WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR 1430H - 2010G

KING FAISAL INTERNATIONAL PRIZE

for

ISLAMIC STUDIES

Riyadh, Monday 25 Muharram 1431H occurring 11 January 2010G, HRH Prince Khalid Alfaisal, Director of The King Faisal Foundation, tonight announced the winners of the King Faisal International Prize.

The Prize for Islamic Studies (Studies Dealing with Religious Endowments (Waqf) in Islam) has been withheld for lack of sufficiently meritorious nominations.

• Over the past 32 years, a total of 30 scholars from 13 different countries have won the King Faisal International Prize for Islamic Studies.

• The topic for the 1431H / 2011G King Faisal International Prize for Islamic Studies is
  Socioeconomic Aspects in The Islamic World Through
  10th – 13th Century H. (16th – 19th Century G.).

Link to the Topics Page for the King Faisal International Prize for the year 1430H / 2010G

• The deadline for all nominations is Saturday 17th Jumada I 1431H occurring May 1 2010G.

This is the 32nd annual King Faisal International Prize announcement.

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