The Global Abrahamic Movement has announced its first-ever orientation conference — a digital global summit via Zoom — scheduled for Monday, June 29, 2026, at 20:00 Damascus and Israel time. The announcement comes as the movement experiences an unprecedented surge of interest from participants across the Arab world, Turkey, Iran, and Israel, with thousands of daily inquiries arriving from individuals seeking to understand its vision, join its community, and engage with its ideas on faith, politics, and coexistence.

Writing from within the movement’s growing global network, contributor Anthony Siefried invoked Churchill’s famous observation to capture the moment: the Abrahamic Movement is generating not only enthusiasm but also controversy, misconception, and fear of the unknown — all signs, in Siefried’s view, that it is touching something real and consequential in the global conversation about faith, identity, and peace.

The Global Abrahamic Movement — which grounds its vision of Jewish-Muslim-Christian reconciliation in the shared prophetic heritage of Abraham — has moved rapidly from a regional initiative into a phenomenon attracting attention across multiple continents and media ecosystems. Arab, Turkish, Iranian, and Israeli press have all engaged with it, in tones ranging from admiration to alarm, from fascination to fierce criticism.

Tom Wegner, the movement’s CEO and founder, described the pace of growth as almost impossible to keep up with. “Many people all over the world ask us daily — what is the Abrahamic movement? What are you doing? How can we belong to the Abrahamic community?” With so many questions arriving simultaneously — political, religious, and economic in nature — the founders determined that a single, open digital summit was the most effective way to address them at scale.

The June 29 summit will feature four senior voices of the Global Abrahamic Movement in live dialogue with participants from around the world.

Summit Speakers — June 29, 2026

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⭐ Founder & CEO — Global Abrahamic Movement

Tom Wegner

International Abrahamic Movement — Executive Director & Founder

Tom Wegner is the founding architect of the Global Abrahamic Movement — a worldwide initiative grounding Jewish-Muslim-Christian reconciliation in shared scriptural heritage. He leads the movement’s international strategy and will serve as host and lead discussant for the June 29 orientation summit.

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Vice President — Training & Guidance

Soraya Deen

Founder, Bureau of Muslim Women Speakers (USA) · VP Training & Guidance, Global Abrahamic Movement

Soraya Deen is the founder of the Office of Muslim Women Speakers in the United States and serves as Vice President of the Training and Guidance Office of the Global Abrahamic Movement. A prominent Muslim women’s advocate, she brings a powerful perspective on interfaith engagement and the role of women in building Abrahamic community worldwide.

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Vice President — Regional Relations & Development

Aviv Beilis Lerner

VP Regional Partnerships & Development, Global Abrahamic Movement

Aviv Beilis Lerner serves as Vice President of Regional Relations and Development for the Global Abrahamic Movement, overseeing the expansion of the movement’s partnerships and community networks across the Middle East and beyond. He will address the summit’s audience on regional developments and opportunities for engagement.

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Special Envoy — Alavi Community

Majd Jbaily

Special Envoy of the Global Abrahamic Movement to the Alavi Community

Majd Jbaily serves as the Special Envoy of the Global Abrahamic Movement to the Alawi community, bridging the movement’s outreach into communities across the Levant and beyond. His participation underscores the movement’s commitment to engaging the full spectrum of the region’s religious and ethnic communities.

Registration for the summit is free and open to all. Participants from any country may register online ahead of the session. The full conversation will be conducted in English, with an Arabic-language summary to be published afterward by the movement’s Arabic-speaking contributors.

To reserve a seat, visit: global.abrahamic.org/summit

The June 29 summit represents more than a Q&A session. It is the first public face of a movement that has quietly become one of the most discussed and contested interfaith initiatives in the contemporary Middle East — a movement that, depending on who is speaking, is either a dangerous heresy or the most hopeful development in decades. On Monday evening, participants from around the world will have the chance to hear directly from its founders and judge for themselves.