Nabil Haddad is a priest in the
Melkite Greek Catholic Church
The Melkite Greek Catholic Church (, ''Kanīsat ar-Rūm al-Malakiyyīn al-Kāṯūlīk''; ; ), also known as the Melkite Byzantine Catholic Church, is an Eastern Catholic church in full communion with the Holy See as part of the worldwide Catho ...
and a leading figure among Arab Christians in Jordan. He is the founder and current director of the
Jordanian Interfaith Coexistence Research Center (JICRC) in Amman, Jordan.
Biography
Nabil Haddad was born in a town near Irbid, Jordan.
For years, Father Nabil Haddad has worked to promote interfaith harmony between Muslims and Christians in Jordan and around the world.
Father Nabil Haddad has worked to implement the ideas behind World Interfaith Harmony Week, first proposed by King
Abdullah II of Jordan
Abdullah II (Abdullah bin Hussein; born 30 January 1962) is King of Jordan, having ascended the throne on 7 February 1999. He is a member of the Hashemites, who have been the reigning royal family of Jordan since 1921, and is traditionally reg ...
in an address to the General Assembly of the United Nations on September 23, 2010.
See also
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Jordanian Interfaith Coexistence Research Center
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Amman Message
The Amman Message () is a statement calling for tolerance and unity in the Muslim world that was issued on 9 November 2004 (27 Ramadan 1425 AH) by King Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein of Jordan, and his advisor Sheikh Izz-Eddine Al-Tamimi. The messa ...
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Arab Christians
Arab Christians () are the Arabs who adhere to Christianity. The number of Arab Christians who live in the Middle East was estimated in 2012 to be between 10 and 15 million. Arab Christian communities can be found throughout the Arab world, bu ...
References
People from Irbid Governorate
Jordanian Melkite Greek Catholics
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Jordanian religious leaders
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