Daniel Eror
URI Europe Chair
URI Global Council Treasurer
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Daniel Eror was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, obtained formal education at University of Sarajevo, Master studies of Economy and Management, with a focus on Human Resources as well as Master program of Interreligious studies and Peacebuilding at Faculty of Catholic Theology.
Active member of civil society, with 19 years of progressive experience in the field of Intercultural dialogue, Reconciliation and Peacebuilding mainly working with young people in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as abroad.
He is a founder and president of Youth for Peace, organization which positioned itself as one of the most prominent youth-led organizations in BiH, working in field of peacebuilding. He is certified Trainer for work with youth, with expertise in the field of Conflict transformation, Dealing with past and Human Rights and Discrimination.
Vjekoslav Saje
URI Europe Secretary
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Vjeko is involved in interfaith work since 1986 when he was living in Baghdad. From 1994 to 1996 he has been working for UN in Sarajevo, assisting various missions and started a project CSIS-Center for Strategic & International Studies in Conflict Resolution for Religious Communities. In 1997, together with CSIS, WCRP-World Conference on Religion and Peace and USIP-United States Institute for Peace, he has assisted in forming of Inter-Religious Council of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
He was taking part in various international interfaith forums and event as: 2005 Goldin Institute for International Partnership and Peace, in Amritsar, India; November 2005 - Peace Conference in Hague, hosted by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and organized by Clingendael Institute; June 2007 United Religions Initiative - URI Europe Assembly in Belgium/Antwerp "Interfaith Dialogue: A tool for peace in Europe"; August, 2009 - Global Majority “Promoting Peace by Dialogue” international training seminar in Jerusalem, Israel.
Sheikh Bashir Ahmad Dultz
URI Europe Board Member
Bonn, Germany
Sheikh BASHIR is a Muslim leader, co-founder of the oldest Islamic organization in Germany, the German Muslim-League, co-founder of the national Islamic umbrella organization Central Council of Muslims in Germanyand Sheikh, i.e. spiritual leader, of the Sufiorder Tariqah As-Safinah and of the German Muslim-League Bonn. He has been strongly involved in interfaith dialogue for decades and is part of about 20 different peace and interfaith efforts, among them the Christian-Islamic Society, which he has served for 20 years as a board member, 12of these as president. Being very involved in Abrahamic dialogue e.g. on the planning teams of the “Standing conference of Jews, Christians and Muslims in Europe” (1985-1999) he has also co-founded the “Jewish Christian Muslim Summer School” at Ammerdown, UK, and has served as its Muslim team-leader (1991-2014). Another longstanding residential event he has co-founded is the annual “Christian-Islamic conference at Pentecost” which runs uninterruptedly since 1988, and he serves as Muslim team-leader on the conference team. All these happenings are residential events for several days up to a full week. Since 1997 Sheikh Bashir has been involved founding and building URI, he has served URI for two terms as elected Global Council member of the Europe region and continues to serve on the URI Europe board and as president of URI Germany.
Marianne Horling
URI Europe Board Member
Bonn, Germany
An artist and teacher, Marianne Horling is a member of an intercultural choir and has worked with migrant children from many different backgrounds, teaching them to explore and reflect upon the world of art. She spent many years working with a member of the German Parliament, has participated in several interfaith conferences and organized seminars on the hidden meanings of fairy tales.
Deepak Naik
URI Europe Board Member
Coventry, United Kingdom
Deepak Naik MBE, FRSA, is honoured to be with URI from the time of its design, establishment and nurturing into a global inter-faith movement. In the UK and locally, Deepak is an activist for over 40 years, working mostly with young adults to co-create, organise, and delivery work that celebrate and honour the sacred, safeguard nature and help bring sense of fairness and hope to all. I was born in Uganda to parents from India, for most of my life I have been blessed to live England. For me, the world of inter-faith dialogue is a reasonable start however action between people of different faiths, traditions and beliefs is better. I believe the journey to building and maintaining healthy and meaningful relations between people who are different is by facing and experience our failures and success together.
Emina Frljak
URI Europe Board Member
Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Emina Frljak is a Project Coordinator with Youth for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina and serves as the Deputy Coordinator of the International Youth Committee of Religions for Peace. She holds an MA in Pedagogy from the University of Sarajevo and is currently pursuing a second MA in Interreligious Studies and Peacebuilding. With a strong academic background in educational sciences, interreligious studies, and peacebuilding, Emina focuses her work on peace education, interfaith dialogue, and religious literacy. Recently, she has developed a growing interest in leveraging social media for educational and advocacy purposes, particularly in countering hate speech. She is also a fellow of the KAICIID International Fellows Program, which aims to empower religious leaders, civil society actors, and academics in interreligious and intercultural dialogue.
Karimah K. Stauch
URI Europe Coordinator
Bonn, Germany
Karimah holds an MA degree in Economics from the University of Frankfurt/Main and an MA degree in Islamic Studies from the University of Bonn. Karimah works at the IT Department of Welthungerhilfe, a development NGO in Bonn, as officer for IT project management - after having worked in IT training, digital learning and IT knowledge management for some years. Since 2003 she is the European co-ordinator of the URI; she works with the URI Europe board and regional support team to support URI development in Europe. She is actively involved, including in board functions, in various NGOs, interfaith efforts and planning teams as well as Muslim organisations. Her research thesis "An Empirical Study of Islamic culture in Germany with special consideration of women’s issues" was published by Weissensee Verlag publishers.
Lejla Hasandedić-Đapo
URI Europe CC Liaison Officer
Ankara, Turkey
Lejla is psychologist, psychotherapist, activist, peace builder and volunteer from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Currently she is doing her PhD in psychology at Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University in Turkey and she is working as URI Europe CC Liaison Officer. She was URI Youth Ambassador and she is co-founder of Youth For Peace URI CC from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Friendship Among Cultures in Turkey URI CC. Also she is Learning to Live Together (LTLT) Arigatou International trainer, KAICIID Fellow and she holds Diploma in Islamic studies from University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. In March 2022, Lejla joined the URI Global Staff team as the Individual Membership Coordinator.
Angelina Vladikova
URI Europe CC Liaison Officer
Sofia, Bulgaria
Angelina is an activist and peacebuilder from Bulgaria. She is Eastern Orthodox Christian with Master degree in Ecumenical Theology from Geneva University and Chateau de Bossey, Switzerland. She is a chair of BRIDGES – Eastern European Forum for Dialogue – an NGO for intercultural and interfaith dialogue; actively involved in practical dialogue among people from different faiths in Bulgaria. Her interests are: working with youth, art as a tool of dialogue, ecology and women's issues. Currently Angelina serves as URI Europe CC Liaison Officer (since 2015).