The Ibn Rushd Prize 2022: Call For Nomination

The Ibn Rushd Prize 2022 therefore calls for:

an institution or a person who fostered or protected religious freedom in their region or country – including the freedom from religion and the possibility of choosing another religion, as well as the freedom from the obligation to marry within the same religious group – and therewith not only countering all kinds of sectarianism as well as the abuse of power by political and religious authorities, but fostering pluralism, tolerance and peace within society.
The person’s or institution’s work must have fostered and protected religious freedom sustainably for all, not only for specific individuals or specific groups in a society.

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Ibn Rushd Prize 2019 goes to Bahraini Artist Sara Qaed The Ibn Rushd Fund for Freedom of Thought is delighted to announce the Bahraini artist Sara Qaed as winner of the 19th Ibn Rushd Prize for this year’s topic ‘Caricature’. The award ceremony will take place on July 5, 2019 in Berlin, Germany. In many […]

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Ibn Rushd Fund mourns the death of the 2009 Ibn Rushd award winner Samir Amin Today we are saying farewell to a pioneer, a global economic expert and a courageous political activist.Samir Amin had a wide horizon and a rare ability to conduct research in the field coupled with a comparative historical perspective. Samir Amin […]

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Ibn Rushd Prize 2017 goes to AMAN – Coalition for Accountability and Integrity The Ibn Rushd Fund for Freedom of Thought is delighted to announce the Coalition for Accountability and Integrity AMAN – Transparency Palestine as winner of the 18th Ibn Rushd Prize. The award ceremony will take place in Berlin, Germany, on December 1, […]

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Ibn Rushd Award 2013 goes to Palestinian Singer-Songwriter The Ibn Rushd Fund for Freedom of Thought is delighted to declare the singer-songwriter Rim Banna the winner of the 15th Ibn Rushd Award. Since 1998, the Ibn Rushd Fund has honoured people or organizations that have rendered outstanding services to freedom of thought in the Arab […]

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Ibn Rushd Award 2012 goes to Syrian Lawyer Razan Zaitouneh The Ibn Rushd Fund for Freedom of Thought is delighted to declare the Syrian lawyer and human rights activist, Razan Zaitouneh, the winner of the Ibn Rushd Award for Freedom of Thought. The award will be presented on November 30, 2012 in the Museum for […]

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Ibn Rushd Award 2011 goes to Tunisian Woman Journalist  The Ibn Rushd Fund for Freedom of Thought is delighted to declare the journalist Sihem Bensedrine the winner of the 13th Ibn Rushd Award. Since 1998, the Ibn Rushd Fund has honored people or organizations that have rendered outstanding services to Freedom of Thought in the […]

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Ibn Rushd Prize for Freedom of Thoughtawarded to Internet Platform al-Hewar al-MutamaddinAward Ceremony on November 26th 2010 in Museum for Islamic Art, Pergamon, Berlin Berlin, November 2010. Freedom of Thought is having a hard time at present in a world shaped by confrontations between systems. Making or maintaining peace between nations and cultures is the […]

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The Ibn Rushd Award 2010 Goes to theArab Internet Forum al-Hewar The Ibn Rushd Fund for Freedom of Thought is delighted to declare the Internet platform al-Hewar al-Mutamaddin the winner of the 12th Ibn Rushd Award. Since 1998, the Ibn Rushd Fund has been honouring people or organizations that have rendered outstanding services to Freedom […]

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Beyond Capitalism: A Southern Perspective The Egyptian economist Samir Amin will be awarded the Ibn Rushd Prize for Freedom of Thought 2009 (Berlin) This year’s Ibn Rushd Prize for Freedom of Thought will be awarded to one of the most important and most influential intellectuals of the Third World, the Egyptian economist Prof. Dr. Samir […]

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Arab Thought in Need of Revival Arab Thought in Need of Revival The Moroccan Philosopher Mohammed Abed al-Jabri wins Ibn Rushd Prize for Freedom of Thought 2008 “An under-developed country can only pursue the path of real development, if education is made prevalent on a wide scale: ‘If we allow a hundred roses to bloom, we […]

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Cinematic Art as Way of OpposingSocial Hypocrisy The Tunisian film director Nouri Bouzid will be awarded the Ibn Rushd Prize for Freedom of Thought 2007 (Berlin) This year’s Ibn Rushd Prize goes to the film director Nouri Bouzid for his remarkably courageous film work, in which he expresses his views against injustice and contributes to […]

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A Sudanese Woman in her Fight against Despotism The Human Rights Acivist Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim Receives theIbn Rushd Prize 2006 (Berlin) This year’s Ibn Rushd Prize will be awarded to the Sudanese political and human right activist Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim, who distinguished herself by her enduring and unyielding fight for women’s rights, freedom of thought […]

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Announcement of the Winner of the Ibn Rushd Prize 2005: Press Release 27.10.2005 To whom does Islam really belong? The reformer of Islam Nasr Abu Zayd receives the Ibn Rushd-Prize 2005 This Year’s Ibn Rushd-Prize for Freedom of Thought will be presented to one of the most important scholars of Islam of our time. Nasr […]

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Ibn Rushd-Prize for Freedom of Thought is presented to Mohammed ArkounOrient and Occident – the Forgotten KinshipThis Year’s Ibn Rushd-Prize for Freedom of Thought is presented to MohammedArkoun, Algerian-born philosopher searching for a way to a peaceful co-existence ofcultures and religions and who has rendered outstanding services to societies in theArab world by searching for […]

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