Safi Kaskas

President, International Qur’an Research Association, United States

Safi Kaskas is a scholar, entrepreneur, and advocate for peace and reconciliation. He has more than 40 years of experience in strategic planning, leadership, and business ethics, having founded Strategic Edge Management Consultants. Dr. Kaskas cofounded East-West University in Chicago and served as president of its board of directors. He is passionate about the Abrahamic religions and has lectured throughout the US and the Middle East on topics related to the interconnectivity of Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. Dr. Kaskas is a guest lecturer at the Jim Forest Institute for Religion, Peace, and Justice at St. Stephen’s University and at the Earlham School of Religion. He is a senior researcher in Islam and multifaith reconciliation at George Mason University. As founder and president of the International Qur’an Research Association, Dr. Kaskas is known for his English Qur’an translation, The Qur’an: A Contemporary Understanding (2015). His other publications include The Qur’an with References to the Bible (2016) and The Kindest of Manners: Learning from Prophet Muhammad. Two other works, The Qur’an with References to the Tanakh and The Thematic Qur’an are forthcoming.