Majid, Abdul

Abdul Majid

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Professor Abdul Majidᅠ did hisᅠ M.Sc &ᅠ M. Phil inᅠ Molecular Biology from Quaid-i- Azam University , Islamabadᅠ andᅠ M.A Islamic Studies from University of Peshawar , Peshawar.ᅠ He has wonᅠ CTNSᅠᅠ Science-Religion Award 2001 on his course Islam and Science on evolution and Creationᅠ andᅠ also developmentᅠ course award on the same course in 2002. Prof. Majid also won eightᅠ presidentialᅠ Seerat awardsᅠ on his research articles from 1986 to 2009ᅠ . He has attended many national and international conferences on religion and science esp. fourᅠ Internationalᅠ conferences organized by Metanexus Institute in Philadelphia , PA .He is an Associate Editor ofᅠ the journal of HSSRDヨ Science- Religionᅠ Dialogue. Heᅠ has many published articles both in Urdu and English toᅠ hisᅠ credit on different aspects of religion and science. Authors of threeᅠ books in Urduᅠ & co-translator of Dr. John Haughtメs booksᅠ Science & Religion : From Conflict to conversation;ᅠ ᅠᅠ& Is Nature Enough: Meaning & Truthᅠ in ᅠthe Age of Science from English into Urdu. Professor Majid is the founder chairperson of HSSRD (www.hssrd.org) .The Society has the honor to be the first society that has won three consecutive supplemental grant awardsᅠᅠ from Metanexus Institute under Local Society Initiativeᅠ Programᅠ for its creative programsᅠᅠ for the promotion of science-religion dialogue in Pakistan. Recentlyᅠ he along with his other colleaguesᅠ has founded Society for interaction of Religion , Science and Technology-SIRST- (www.sirst.org ) Pakistan forᅠ promotion ofᅠ the nobleᅠ cause of Science-Religion Discourseᅠ and Interfaith Harmony.