Royal Jordanian Institute for Interreligious Studies
The Royal Institute for Interfaith Studies (Engl. The Royal Institute for Inter-Faith Studies ; abbr. RIIFS ) in Amman , the capital of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , was founded in 1994 by Prince Hassan ibn Talal founded. Kamal Salibi, from a Christian-Lebanese family, was director of the center from 1994 to 2004. After Michel Hamarneh , Majeda Omar became its new director.
According to its own information, the RIIFS is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that provides a place for interdisciplinary studies of intercultural and interreligious issues with the aim of defusing tensions and promoting peace regionally and globally (“provides a venue for the interdisciplinary study of intercultural and interreligious issues with the aim of defusing tensions and promoting peace, regionally and globally ”).
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Majeda Omar named director of interfaith institute - The Jordan Times , Feb. 1, 2015 (accessed May 8, 2017)
- ↑ About us ( Memento of the original from May 24, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (RIIFS) - Retrieved May 8, 2017
Web links
| Royal Jordanian Institute for Interreligious Studies (alternative names of the lemma) |
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| RIIFS; Royal Institute for Interfaith Studies; Royal Institute of Interfaith Studies; al-Maʿhad al-Malakī li'd-Dirāsāt ad-Dīnīya |