THE COMPOSITION OF THE PARTICIPANTS
OF THE XXII SECRETARIAT OF THE CONGRESS
OF LEADERS OF WORLD AND TRADITIONAL RELIGIONS
Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana,
October 8, 2024
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REPRESENTATIVES OF ISLAM (7):
Abdelrahman Moussa – Head of the Office of Sheikh Al-Azhar, Ambassador (Egypt).
Abdel Aziz bin Ahmad Sarhan – Special Envoy of the World Islamic League, Doctor (KSA).
Jeyhun Rustamov – Representative of the Chairman of the Caucasus Muslims Board, Regional Commissioner of the Caucasus Muslims Board (Azerbaijan).
Ahmad Bin Abdullah Alfars – Assistant Deputy Minister of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Doctor (KSA).
Osama Fakhry – Head of the Central Department for Mosques and Holy Quran Affairs of the Ministry of Awqaf of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Doctor (Egypt).
Ali Akbar Ziaei – Head of the Center for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue of the Organization for Culture and Islamic Relations of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Doctor. (Iran).
Muhammad Zia Ul-Haq – Director General, Institute of Islamic Studies, International Islamic University Islamabad, Doctor (Pakistan).
REPRESENTATIVES OF CHRISTIANITY (5):
Nektarios – Bishop of Jerusalem Orthodox Church, Archbishop of Anthedona, Representative of Jerusalem Patriarchate in Istambul (Türkiye).
Ilia Kashitsyn – Secretary for Interreligious Relations of the Department for External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Executive Secretary of the Interreligious Council of Russia, priest (Russia).
Khaled Akasheh – Bureau Chief for Islam of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue of the Holy See, Monsignor (Vatican).
Yuriy Novgorodov – Representative of the Lutheran World Federation, Archbishop Emeritus of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Jo Bailey Wells – Deputy General Secretary of the Anglican Communion, Bishop for Episcopal Ministry of the Anglican Communion (Great Britain).
REPRESENTATIVES OF BUDDHISM (4):
Zheng Ci, Vice President of the Association of Buddhists of China, President of the Buddhist Association of Hubei Province (China).
Arifeen Yama, Representative of the World Community of Buddhists, Doctor (Thailand).
Moon Jong, Director of the Department of Missionary Research of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism (Republic of Korea).
Bayar Enkhbold, Monk of the Administration of Gandan Tegchenling Monastery of the Mongolian Buddhist Center (Mongolia).
REPRESENTATIVE OF HINDUISM (1):
Abhishek Ghosh – Dean of Faculty for Dharma studies at Somaiya Vidyavihar University, Professor (India).
REPRESENTATIVE OF TAOISM (1):
Zhang Xingfa – Professor of the Teaching and Research Department of the Chinese College of Taoism (China).
REPRESENTATIVE OF SHINTOISM (1):
Shinsaku Mitsui – Director of External Relations Department, Jinja Honcho Association (Japan).
BAHA'I REPRESENTATIVE (1):
David Rutstein – General Secretary of the Bahá'í World Community, Doctor (Israel).
REPRESENTATIVES OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS (2):
Mohamed Abdelsalam – Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Elders (UAE).
Mohammed Ali Al-Ghamdi – Vice-Chairman of the Doha International Center for Interreligious Dialogue (Qatar).
HONORED GUEST (1):
Afra Mohammed Alsaabri - Director General of the UAE Ministry of Tolerance and Peaceful Coexistence (UAE).
REPRESENTATIVES OF RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS
KAZAKHSTAN (4):
Nauryzbay Haji Taganuly – the Grand Mufti and Chairman of the Muslim Spiritual Board of Kazakhstan.
Bishop Gennady of Kaskelen, Administrator of the Affairs Orthodox Church of Kazakhstan.
Tomash Bernard Peta – Archbishop-Metropolitan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Mary in Astana.
Shmuel Karnaukh – Director of the Jewish Community of Astana local religious association.
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN (5):
Maulen Ashimbayev – Chairman of the Senate of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Head of the Secretariat of the Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions.
Aida Balayeva – Minister of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Akan Rakhmetullin – First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Deputy Head of the Secretariat of the Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions.
Kanat Iskakov – Vice-Minister of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Deputy Head of the Secretariat of the Congress of the Leaders of World and Traditional Religions.
Dianna Yessenova, Acting Chairman of the Board of the N.Nazarbayev Center for Development of Interfaith and Intercivilizational Dialogue.
