OTHAIMEEN, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE PRIZE, ANNOUNCED THE WINNERS AS FOLLOWS: H.E. PRESIDENT MINTIMER SHARIPOVICH SHAIMIEV OF THE REPUBLIC OF TATARSTAN, RUSSIA, WON THE PRIZE ON THE SERVICE TO ISLAM. THE PRIZE ON ISLAMIC STUDIES WENT TO PROFESSOR ROSHDI HIFNI RASHED, A FRENCH OF AN EGYPTIAN ORIGIN. THE PRIZE ON ARABIC LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE WAS SHARED BY PROFESSOR MUHAMMAD A. AL-OMARI, A MOROCCAN, AND PROFESSOR MUSTAFA A. NASIF, AN EGYPTIAN. PROFESSOR FERNAND LABRIE, CANADIAN, AND PROFESSOR PATRICK CRAIG WALSH, U.S. CITIZEN, ALSO SHARED THE PRIZE ON MEDICINE. THE PRIZE ON SCIENCE (CHEMISTRY) WAS AWARDED TO PROFESSOR JAMES FRASER STODDART, FROM UNITED KINGDOM. --MORE
