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Biographies of Contributors<br />

Dr. Reza Shah-Kazemi is the author of works in the field of <strong>Islam</strong>ic<br />

studies <strong>and</strong> comparative religion, including:<br />

My Mercy Encompasses All—The Koran’s Teachings on Compassion,<br />

Peace <strong>and</strong> Love (Emeryville, CA: Shoemaker <strong>and</strong> Hoard, 2007)<br />

Paths to Transcendence—According to Shankara, Ibn Arabi <strong>and</strong> Meister<br />

Eckhart (Bloomington, IN: World Wisdom Books, 2006)<br />

Justice <strong>and</strong> Remembrance: Introducing the Spirituality of Imam Ali<br />

(London: IB Tauris, 2006)<br />

The Other in the Light of the One: The Universality of the Qur’an <strong>and</strong><br />

Interfaith Dialogue (Cambridge: <strong>Islam</strong>ic Texts Society, 2006).<br />

He is currently managing editor of Encyclopaedia <strong>Islam</strong>ica at the<br />

Institute of Ismaili Studies, London, a Fellow of the Royal Aal al-<br />

Bayt Institute of <strong>Islam</strong>ic Thought in Amman, <strong>and</strong> serves on the advisory<br />

boards of several journals in the field of comparative religion.<br />

* * *<br />

H. R. H. Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad bin Talal (b. 1966) is the first<br />

cousin of H. M. King Abdullah II of Jordan, <strong>and</strong> the nephew of the<br />

late H. M. King Hussein. He attended Harrow School (UK); received<br />

a BA Summa Cum Laude from Princeton University; received his<br />

first PhD from Cambridge University, UK in 1993 <strong>and</strong> his second<br />

from Al-Azhar University, Cairo, in 2010. He has held numerous<br />

high posts in Jordan, <strong>and</strong> is currently Personal Envoy <strong>and</strong> Special<br />

Advisor to H. M. King Abdullah. He founded the National Park for<br />

the Site of the Baptism of Jesus Christ (1996); Al-Belqa University<br />

in Jordan (1996); Altafsir.com (the largest on-line Quranic resource<br />

(2001); <strong>and</strong> the World <strong>Islam</strong>ic Sciences <strong>and</strong> Education University<br />

(2007). He is also (part-time) Professor of Philosophy at Jordan<br />

University. He holds a number of high decorations <strong>and</strong> awards, <strong>and</strong><br />

has published a number of books. He was the author of the historic<br />

A <strong>Common</strong> Word Open Letter <strong>and</strong> Peace Initiative of 2007.<br />

* * *<br />

Professor Mohammad Hashim Kamali is Founding Chairman <strong>and</strong><br />

CEO of the International Institute of Advanced <strong>Islam</strong>ic Studies, Malaysia<br />

(2007–), <strong>and</strong> a world renowned scholar in <strong>Islam</strong>ic jurispru-<br />

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