Dr. MATT REYNOLDS (Ph.D.)
Executive Director, Refuge International
“Sajid came to the United States to grow and hone his skills in the area of Interfaith Dialogue by pursuing a Master of Arts in Apologetics from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky.
As a Christian, Sajid is part of a religious minority in Pakistan (which is predominantly Muslim). And as an exemplary and influential member of that minority community, Sajid was selected to serve as the adviser to the former Chairman Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and former Prime Minister of Pakistan and in Minority Affairs. It is not easy to represent a religious minority in a Muslim country, but through his interfaith organization, Sajid has consistently sought to bridge the gap between religious differences and, in the spirit of Jesus Christ who gave His own life to reconcile sinners to God, to build coalitions and create synergy on the basis of common ground.
After graduating in December 2024, Sajid began the work of registering his organization (I-LAP) in the United States and other countries. Having leveraged his relational and political capital in Pakistan for the sake of relief work among those suffering from poverty and natural disaster, he desires to continue to do the same on global level.
I recommend Sajid Sandhu because of his education and experience in interfaith dialogue, peacebuilding, promoting religious freedom, disaster response, and church planting Most importantly, he has the high-level relationships and contacts to make these things happen. Given the tensions in the United States that exist between members of different religious communities, Sajid with his experience and contacts can well foster interfaith harmony in our country as he has done in Pakistan”.