Promoting Peaceful Coexistence and Common Citizenship

[ 93 ] — PANEL DISCUSSION THREE — “CSOs and faith based organizations have the opportunity to collaborate with governments, in order to shift away from any exclusion-based education to an education based on diversity and coexistence” Father Dr. Fadi Daou, Chairperson of Adyan Foundation In addition to his duties as chairman and CEO of Adyan foundation, Dr. Daou also serves as a professor of fundamental theology and geopolitics of religions. He has worked on projects with the Ministry of Education for citizenship and coexistence. “Interreligious education has to help people to feel confident in their own faith. Only if one is confident in their own faith can they open up to the Other” Rev. Dr. Mitri Al Raheb, President of Diyar Consortium, and KAICIID’s partner in the Network of Religious Faculties and Institutes in the Arab World Dr. Al Raheb’s career has been spent tirelessly working to foster peaceful coexistence in Israel and Palestine. He has been praised for his efforts to found and build institutions of excellence in education, culture and health. “If we want to graduate leaders we have to promote dialogue and dialogue started in the university from the very first day” Dr. Suhair Al Qurashi, President of Dar Al-Hekma, Advisory Forum Member, KAICIID Dr. Suhair Hasan Al Qurashi is the President of Dar Al-Hekma University, one of the first and leading private academic institutions for women in Saudi Arabia. She is a specialist in the evaluation of higher education and quality management, and holds a Ph.D. in Education and an M.P.E. in Educational Research from Cambridge University, U.K. “It is of utmost importance to deepen the principles of the right to citizenship and consequently we have to focus on strengthening curricula” HE Dr. Tawfeeq bin AbdulAziz AlSediry, Deputy Minister of Islamic Affairs, Dawaa and Guidance, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia In addition to his role as Deputy Minister of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance, HE Dr. AlSediry also serves as vice chairman of the Supreme Hajj Committee, where he helps oversee the hajj journeys of pilgrims.