New Zealand Embassy

Norway

Rev. Gunnar Stalsett

Bishop Emeritus

European Council of Religious Leaders

Oslo

Pakistan

Khalid Ikramullah Khan

Executive Committee & Governing Board

Asian Conference on Religions for Peace

Karachi

Mir Nawaz-Khan Marwat

Moderator

Asian Conference on Religions for Peace

Karachi

Seemi Ikramullah

Member

Religions for Peace/Pakistan Chapter

Karachi

Philippines

Ameroddin Sarangani

President

Markaz al-Shabbab al-Muslim Fil-Filibin

Mindanau

Amina Rasul-Bernardo

Lead Convenor

Philippine Council for Islam and Democracy (PCID)

Mandaluyong City

Father Eliseo Mercado

Lead Convenor

National Peace Council

Cotabato City

Hamid Barra

Member

Bishops-Ulama Conference

Mindanau

Lourdes V. Mastura

President

Religions for Peace Philippines

Mindanau

Datu Michael O. Mastura

Peace Panel Member

Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)

Mindanau

Russia

Dmitry I. Petrovsky

The Department for External Church Relations of Moscow Patriarchate

Moscow

Rev. Georgy Roschin

The Department for External Church Relations of Moschow Patriarchate

Moscow

Rustem Ibragim Khairov

Executive Director

International Foundation for Survival and Development of Humanity

Moscow

Singapore

Shaik Hussain Shaik Yacob

President

Muhammadiyah Association of Singapore

Mohd Gazali Alistar

General Secretary

Muhammadiyah Association of Singapore

Sri Lanka

Nanda Mallawaarachchi

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Embassy of the Republic of Sri Lanka

Thailand

Datuk Hj. Aziz Benhawan

Chairman

Advisory Council for Peace Building in the Southern Border Provinces Administrative Centre (SBPAC) of Thailand

Yala

Muhd. Jalaluddin S. Sriwannayos

Executive Committee

Regional Islamic Da'wah Council of Southeast Asia and the Pacific (RISEAP)

Bangkok

Surasee Kosolnavin

Commissioner

National Human Rights Commission of Thailand

Bangkok

Sompot Kongrod

Foreign Relations Division

Southern Border Provinces Administrative Centre (SBPAC)

Yala

Araya Wongudom

Southern Border Provinces Administrative Centre (SBPAC)

Yala

Timor-Leste

Arief Abdullah Sagran

Former President

Muslim Community of Timor-Leste

Dili

Ovidio de-Jesus Amaral

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Embassy of Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste

Tunisia

Hedi Baccouche

Former Prime Minister of Tunisia

Tunis

Saida Baccouche

Tunis

Faysal Gouia

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

Embassy of the Republic of Tunisia

Turkey

Saad Eddin Ibrahim

Chair

Ibn Khaldun Center (IKC)

Istanbul

Serif Ali Tekalan

President

International Association of Universities

Istanbul

United Kingdom

Sir Iqbal Sacranie

Chairman

MCB Charitable Foundation

London

United States of America

Hasan Ali Yurtsever

President

Rumi Forum

Washington DC

Mark Juergensmeyer

Director

Center for Global and International Studies

University of California at Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara

Rev. William F. Vendley

Secretary General

Religions for Peace International

New York

Vatican

His Eminence Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran

President

The Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue of the Holy See

Vatican

Suprapto Martosetomo

Ambassador of Indonesia to the Holy See

Vatican