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WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR 1429H - 2009G
KING FAISAL INTERNATIONAL PRIZE
for
SERVICE TO ISLAM
Riyadh, Monday 29 Muharram 1430H
occurring 26 January 2009G, HRH Prince Khalid Alfaisal, Director of
The King Faisal Foundation, tonight announced the winners of the King Faisal International Prize.
The King Faisal International Prize for Service to Islam for the year 1429H - 2009G has been awarded to:
In recognition of its outstanding services to Islam and Muslims
which include:
- Perseverant efforts, spanning almost 100 years, to
assert the purity of the Islamic Daawa (Call), its total
dedication to the cause of Islam, and its remoteness
from any political ambitions.
- Reliance on the Holy Quran and the Prophet's Sunnah
in extending real Islamic teachings and revealing the
evils of innovations and superstition.
- Contribution to Islamic conferences and symposia
calling for unity and progress of the Islamic world.
- Countless other services both in Egypt and in other
parts of the Islamic world. The Society's services in
Egypt include: holding religious classes and symposia,
extending true Islamic teachings and thought through its
internet site, establishing more than fifty institutes
for training Muslim preachers, sponsoring students,
especially poor students from Egypt and other countries
pursuing their education at Al-Azhar and rigorously
contesting anti-Islamic propaganda. Furthermore, the
Society has been carrying out a range of social services
such as sponsoring orphans, Procuring income-generating
work for widowed women, in addition to building more
than 5000 mosques and numerous, well equipped medical
centers that provide free medical services. The
Society's achievements abroad are primarily focused on
helping under-privileged Muslims, especially in
Palestine and impoverished Muslim countries in Africa
and Asia.
King Faisal Foundation
Public Relations Department
Tel. +(966 1) 465 2255
Fax +(966 1) 465 6524
eMail: Info@kff.com
Website: http://www.kff.com
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