Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation

Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation "was established in London in 1988 by the Yamani Cultural and Charitable Foundation. It is housed in a historic Jacobean manor: Eagle House.

"The Foundation aims to document and preserve the Islamic written heritage. It pursues this aim principally through its work in surveying, cataloguing, editing and publishing Islamic manuscripts."

Directors

• Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani : Chairman
• Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoghlu : Vice-Chair
• Mr. Sharaf Ahmed Zaki Yamani : Member

Previous Board of Directors Members:

• Professor Talat Ghunaimi
• Dr. Zaki Mustapha

International Advisory Council

• Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani : Chairman
• Professor Nasseruddin al-Assad : Member
• Professor George Atiyeh : Member
• Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoghlu : Member
• Professor Enes Karic : Member
• Professor Salahuddin al-Munajjid : Member
• Professor Seyyed Hossein Nasr : Member
• Professor Abd al-Hadi al-Tazi : Member
• Professor Juan Vernet : Member

Previous International Advisory Council Members:

• Sheikh Hamad El-Jassir (1910 - 2000)
• Sheikh Abdul Aziz Ahmed al-Rifai
• Sheikh Mahmud Shakir (1909 - 1997)
• Dr. Syed Vahiduddin
• Professor Annemarie Schimmel (1922-2003)
• Professor William Montgomery Watt (1909 - 2006)

Board of Experts

• Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani : Chairman
• Professor Francois Deroche : Member
• Dr. Muhammad Haitham al-Khayat : Member
• Dr. Muhammad Adnan al-Bakheet : Member
• Dr. Abdullah Yusuf al-Ghunaim : Member
• Professor Iraj Afshar : Member
• Professor Ibrahim Chabbouh : Member
• Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoghlu : Member

Previous Board of Experts Members:

• Dr. Anton Heinen (1939-1998)
• Professor Yusuf Ibish (1926-2003)

Contact

Web: http://www.al-furqan.com

Resources and articles

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