King Faisal International Prize
The King Faisal Prize (English King Faisal International Prize; Arab جائزة الملك فيصل العالمية, DMG Ǧā ʾ Izat al -Malik Faisal al - ʿ ālimīya ) is an international of the King Faisal Foundation (King Faisal Foundation, founded in 1976 ) in several divisions award price. With it merits to be appreciated about Islam, Islamic Studies, Arabic Language and Literature, Medicine and Science. It was donated in 1977 and is named in honor of King Faisal ibn Abd al - Aziz of Saudi Arabia, the son of the founder. The annual award is connected to a gold medal, a certificate in Diwani and a prize of $ 200,000. It will be awarded at a ceremony in Riyadh by the King of Saudi Arabia.
In the individual divisions and no prizes will be awarded in some years.
Among the prize winners for Services to Islam include Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (2010), the kings of Khalid ibn Abd al - Aziz, Fahd ibn Abd al - Aziz and Abdullah ibn Abd al - Aziz, the Frenchman Roger Garaudy and various institutions.
Among the prize winners in Islamic Studies (Islamic Studies ) is one of the emeritus in Germany Turkish orientalist Fuat Sezgin (1979 ) and 2007 Roshdi Rashed.