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| King Faisal Prize | |
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| Awarded for | |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| Presented by | King Faisal Foundation |
| Reward(s) | A Certificate, A 24 carat gold medal, A check of SR 750 thousand (an equivalent of US$ 200 thousand)[1] |
| First awarded | 1979 |
| Website | kingfaisalprize |
The King Faisal Prize (Arabic: جائزة الملك فيصل, formerly King Faisal International Prize), is an annual award sponsored by King Faisal Foundation presented to "dedicated men and women whose contributions make a positive difference".[2][3] The foundation awards prizes in five categories: Service to Islam; Islamic studies; the Arabic language and Arabic literature; science; and medicine.
The first King Faisal Prize was awarded to the Pakistani scholar Abul A'la Maududi in 1979 for his service to Islam. In 1981, Khalid of Saudi Arabia received the same award.[4] In 1984, Fahd of Saudi Arabia was the recipient of the award.[5] In 1986, this prize was co-awarded to Ahmed Deedat and French Roger Garaudy.[6]
Award process
Designation of subjects
Each year, the selection committees designate subjects in Islamic Studies, Arabic Literature, and Medicine. Selected topics in Islamic Studies category are aimed at highlighting areas of importance in Muslim societies. Arabic Literature topics relate to specialized areas within the discipline. Topics in medicine are supposed to reflect current areas of international concern. The science category covers a broad range of subcategories e.g. physics, mathematics, chemistry and biology.[3]
Nomination
Islamic institutions, universities and previous winners of the King Faisal Prize can nominate a person for the award. Nominations from ordinary individuals or political parties are not accepted.[7] The nominee or nominated institution(s) must be known for their leading practical or intellectual role in the service of Islam and Muslims.[8] Nominated works must be published, benefit mankind and enrich human knowledge.[8]
Selection
Winners of the Prize for category "Service to Islam" are chosen directly by the respective selection committee. For other Prize categories, pre-selection by peer reviewers is carried out, which is followed by scrutiny of the works of worthy nominees by selected referees of each discipline. Autonomous, international, specialist selection committees are then convened at the headquarters of King Faisal Foundation in Riyadh each January to make their final decisions.[3]
Prizes
The prize in each of the five categories consists of:[9]
- A Certificate written in Arabic Diwani calligraphy and signed by the Chairman of the Prize board, His Royal Highness Prince Khalid Al-Faisal Bin Abd Al-Aziz, enclosed in a binder of the finest leather inscribed with the winner’s name and a summary of his/her work which qualified him/her for the prize.
- A 24 carat 200 gram gold medal, with one side bearing the image of King Faisal, and the prize category written in Arabic, and the other holding the logo of the prize and the prize category in English.
- A check of SAR 750 thousand (an equivalent of US$ 200 thousand), distributed equally between the winners if they are more than one.
Co-winners in any category share the monetary grant. The prizes are awarded during a ceremony in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, under the auspices of the King of Saudi Arabia.[3]
Country standings
The five countries with most award-winners included 2024 were:[10][needs update]
| Position | Service to Islam | Islamic Studies | Arabic Language and Literature |
Medicine | Science | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 0 | 1 | 3 | 31 | 28 | 63 |
| Egypt | 7 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 39 |
| Saudi Arabia | 15 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 13 | 28 |
| Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
Sydney Brenner was considered to be the first Jew to win the King Faisal Award, in 1992.[11] Ronald Levy was reported to be a Jewish recipient in 2009.[11]
Winners by subject
