Witnesses of Mercy for Peace and Reconciliation

II The International Dialogue Centre would like to extend its special thanks to the Pontifical Council for Inter- religious Dialogue, and in particular to its Secretary, His Excellency Bishop Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, for their initiative and commitment as co-organizers of the International Symposium on Interreligious Sharing and the Witnessing of Mercy for Peace and Reconciliation. Without them, this event and this publication would not have been possible. The Centre would also like to express its deepest appreciation to the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, its rector Nuno da Silva Gonçalves SJ, and its helpful staff. We would like to acknowledge the collaboration of the Adyan Foundation in the symposium’s organization. The Tanenbaum Foundation’s support before and during the event was also very much appreciated. The Centre is grateful to those who attended the sym- posium, including representatives of KAICIID’s Council of Parties, Board of Directors, Advisory Forum, as well as the religious leaders and the exemplars of mercy from around the world who attended this symposium. Photographs of the symposium are by Enrico Di Giamberardino. Photographs of the KAICIID Board of Directors, Advisory Forummembers, Secretary General, Senior Advisers and Fellow Nang Loung Hom are by Daniel Shaked. The photographs of the address by His Holiness Pope Francis at the special interreligious audience are reproduced with the kind permission of L’Osservatore Romano Servizio Fotografico, Vatican City. We would like to extend our special thanks to the authors listed below for their contributions and enthu- siastic support in making this book possible, as well as for their tireless work towards peace and reconciliation. Prof. Mohammed Abu-Nimer Jamila Afghani Dr. Abdulaziz Saud Aldhowaihy HE Dr. Al-Zaid José “Chencho” Alas HE Grand Mufti Shawki Allam Sheikh Dr. Abdalrahman Allowaihiq HE Bishop Ayuso Prof. Patrice Brodeur Rev. Prof. Fadi Daou HE Grand Mufti Abdelateef Deriane Caroline Hazcour Dishani Jayaweera Hind Kabawat Bibi Kiranjot Kaur Al Haj U Aye Lwin HE Judge Gandi Makarem Kaushalya Munda Wissam Nahas Nang Loung Hom Rev. Kosho Niwano Chief Rabbi David Rosen Sara Saad HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji Ven. Sein Di Ta Prof. Jayantha Seneviratne Dr. Nayla Tabbara HH Prince Breen Tahseen Martin Temres HG The Rt. Rev. Bishop Elias Toumeh Acknowledgements