Maha Ghosananda was a Cambodian Buddhist monk who led peace walks during the reign of the Khmer Rouge, a violent insurgency that led a genocidal program.
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Sarah & Angelina Grimké (1792-1873 & 1805-1879)
Sarah and Angelina Grimke were American abolitionist sisters who fought to advance the causes of interfaith tolerance, women’s rights and ending slavery.
Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi (1207-1273)
Rumi was a 13th Century Persian Muslim poet and mystic theologian. His poems are widely read in Central Asia and the Middle East and are popular in the US.
Muhammad Nurayn Ashafa & James Movel Wuye (both b. 1960)
Imam Muhammad Ashafa and pastor James Wuye once advocated inter-religious violence. They now work together, advocating religious coexistence in Nigeria.
Irena Sendler (1910-2008)
Irena Sendler was a Polish Catholic woman and member of the Żegota resistance who smuggled children out of the Warsaw Ghetto during the Holocaust.