The danish hijab clad female muslim Asmaa Abdol-Hamid as the first person gets the Knud-Holmboe Price for spreading knowledge about islam in a positive way. The prize is named after Knud Holmboe, a danish journalist and author, who converted to islam in the thirties.
I have been able to find out, that the price is given by The Bridges Foundation. Any knowlegde about that organisation would be appreciated.
Hodja
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The Briges Foundation: startet by a danish journalist, Knud Holmboe, in 1930's. He converted to islam and he was killed by beduins while going to Mecca as all muslims do. HQ of the foundation is in Egipt, the head is Fadel Soliman.
In the immortal words of Tom Lehrer, "Don't solicit for your sister/it's not nice/unless you get a good percentage/of her price". Or prize. Whatever.
Fadel Soliman founded bridges Foundation:
“The World Assembly of Muslim Youth, which was headed by former Muslim Chaplain Fadel Soliman, is under investigation by the Senate Finance Committee for ties to terrorism… A letter from Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) stated WAMY “spends $2.7 million annually in support of the Palestinian intifada in addition to $70 million it has collected for this purpose as WAMY offices worldwide.” The Eagle also reported that a report to the United Nations tied the charity to al Qaeda… The Eagle consulted a number of experts and translators to verify our reporting… In each case, the experts unanimously verified that a.) WAMY is an extremist group, b.) WAMY published numerous anti-Semitic, anti-Christian and anti-Shi’a Muslim writings, c.) WAMY and its affiliates have been raided, investigated or even deported from India, Pakistan and the Philippines for aiding terrorism or militant groups. In fact, in the 9/11 Commission, WAMY was one of the few groups that was singled out as “spread[ing] Wahhabi beliefs throughout the world.”“
http://www.theeagleonline.com/media/storage/paper666/news/2004/09/23/Opinions/The-Eagles.Response.On.Muslim.Chaplain.Articles-728348.shtml?norewrite200612111451&sourcedomain=www.theeagleonline.com
http://www.pipelinenews.org/index.cfm?page=wamy102006%2Ehtm
http://www.sahafa.dk/default.asp?side=id&id=159
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