Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims

The Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims is a commission in the Roman Curia tasked with maintaining positive theological ties with Muslims and Islam. It is distinct unit within the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, and the President of the Council is also President of the Commission.

The Secretary of the Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims is Monsignor Khaled Akashed.

The Commission has its own Consultors:

• Fr. Cornelius Afebu Omonokhua, director of the Department for Inter-religious Dialogue of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria;
• Fr. Amir Jaje O.P., secretary of the Episcopal Commission for Inter-religious Dialogue of the Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Iraq;
• Fr. Felix Korner S.J., professor of the theology of religions at the Pontifical Gregorian University;
• Rotraud Wielandt, professor of Islamic studies at the University of Bamberg, Germany;
• Ian Netton, vice director of Arab and Islamic studies at the University of Exeter and professor of Islamic studies at Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
• Romana Bashir, head of the Christian Study Centre in Rawalpindi, Pakistan

External links

• Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims