{"id":5864,"date":"2021-03-26T13:23:01","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T17:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/?p=5864"},"modified":"2021-04-06T13:02:21","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T17:02:21","slug":"al-furqan-islamic-heritage-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/islamicstudieslibrary\/al-furqan-islamic-heritage-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Al- Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation<\/a>, is a non-profit institution and was founded in 1988 by Ahmad Zaki Yamani and is based in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preservation and documentation of written Islamic Heritage was the initial goal of the Al-Furqan, but it has expanded beyond its initial aim and has three centers active in the field of Islamic studies. Also Al-Furqan  has published many different publications in the field of Islamic manuscripts, one of which is \u201cWorld Survey of Islamic Manuscripts<\/em>\u201d and is known as a pioneering work that catalogues manuscripts in various countries from all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This publication is available at McGill library and can be found here : https:\/\/mcgill.on.worldcat.org\/oclc\/26816242<\/a>  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, after completion of the above mentioned publication the digitized outcome of the World Survey of Islamic Manuscripts is called \u2018World Collections\u2019 databank and can be accessed through Al-Furqan digital library at this address: https:\/\/digitallibrary.al-furqan.com\/world_library<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The three centers of Al-Furqan, with their publication, research and academic activates, are contributing in various ways to the goal of the foundation, which is conservation, promotion and study of Islamic manuscripts, these three centers are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n