Service to Islam
| Year | Branch | Country | Winner name | Winner title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Service to Islam |  Pakistan |
Sayyid Abul Ala'a AI-Mowdoodi | Maulana |
| 1980 | Service to Islam |  India |
Sayyid Abul-Hasan Ali Al-Hasani Al-Nadawi | Mufakkir-e-Islam |
 Indonesia |
Mohammad Natsir | Doctor | ||
| 1981 | Service to Islam |  Saudi Arabia |
King Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | His Majesty |
| 1982 | Service to Islam | Saudi Arabia |
Abdulaziz bin Baz | Shaikh |
| 1983 | Service to Islam |  Egypt |
Hasanein M. Makhlouf | Shaikh |
 Malaysia |
Tunku Abdul Rahman | Prince | ||
| 1984 | Service to Islam | Saudi Arabia |
King Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques |
| 1985 | Service to Islam |  Afghanistan |
Abdul Rasul Sayyaf | Mr |
| 1986 | Service to Islam |  South Africa |
Ahmad H. Deedat | Mr |
 France |
Roger Garaudy | Doctor | ||
| 1987 | Service to Islam |  Nigeria |
Abu Bakr Mahmoud Gumi | Shaikh |
| 1988 | Service to Islam |  Philippines |
Ahmad Domocao Alonto | Doctor |
| 1989 | Service to Islam |  Egypt |
Muhammad Al-Ghazali Al-Saqqa | Shaikh |
| 1990 | Service to Islam | Saudi Arabia |
Ali At-Tantawi | Shaikh |
| Pakistan |
Khurshid Ahmad | Professor | ||
| 1991 | Service to Islam | Saudi Arabia |
Dr. Abdullah Umar Nasif | His Excellency |
| 1992 | Service to Islam |  Niger |
Dr. Hamid AIgabid | His Excellency |
| 1993 | Service to Islam |  Bosnia |
President Alija Begovitch | President |
| 1994 | Service to Islam | Saudi Arabia |
Muhammad Ibn Al-Uthaymeen[12] | Shaikh |
| 1995 | Service to Islam | Egypt |
Shaikh Gad AI-Haq Ali Gad AI-Haq | His Eminence |
| 1996 | Service to Islam |  Kuwait |
Abd AI-Rahman H. AI-Sumait | Doctor |
| 1997 | Service to Islam | Malaysia |
Dr. Mahathir bin Muhammad | Prime Minister |
| 1998 | Service to Islam |  Senegal |
President Abdou Diouf | His Excellency |
| 1999 | Service to Islam |  United Arab Emirates |
Jum'ah AI-Majid Abd Allah | Mr |
| 2000 | Service to Islam | Egypt |
AI-Azhar AI-Sharif | - |
| 2001 | Service to Islam | Saudi Arabia |
The Saudi Arabian High Commission for Donations to Bosnia-Herzegovina | - |
| 2002 | Service to Islam | United Arab Emirates |
Shaikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi | His Highness |
| 2003 | Service to Islam | Saudi Arabia |
Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Foundation | - |
| 2004 | Service to Islam |  Sudan |
Abd ar-Rahman Muhammad Siwar Adh-Dahab | Field Marshal |
| 2005 | Service to Islam | Saudi Arabia |
Ahmed Mohamed Ali | His Excellency |
 Lebanon |
AI-Hariri Foundation | - | ||
| 2006 | Service to Islam | Saudi Arabia |
Shaikh Salih bin Abd AlRahman AI-Husayyin | His Excellency |
| Kuwait |
Yusuf bin Jasim bin Mohammad AI-Hidji | Shaikh | ||
| 2007 | Service to Islam |  Russia |
Mintimer Sharipovich Shaimev | His Excellency |
| 2008 | Service to Islam | Saudi Arabia |
King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud | Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques |
| 2009 | Service to Islam | Egypt |
Principal Sharie Society for Quran and Sunnah Scholars Cairo | - |
| 2010 | Service to Islam |  Turkey |
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Prime Minister |
| 2011 | Service to Islam | Malaysia |
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi | His Excellency |
| 2012 | Service to Islam | Saudi Arabia |
Sulaiman Bin Abd Al-Aziz Al-Rajhi | Shaikh |
| 2014 | Service to Islam | Nigeria |
Ahmed Lemu | Sheikh, Justice |
| 2015 | Service to Islam | India |
Zakir A. Naik | Doctor |
| 2016 | Service to Islam | Saudi Arabia |
Salih bin Abdullah al Humaid[13] | Doctor |
| 2017 | Service to Islam | Saudi Arabia |
Salman bin Abdulaziz | King |
| 2018 | Service to Islam | Indonesia |
Irwandi Jaswir | Professor |
| 2019 | Service to Islam | Sudan |
International University of Africa, Khartoum | - |
| 2020 | Service to Islam | Saudi Arabia |
The Makkah Document | - |
| 2021 | Service to Islam | Kuwait |
Mohammed Al-Sharekh | Mr |
| 2022 | Service to Islam |  Tanzania |
Ali Hassan Mwinyi | His Excellency |
| Egypt |
