In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful;

“O tranquil soul! Return to your Lord, well pleased with Him and well pleasing to Him, so join My servants and enter My Paradise.”  (Allah Almighty is Truthful).   

The General Directorate of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ICESCO), represented by H.E. Director-General, the heads of Sectors, Centers and Departments and staff of ICESCO, extend its sincere condolences and deep sympathy to H.E. Ambassador Khalid Fathalrahman, Supervisor of the Partnerships and International Cooperation Sector, Head of the Department of Civilizational Dialogue at ICESCO, on the death of his father Professor Doctor Fathalrahman Omar who passed away on Thursday afternoon January 28, 2021, at the age of 84.

Late Fathalrahman graduated from the Faculty of Da’wa and Fundamentals of Religion (Usul Al-Ddeen) at Al-Azhar University and taught at the Faculty of Da’wa and Fundamentals of Religion at the Islamic University in Al Madinah Al Munawwarah in Saudi Arabia for more than 20 years. Throughout his professional life, May Allah bless his soul, he issued significant contributions to thought and Islamic studies.

On this sad occasion, we pray Almighty Allah to shower the deceased with His infinite mercy, and grant his bereaved family strength and solace.

“We surely belong to Allah and to Him we shall return”.