Globally Respected Muslim Scholar Receives Human Dignity Award from American Jewish Committee
NEW YORK, Oct. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- American Jewish Committee (AJC) has presented its prestigious Human Dignity Award to Shaykh Abdallah Bin Bayyah, one of the world's most respected Islamic scholars and a champion of religious freedom, peace, and enhancing Muslim-Jewish relations.
- NEW YORK, Oct. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- American Jewish Committee (AJC) has presented its prestigious Human Dignity Award to Shaykh Abdallah Bin Bayyah, one of the world's most respected Islamic scholars and a champion of religious freedom, peace, and enhancing Muslim-Jewish relations.
- "His counsel and wisdom are sought by religious and political leaders alike, and his courage has pushed the ties between the Jewish and Muslim worlds dramatically forward."
- AJC's Human Dignity Award is a facsimile leaf of a medieval copy of Maimonides' Introduction to the Mishnah in a lavishly illuminated edition.
- Shaykh Bin Bayyah is just the second recipient of the AJC Human Dignity Award.