THIRTY NINTH MARHOOM DR. A.M.A. AZEEZ MEMORIAL ORATION – 2012
Dr. M.A.M. Shukri, Ph.D. (Edin.)
Director, Jamiah Naleemia
(Dr. Shukri hails from Matara and was a student at Zahira College, Colombo during the Azeez era. He entered the University of Ceylon in 1961 and graduated with First Class Honours in Arabic in 1965. In 1973 he was awarded the Commonwealth Scholarship and obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh in 1976. He is the Director of Jamiah Naleemiah since 1981. He is a well known leading Islamic scholar and has contributed immensely in this field).
