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
Previous Board of Directors Members:
 * Sheikh Ahmed Zaki Yamani : Chairman
 * Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoghlu : Vice-Chair
 * Mr. Sharaf Ahmed Zaki Yamani : Member
 * Professor Talat Ghunaimi
 * Dr. Zaki Mustapha

International Advisory Council
Previous International Advisory Council Members:
 * 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
 * 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
Previous Board of Experts Members:
 * 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
 * Dr. Anton Heinen (1939-1998)
 * Professor Yusuf Ibish (1926-2003)

Contact

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

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