ANNOUNCEMENT:

IIIT LONDON OFFICE ACADEMIC ADVISOR ON THE QUEEN'S HONOURS LIST Dr. Anas Al-Shaikh-Ali, Director and Academic Advisor, IIIT London Office, has been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list for June 2009 by being awarded a CBE (Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire). The citation in The London Gazette reads as follows: Dr. Anas Al-Shaikh Ali, Academic Advisor, London Office, International Institute of Islamic Thought.  For Services to Community Relations. According to Directgov website the “honours are given to people from all walks of life and all sections of society who have made a difference to their community. There are several different types of award, each one recognising a different type of contribution.” It adds that “the British honours system is one of the oldest in the world. It has evolved over 650 years as the country has found alternative means of recognising merit, gallantry and service”. (Article originally posted on IIIT US website, 23rd June 2009)   Click here to read article in Asharq Al-Awsat (online edition)

IIIT BOOK WINS ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR TRANSLATION 2008 Ibn Ashur: Treatise on Maqasid Al-Shariah (translated by Dr. Mohammad Al-Tahir Al-Mesawi) has won the prestigious 2008 Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Award for Translation in the Humanities from Arabic to other languages category. The Award recognizes excellence in translation and is given to distinguished works of translation and prominent institutions which have contributed significantly to the field of translation from and into Arabic. The award was established in 2006.

The IIIT London Office was established in 1987 as a branch of the main IIIT Head Office in the United States. An intellectual cultural foundation the Institute aims to provide a comprehensive Islamic outlook to relevant issues of contemporary thought.

The London office oversees the production of English Language titles as well as commissioning translations and promoting the objectives and work of the Institute both in the UK and Europe.

As well as producing publications in English the London Office has produced an Occasional Paper Series as well as audio and CD versions of a selection of the latter.

The London Office is also involved in the organisation of conferences seminars and workshops and to date has organised over ninety conferences, seminars and workshops, as well as management skills training programmes throughout the UK and Europe.


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