Muhammad Shafiq

Dr. Muhammad Shafiq is the Executive Director of the Brian and Jean Hickey Center for Interfaith Studies and Dialogue, and is a professor of Islamic and Religious Studies at Nazareth College. He also holds the IIIT Chair in Interfaith Studies at Nazareth College. He has written over 40 articles and several books. He has led intra-faith and interfaith leadership training workshops both in North America and overseas. His services to interfaith dialogue were recognized at Doha International Interfaith Conference on April 25-27, 2013. Dr. Nathan R. Kollar is professor emeritus of Religious Studies at St. John Fisher College, Rochester, NY, retired adjunct professor in the Graduate School of Education, University of Rochester, NY, and co-founder and Chair of the Board of the Hickey Center for Interfaith Studies and Dialogue at Nazareth College, Rochester, NY. Aside from his many administrative positions he has authored five books and edited two. He has also written over two hundred book chapters, articles, and reviews. Among his numerous awards and grants is the Trustees' Award for Distinguished Scholarly Achievement at St. John Fisher College, the highest award for a faculty member. His most recent book is Spiritualities: Past, Present and Future - An Introduction (2013)