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Mustafa Hasani is a full professor in the field of Islamic law (fiqh) and dean of the Faculty of Islamic Studies at the University of Sarajevo. Hasani's scholarly contributions include the book Hajj in the Contemporary Social Context: Sharia Legal Challenges in the Era of Increasing Numbers of Pilgrims. His academic and research endeavors are primarily focused on the domains of Islamic law (fiqh), devotional rituals (ibadat), Islamic family law, and the issuance of legal opinions (fatwas). He holds a B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. from the Faculty of Islamic Studies, University of Sarajevo.

Rev. Daniel Madigan, S.J., is the Matteo Ricci Professor of Interreligious Theology and director of the Loyola Institute at Australian Catholic University. He is also rector of Newman College at the University of Melbourne. From 2008 to 2021 he was the Jeanette W. and Otto J. Ruesch Family Associate Professor in Georgetown University’s Department of Theology and Religious Studies; he continues to be a faculty fellow at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs and associate professor emeritus at Georgetown. He has been involved with the annual Building Bridges Seminar since 2003 and in 2012 was appointed chair. His interests include Qur’anic studies, interreligious dialogue, and comparative theology, with a special focus on Muslim-Christian relations. Madigan previously taught in Rome (2000-2007), where he was the founder and director of the Pontifical Gregorian University's Institute for the Study of Religions and Cultures. He is the author of The Qur’an’s Self-Image: Writing and Authority in Islam’s Scripture (2001) and co-editor of The Routledge Companion to the Qur’an (2022). Madigan holds a B.A. from Monash University, B.D. from Melbourne College of Divinity, and M.Phil. and Ph.D. from Columbia University.

Rev. David Neuhaus, S.J., is an Israeli Jesuit and patriarchal vicar emeritus for Hebrew-speaking Catholics in the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem. Born in 1962 in Johannesburg, South Africa, Neuhaus was ordained to the priesthood in Jerusalem in 2000. He completed his doctorate at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and has degrees in theology from Paris and scriptures from the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. He was appointed patriarchal vicar for Hebrew-speaking Catholics in Jerusalem by Patriarch Twal in 2009, and he served as coordinator of the Pastoral Care for Migrant Workers and Asylum Seekers. Neuhaus teaches at the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem Seminary and at Bethlehem University.

Jerusha Tanner Rhodes is an associate professor of Islam and interreligious engagement and the director of the Islam, Social Justice and Interreligious Engagement Program (ISJIE) at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York. Her work and writing focus on Islamic feminism, interreligious engagement, religious pluralism, and social justice.