The Holy Father has appointed Fr Amir Jaje, OP as a consultor for the Commission for Religious Relations with Muslims within the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue.
Fr Amir Jaje is the Provincial Vicar of the Vicariate of the Arab World. He was born in Karakosh in Iraq. He has a doctorate in History of Religions and he teaches at the Theological Faculty of Babel College. He is also the secretary of the Episcopal Commission for Inter-religious Dialogue of the Assembly of Catholic Bishops of Iraq. The Dominican Vicariate of the Arab World comprises Iraq, Egypt and Algeria.