AWARDS
		AMSS (UK) has introduced a prestigous award that is intended to recognise and highlight the achevement of individuals who have made a significant contribution to Islamic thought and promotion. A new award is also being considered for students and researchers. Please click here for more information about the awards and past recipients.
NEW & FORTHCOMING AWARDS
AMSS (UK) 2006 Building Bridges Award to be jointly awarded to the Prime Minister of Turkey and the Prime Minister of Spain. The AMSS (UK) 2006 Building Bridges Award was jointly awarded to Recep Tayyip Erdogan (the Prime Minister of Turkey) and J.L. Rodriquez Zapatero (the Prime Minister of Spain) at the 1st Alliance of Civilisations Forum in Madrid Spain on 15th January 2008. The award was presented in recognition of their distinguished efforts to unify communities separated by race, culture and religion, for promoting a climate of respect, and peaceful co-existence through launching the Alliance of Civilizations project, as well as for their work in advancing interfaith dialogue. [1] [2] [3] [4] [1] Award presented to Recip Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of Turkey (left) by Dr Anas Al-Shaikh Ali, Chair of AMSS (UK) (right). [2] Award presented to Juan Luis Rodriquez Zapatero, Prime Minister of Spain (second from right). [3] R.T. Erdogan (left), J.L.T. Zapatero (right) and Dr A. Al-Shaikh-Ali (centre). [4] Video of award presentation (click to watch). Click here for full press release (PDF).
AMSS (UK) 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award given to Prof. Muhammad Abdel Haleem. The AMSS (UK) 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Professor Muhammad Abdel Haleem at the Politics of Islamism conference held at the University of Westminster London on 10th November 2007. The award is presented in recognition for a distinguished career and service to the field of Islamic thought and outstanding contributions to the study of the Arabic language and the Qur’an. Click here to see a photo of the award presentation (Prof. M. Abdel Haleem on the right).
AMSS (UK) 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award given to Prof. Fuat Sezgin. The AMSS (UK) 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Professor Fuat Sezgin. As the ailing professor was too ill to attend, the Award was presented to a representative at the 6th Annual AMSS (UK) Conference, Citizenship, Security and Democracy, 1-3 September 2006. Professor Sezgin is one of the major scholars of the history of science and technology in the Islamic world, and currently the Director of the Institute of Arabic-Islamic Sciences at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany. He is one of the world’s leading authorities on Islam’s Golden Age of Science, and Muslim Cartographers, and is also one of that period’s most prolific chroniclers. He has just published three new installments of his to date 13-volume history of Arabic-Islamic science.
AMSS (UK) 2005 Building Bridges Award given to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams. The AMSS (UK) 2005 Building Bridges Award was given to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Rowan Williams, at the inaugural Zaki Badawi Annual Memorial Lecture held at Lambeth Palace on 26th April 2007. The Archbishop has graciously accepted the Award which is being given to him in recognition of his work for better understanding between Faiths, and, for a wider recognition of faiths in present day Western culture. His work will generate greater understanding and awareness between communities through inter-faith dialogue and intellectual discourse. Click here to see the award presentation (Dr. Rowan Williams on the right).
PAST AWARDS
		AMSS (UK) 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award presented to Dr. Martin Lings. In recognition for a distinguished career and service to the field of Islamic thought and scholarship, and in bringing to light the universal message of Islam, the AMSS presented its 2004 Lifetime Achievement award to Dr. Martin Lings. The Award was presented on 2nd May 2005 at the Message of the Beloved Conference, Wembley Conference Centre, London, UK. Click here for the press release. Martin Lings passed away on the 13th May 2005 shortly after recieving this award recognising his life and works. Click here to read the press release and obituary.
		AMSS (UK) 2003 Lifetime Achievement Award postumously presented to Edward Said. In February 2004, at the 5th Annual AMSS (UK) conference, Fiqh Today, held at the University of Westminster, London, the AMSS 2003 Lifetime Achievement Award was postumously awarded to Edward Said in recognition of his outstanding scholarly contributions and intellectual engagement. Click here to see a photo of the award presentation (collected on behalf of the late Edward Said).
		AMSS (UK) 2003 Building Bridges Award presented to Karen Armstrong. In February 2004, at the 5th Annual AMSS (UK) conference, Fiqh Today, held at the University of Westminster, London, the AMSS 2003 Building Bridges Award was presented to writer and historian Karen Armstrong in recognition of her contribution towards promoting inter-faith dialogue and understanding. Click here to see a photo of the award presentation.
		AMSS (UK) 2002 Lifetime Achievement Award presented to Dr. Zaki Badawi. In September 2002, at the Muslim Education in Europe conference held in Bonn Germany, AMSS (UK) were honoured to present the AMSS (UK) 2002 Lifetime Achievement Award to Dr. Zaki Badawi. The award was received on behalf of Dr. Badawi by Dr. Bassam Saieh of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies. Dr. Badawi is currently Principal of The Muslim College in London. His interests are Islamic Theology, Muslim Jurisprudence and the History of Muslim Law and he frequently writes and broadcasts on Muslims affairs. He has been Director and Chief Imam of the Islamic Cultural Centre and Regent's Park Mosque and Director of the Islamic Finance House, London. He is Chairman of the Imams and Mosques Council UK and of the Muslim Law (Shariah) Council UK, Vice Chairman of the World Congress of Faiths, Advisor to the Templeton Foundation and Director/Trustee of the Forum Against Islamophobia and Racism (FAIR). He is a Member of the Central Religious Advisory Committee at the BBC and ICT Commissioners. He has held a variety of academic posts around the world and is involved with numerous international academic and religious organisations. His qualifications are Al Aliyah & Al Alimiyyah (Al Azhar University, Cairo) and BA PhD (London University).
		AMSS (UK) 2002 Building Bridges Award presented to Charles Le Gai Eaton On Thursday 20th June 2002 at the Moses Room, House of Lords, UK, the AMSS (UK) were honoured to present Charles Le Gai Eaton with the 2002 Building Bridges Award in recognition of his achievement in bringing to light the universal and authentic message of Islam.
		AMSS (UK) 2001 Lifetime Achievement Award presented to H. E. Alija Izetbegovic (Former Preisdent, Bosnia-Herzegovina) In recognition for a distinguished career and service to the field of Islamic thought and international politics, the AMSS (UK) was honoured to present the 2001 Lifetime Achievement Award to Alija Izetbegovic. As well as former President of Bosnia-Herzegovina Alija Izetbegovic is also a respected scholar and writer. He is best known for his book Islam Between East and West which was originally published 1984 when he was a political prisoner in Communist Yugoslavia. The book has gone on to become a European bestseller and hailed by many as a landmark analysis of the human condition and the West's relationship to Islam.
		AMSS (UK) 2000 Academic Achievement Award presented to Professor Ali Mazrui On Wednesday 14 June 2000 Professor Ali Mazrui, a leading African academic and intellectual, made history by becoming the first African to launch a book and address a distinguished audience at the Moses Room, House of Lords, UK. The Chairman of the AMSS (UK), Dr. Anas Al-Shaikh-Ali marked the occasion by presenting Professor Mazrui with the AMSS's first and newly established award for important academic achievement.