Hossein Nasr - Awards and Honors

Awards and Honors

  • In year 2000, a volume was devoted to him in the Library of Living Philosophers.
  • Templeton Religion and Science Award (1999)
  • First Muslim and first non-Western scholar to deliver the prestigious Gifford Lectures
  • Honorary Doctor of Uppsala University, Sweden (1977)
  • He was nominated and won King Faisal Foundation award, but his prize was withdrawn upon the prize knowledge of him being a Shia. He was notified of winning the prize in 1979 but later the prize was withdrawn with no explanation. Extracts from ( http://www.arabiaradio.org/ )

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