Many intellectuals, academics and public figures from different countries have expressed support for Project Aladdin, while each holding his or her own particular views as to the most effective means of achieving the project’s goals, including the following:
Mr. Jacques Andréani, Ambassador of France, former ambassador to Cairo and Washington
Ambassador Hasan Abu-Nimah, Director of the Royal Institute for Religious Studies, Jordan
Mr. Mohamed Arkoun, historian and writer, Morocco
Mr. André Azoulay, President of Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for Dialogue between Cultures
Mr. Ayad Allawi, former Prime Minister of Iraq
Mr. Hédi Baccouche, former Prime Minister of Tunisia
Mrs. Hélé Béji, President of the International College of Tunis
Ms. Fathia Benatsou, member of the Economic and Social Council of France
Mr. Ghaleb Bencheikh, vice-president of the World Conference of Religions for Peace
Dr. Ali Benmakhlouf, philosopher and university professor, France
Mr. Rachid Benzine, Moroccan-born author and thinker on modern Islam
Dr. Mustafa Ceric, Grand Mufti of Bosnia
Ms. Chahla Chafiq, Iranian sociologist, author and human rights activist
Mr. Malek Chebel, Algerian writer and thinker
Mr. Adel Darwish, Egyptian-born journalist in London
Dr. Aly El Samman, Advisor to the late President Sadat, President of the International Union for Jewish-Muslim-Christian Dialogue and Peace Education, Chairman of the Committee for Interreligious Dialogue of the Supreme Islamic Council of Egypt
Prof. Kenan Gursoy, philosopher and Dean of the Faculty of Science and Literature, Galatasaray University, Istanbul
Ms. Nadia Hachimi Alaoui, journalist, Morocco
Mr. Tarek Heggy, Egyptian thinker and writer
Mrs. Fahmia Houda, UK Home Office (Interior Ministry) adviser on Muslim affairs
Mr. Mohamed Kenbib, Historian, Morocco
Mr. Driss Khrouz, Director of the National Library of Morocco
Mr. Ismael-Sélim Khaznadar, university professor, Algeria
Mr. Serge Klarsfeld, President of the Association of Sons and Daughters of Jewish Deportees of France
Mr. Lafif Lakhdar, thinker and writer, Tunisia
Mr. Nima Mina, Professor of Persian Studies, SOAS, UK
Mr. Jean-Claude Lescure, University professor, France
Mr. Abdelwahab Meddeb, Tunisian author and Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Paris X
Mr. Jean Mouttapa, Head of the department on spirituality at Albin Michel Publishing House
Mr. Mohamed Mzali, former prime minister of Tunisia
Mr. Tarik Oubrou, President of the Association of French Imams
Mr. Abe Radkin, Executive Director of the Human Rights Foundation, UK
Ms. Anne-Marie Revcolevschi, Director general of the Fondation pour la Memoire de la Shoah, France
Imam Dr Abduljalil Sajid, Chairman of the Muslim Council for Religious and Racial Harmony, President of the National Association of British Pakistanis
Mr. Boualem Sansal, Algerian author
Dr. Daryoush Shayegan, Philosopher and author, Iran
Mr. Ahmed Al-Sarraf, Kuwaiti thinker and writer
Father Emile Shoufani, Director of St. Joseph Seminary in Nazareth
Mr. René Samuel Sirat, former Chief Rabbi of France
Mr. Salah Stétié, former diplomat, poet and writer, Lebanon
Mrs. Hind Taarji, writer and academic, Morocco