Previous award-winners

-The seventh world Award of the President of the Republic for Islamic Studies, was bestowed by President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, on 16, september 2009 for Dr. Juan José Tamayo for his survey entitled "Islam": Culture, religion and politics".

-The sixth World Award of the President of the Republic for Islamic Studies , was bestwed by President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, on 26, september 2008 on to Dr. Rawnak Hassen Hosni, professor at the University of Heriot and at the University of Durham, Great Britain and to Professor Daniel Newman, professor at the Modern Languages and Cultures school at the University of Durham.

-The fifth World Award of the President of the Republic for Islamic Studies , was bestwed by President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, on 08, october 2007, to Dr. Rekaia Taha Jaber Al Alouani, professor at departement of arab language and islamic studies at the University of Bahreïn.

-The fourth World Award of the President of the Republic for Islamic Studies , was bestwed by President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, on 19 October 2006 on Mr. Mohammed H'ssine Fantar, on behalf of the Ben Ali Chair for the dialogue between civilisation and religions.

- The third World Award of the President of the Republic for Islamic Studies , on october 31, 2005 was bestwed by President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali,on Mr. Yahia Sergio Pallavinci,vice-president of the Italian Islamic Religious Community, and Imam of the Mosque of Milano", for fis survey entitled "Islam in Europe : Reflexions on Italiam Imam".

- The second world Award of the President of the Republic for Islamic Studies was bestowed by President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, on 09 november,2004, on cheikh Habib Belkhouja.

- The first World Award of the President of the Republic for Islamic Studies was bestowed by President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, on November 21, 2003, on Mr Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq, Egyptian minister of waqf.