Sir Sigmund Sternberg KC*SG

A businessman who has dedicated a great part of his life to serving the Jewish community
and the cause of dialogue and interfaith relations across the globe.

• Member of the Board of Deputies of British Jews
• Life President of the Movement for Reform Judaism
• Sole patron of the International Council of Christians and Jews
• Consultant of the World Economic Forum
  

He was knighted in 1976, appointed a Papal Knight in 1985, with a Star awarded in 2010.
He was awarded the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion in 1998 for his interfaith work worldwide . His work for understanding and reconciliation between faith communities has
taken him to every continent and has brought him recognition from nineteen countries as
well as the Vatican.

 

THE LATE Sheikh Dr Mohamed Aboulkhair Zaki Badawi, KBE

An internationally known Islamic scholar, who died on 24 Dhu al-Hijjah 1426, 24th January
2006. He held academic posts and professorships in Egypt, Singapore, Malaysia, Nigeria and
Saudi Arabia.

His achievements included:

• Director and Chief Imam at London Central Mosque and Islamic Cultural Centre
• Established the Muslim College in London
• Chaired the Arabic Forum, the Islamic Religious Council and the National Council for the Welfare of Muslim Prisoners
• Vice chairman of the World Congress of Faiths
• Director/trustee of the Forum Against Islamophobia and Racism

 

Revd. Dr Marcus Braybrooke MA MPhil

An Anglican parish priest who has been involved in interfaith work for over forty years, and was Executive Director of the Council of Christians and Jews from 1984. He studied for a time in India and in Israel and is a Peace Councillor. He was awarded a Lambeth Doctorate in 2004.

• President of the World Congress of Faiths
• Patron of the International Interfaith Centre in Oxford

His publications include:

Pilgrimage of Hope, Faith and Interfaith in a Global Age, Time to Meet, How to Understand Judaism, What We Can Learn from Hinduism, Christian-Jewish Dialogue: the Next Steps, a Heart for the World: the Interfaith Alternative.

 

We would like to acknowledge the work of the late Sidney Shipton OBE who was Coordinator of the Three Faiths Forum between 1997 and 2008.