Farabi International Award

At the closing ceremony of the 14th Farabi International Award, Professor Noureddine Aboulahia was recognized as a Distinguished Researcher in Islamic Studies by the jury committee, and his lifetime contributions to Islamic Studies were honored on Monday, July 10, 2023.

Noureddine Aboulahia was born in 1968. He received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from the Emir Abdelkader University of Islamic Sciences in Algeria. His master's thesis focused on "Social Reform from the Perspective of Abū Ḥāmid Al-Ghazali." He completed his Ph.D. in the field of Principles of Faith (Uṣūl al-Dīn) at the University of Batna in Algeria. The subject of his Ph.D. dissertation was “Interaction of Algerian Muslim Scholars with Sufi Sects.”
He is a professor of Islamic Thought at the Department of Usul Al-Din at Batna University of Algeria. Prof. Aboulahia is among Algeria's intellectual and academic elites who have published works on numerous aspects of Islamic sciences and schools of thought. He has taken part in scientific and research conferences across various Arab nations. Al-Ghazali has deeply influenced Boulahia.
He believes in the rapprochement of the Islamic religions and creeds (Taghrib Ul Mazahib). In addition, he is knowledgeable about the perspectives of esteemed scholars like Sheikh Mahmoud Shaltut, Mustafa al-Maraghi, and Abd al-Halim Mahmud.
He published over 100 books on Islamic thought, Shia Studies, and Iranian studies. He employs two distinct writing styles - academic and literary-narrative; the former caters to the educated and academic community, while the latter presents concepts in a simplified, narrative form for the general public.
The author has published a collection of books focusing on the civilizational doctrine of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The series includes titles such as "Iran: Religion and Civilization," "Iran: System and Government", "Iran: Revolution and Victory", "Iran and Quran", and "Iran and Civilizational Project".
He authored the Encyclopedia of Ahl al-Bayt Hadiths, a compilation of 20 volumes of Hadiths from Ahl al-Bayt. In this collection, he has compiled and published forty-four thousand hadiths transmitted by the Holy Prophet (PBUH) and the infallible Imams (PBUH) on various topics of belief, rulings, morals, and ethics of Islam in more than 10,000 pages. His other distinguished works include Syria and the World War, Spouse’ Spiritual and Material Rights, Intellectuals and Fight with Sanctities, God-seekers, Children’s Right to Health, The World View of Monotheism and Atheism.