Masha Allah !!! Islamic personality award to be given to Zakir Naik. The Dubai International Holy QuranAward, on Friday night changed the Islamic Personality of the Year,for the first time ever in the award’s 17-year history. Earlier, the award had announced Grand Imam of Al Azhar Dr SheikhAhmed Al Tayyeb as Islamic Personality of the year. Ibrahim Bu Melha, Chairman of theorganising committee of the award,said due to the unstable situations and political unrest in Egypt, the award organising committee has decided to postpone honouring Dr Al Tayyeb to later years in response to his request. "Instead, the award has chosen thepopular Indian scholar Dr Zakir Naik as the Islamic Personality of the Year in appreciation to his tireless effort in the service of Islam and Quran." Dr Zakir, who is also a surgeon, is the founder and president of the Islamic Research Foundation. He has written two books on Islam andcomparative religion. He is regarded as an exponent of the Salafi ideology. In an interview with Khaleej T
Posted on: Sat, 27 Jul 2013 06:16:57 +0000
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