Hassan Mahmoud Al Shafei | Professor | ||
| 2023 | Service to Islam |  South Korea |
Choi Young Kil-Hamed | Professor |
| United Arab Emirates |
Nasser bin Abdullah Al Zaabi | His Excellency | ||
| 2024 | Service to Islam |  Japan |
Japan Muslim Association | - |
| Lebanon |
Mohammad Sammak | Doctor |
Islamic studies world wide
| Year | Branch | Topic | Country | Winner name | Winner title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Islamic studies | Studies dealing with the influence of Muslim scholars on European civilization |  Germany |
Fuat Sezgin | Professor |
| 1980 | Islamic studies | Studies on the hadith of Muhammad | Saudi Arabia |
Muhammad Mustafa Azmi | Doctor |
| 1981 | Islamic studies | Studies on the role of Shari'a in the restoration of the society | - | Not awarded | ----- |
| 1982 | Islamic studies | Contemporary economic problems from an Islamic perspective | India |
Muhammad Najatuallah Siddiqui | Professor |
| 1983 | Islamic studies | Studies on the Quran | Egypt |
Muhammad A. Odaimah | Professor |
| 1984 | Islamic studies | General theory in Islamic jurisprudence |  Syria |
Mustafa A. AI-Zarka'a | Shaikh |
| 1985 | Islamic studies | Studies and editions on the Islamic doctrine | Saudi Arabia |
Muhammad Rashad Salim | Professor |
| Egypt |
Farouk A Oesouki | Doctor | |||
| Egypt |
Mustafa M. Suliman | Doctor | |||
| 1986 | Islamic studies | Studies dealing with Islamic history |  Iraq |
Abd AI-Aziz AI-Duri | Professor |
| 1987 | Islamic studies | Principles and practices of international relations in Islam | - | Not awarded | - |
| 1988 | Islamic studies | Studies dealing with Islamic education | Egypt |
Muhammad Kotb Shathly | - |
| Turkey |
Mikdat Yalçın | Professor | |||
| 1989 | Islamic studies | Studies dealing with the Islamic city | Iraq |
Saleh Ahmad AI-Ali | Professor |
| 1990 | Islamic studies | Financial dealings in Islamic Shari'ah | Sudan |
Al-Seddiq M. Al-Darir | Professor |
| Saudi Arabia |
Umer Chapra | Doctor | |||
| 1991 | Islamic studies | Studies dealing with the spread of Islam into an area outside the present boundaries of the Islamic World | - | Not awarded | - |
| 1992 | Islamic studies | Origins of research methodologies in contemporary | - | Not awarded | - |
| 1993 | Islamic studies | Muslim achievements in the field of sociology | Egypt |
Hasan As-Sa'ati Abd AI Aziz | Professor |
| 1994 | Islamic studies | Studies dealing with Islamic law | Egypt |
EI-Sayyid Sabiq At-Tihami | Shaikh |
 Qatar |
Yousef A. AI-Qaradawi | Doctor | |||
| 1995 | Islamic studies | Studies dealing with thematic commentary of the Quran | - | Not awarded | - |
| 1996 | Islamic studies | The life of Muhammad |  Iraq |
Akram Dia'a AI-Umari | Professor |
| 1997 | Islamic studies | Studies on the status of women in Islam | Iraq |
Abd AI-Karim Zedan Biej | Professor |
| 1998 | Islamic studies | Studies on libraries or the evolution of Islamic book craft | Egypt |
Abd AI-Sattar Al-Halwaji | Professor |
| Saudi Arabia |
Yahia M. bin Junaid | Professor | |||
| 1999 | Islamic studies | Contributions to the study, verification and authentication of the hadith |
 Albania |
Shaikh Muhammad Nasir Ad-Din Al-Albani | Shaikh |
| 2000 | Islamic studies | Studies dealing with the spread and cultural impact of Islam outside the Arab |  Bangladesh |
Muhammad Mohar Ali | Professor |
| 2001 | Islamic studies | Studies on matters with no Islamic legal precedent | - | Not awarded | - |
| 2002 | Islamic studies | Studies into the objectives of Islamic legislation | - | Not awarded | - |
| 2003 | Islamic studies | Studies dealing with history of Islamic economics | Sudan |
Izz EI-Din Omar Mousa | Professor |
 Morocco |
Ibrahim Abu Bakr Harakat | Professor | |||
| 2004 | Islamic studies | Basics of Islamic jurisprudence | Saudi Arabia |
Yacoub Abd AI-wahab AIBahussain | Doctor |
| India |
Ali Ahmad Ghulam Muhammad Nadvi | Doctor | |||
| 2005 | Islamic studies | Defense of the Islamic state during the 5th and 6th centuries A.H |  United Kingdom |
Carole Hillenbrand | Professor |
| 2006 | Islamic studies | Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=King_Faisal_Prize