• Source: Foundation for Interreligious and Intercultural Research and Dialogue

The Foundation for Interreligious and Intercultural Research and Dialogue (FIIRD) is a registered charitable organization in Alberta, Canada.
The main program of the FIIRD is to enhance knowledge and the critical examination of the wellsprings of each religious tradition and then to acquire the linguistic and strategic tools needed to study the normative scriptures of these religions without syncretism or proselytism. It was founded in 1999, and sponsored by the Levant Foundation with the University of Geneva in Switzerland. FIIRD later became known as FIIDI.




Projects and Goals


In 2006 the FIIRD has published a boxed set of three holy books: the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Holy Qur'an.
Another goal of the FIIRD, supported by the Levant Foundation, was to create a post-doctoral program at the University of Geneva in the field of interreligious and intercultural dialogue whereby several Fellows, each possessing a Ph.D. in multiple subjects, and those who are dedicated to further their knowledge and understanding of the monotheistic religions, participate in approved research and publish their results all done with the goal of searching for peace between the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.




Activities and Partnerships


In 2019, FIIDI partnered with Girls Not Brides.
In 2022, FIIDI partnered with the Hague Peace Project in Sierra Leone.




Board of trustees


The Board of Trustees has included notable religious and political men, such as:

Jamal Daniel, also FIIRD co-founder, current Vice President, and Trustee.
Prince El Hassan bin Talal, of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI)
Archbishop Michael L. Fitzgerald, Apostolic Nuncio in Egypt (who replaced Foundation co-founder and Trustee Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, later Pope Benedict XVI)
Chief Rabbi Rene-Samuel Sirat, former Chief Rabbi of France
Sayyed Jawad Al-Khoei, Imam Al-Khoei Benevolent Foundation
Emmanuel Adamakis, Metropolitan of France, Liaison Office of the Orthodox Church to the European Union
Maitre Michel Halperin, Lawyer, Member of the Grand Conseil de la Republique et Canton de Geneve and its President in 2006
Neil Bush, son of former President George H. W. Bush
Professor Damaskinos Papandreou, former Metropolitan of Switzerland and Director of the Orthodox Center of the Ecumenical Patriarchate (Chambes/Geneva)




= List of FIIRD Fellows

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Leila El Bachiri
Stefano Bigliardi
Vito Evola
Omar Fassatoui
Naël Georges
Guila-Clara Kessous
Daniel Moulin-Stozek
Ionut Untea




References






External links


FIIDI Canada website
FIIDI Sierra Leone
FIIDI Burkina Faso
FIIDI Annual Report 2021-22
Pope Benedict XVI's address to the Foundation for Interreligious and Intercultural Research and Dialogue, 1 February 2007

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Foundation for Interreligious and Intercultural Research and Dialogue
• Neil Bush
• Interfaith dialogue
• Intercultural dialogue
• Prince Hassan bin Talal
• Center for Intercultural Dialogue (disambiguation)
• Dialogue Among Civilizations
• Guila-Clara Kessous
• Mahdi Ahouie
• Stefano Bigliardi