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• Abd al-Fattah El-Awaisi, “Secretary General’s Report”, in the Fourth Annual Report of the Islamic Research Academy (IRAP): 1999-2000, p.2. Memorandum from the Faculty of Arts Officer to Abd al-Fattah El-Awaisi dated 18 November 1998 (ref: JLB/JF) regarding the Islamicjerusalem unit.
• Such as the Conference, and the Journal. He also took his sabbatical in early 2000, and was busy finalising the arrangements for the establishment of the Al-Maktoum Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies.
• Proposal for new underground unit, University of Stirling: Faculty of Arts – Department of Religious Studies, 3 November 1998.
• See the handout for the unit 72FC Islamicjerusalem, Spring 2001.
• Minutes of the meeting of the Staff/Students Consultative Committee on 2 May 2001 – Department of Religious Studies, University of Stirling.
• From the El-Awaisi personal archive, the researcher examined copies of all 18 questionnaires. See both the Faculty Rolling Review Report for unit 72FC Islamicjerusalem, Spring 2001; and the Semester Unit Review Report for unit 72FC Islamicjerusalem, Spring 2001. Mr Mirza al-Sayegh, Opening Address. In addition, “His Highness has once again demonstrated his extraordinary generosity in recognising the work and achievements of the Academy by offering to establish (and sponsor) in Scotland the Al-Maktoum Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies”. Abd al-Fattah El-Awaisi, “Secretary General’s Report”, in the Fifth Annual Report of the Islamic Research Academy (ISRA): 2000-2001, p.2.
• Abd al-Fattah El-Awaisi, “Secretary General’s Report”, in the Fourth Annual Report of the Islamic Research Academy (IRAP): 1999-2000, p.6.
• Mr Mirza al-Sayegh, Opening Address to the 2003 International Academic Conference on Islamicjerusalem, 21 April 2003.
• Abd al-Fattah El-Awaisi took two trips to the UAE in 2000: one in the spring semester (February to June) and the other in October. For more details on this academic link with the UAE, see El-Awaisi, “Secretary General’s Report”, in the Fourth Annual Report of the Islamic Research Academy (IRAP): 1999-2000, p.3.
• Abd al-Fattah El-Awaisi, “Secretary General’s Report”, in the Fourth Annual Report of the Islamic Research Academy (IRAP): 1999-2000, p.5.
• Minutes of the Management Committee on 8 October 2000.
• Abd al-Fattah El-Awaisi, “Secretary General’s Report”, in the Fifth Annual Report of the Islamic Research Academy (ISRA): 2000-2001, p.2.
• Abd al-Fattah El-Awaisi, “Secretary General’s Report”, in the Fourth Annual Report of the Islamic Research Academy (IRAP): 1999-2000, p.6.
• Minutes of the Management Committee on 29 December 2000.
• Abd al-Fattah El-Awaisi, First Annual Report: 2001/2002, Al-Maktoum Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies, p.6.
• The Fifth Annual Report of the Islamic Research Academy (ISRA): 2000-2001. One each from the United Kingdom, Germany and Switzerland. See Abd al-Fattah El-Awaisi, First Annual Report: 2001/2002, Al-Maktoum Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies, p.16.
• Abd al-Fattah El-Awaisi, First Annual Report: 2001/2002, Al-Maktoum Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies, p.16.
• The Lord Elder of Kirkcaldy, Introduction.
• Mr Mirza al-Sayegh, Opening Address.
• The first time the Management Committee decided to organise the Conference “in conjunction” with the Centre was at its meeting on 14 July 2002. Minutes of the Management Committee on 6 July 2003 Abd al-Fattah El-Awaisi, First Annual Report: 2001/2002, Al-Maktoum Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies, p.17.
• Ibid.
• Mohamad Roslan M. Nor (Malaysia), Aminurraasyid Yatiban (Malaysia), Khalid El-Awaisi (Scotland), and Hisyamudin Raja Sulong (Malaysia). Abd al-Fattah El-Awaisi, First Annual Report: 2001/2002, Al-Maktoum Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies, p.17. Al-Tel thesis was published in 2003 by Al-Maktoum Institute Academic Press.