Dhaka cafe attack victim wins Mother Teresa Memorial International Award for Social Justice
Q. Who won the Mother Teresa Memorial International Award for Social Justice?- Published on 22 Nov 16a. Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain
b. Dhaka Cafe attack victim who refused to leave his friends
c. Both a and b are the same
d. Neither of the above
ANSWER: Both a and b are the same
Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain, a Bangladeshi hostage killed in the terror attack at a Dhaka Cafe in Gulshan diplomatic zone on July 1, was
awarded the Mother Teresa Memorial International Award for Social Justice for 2016.
- The award was posthumously conferred by the Harmony Foundation, marking the first time this has been done so
- Foundation said it considers it its most humble privilege to posthumously honour Faaraz Ayaaz Hossain, who stood by and refused to leave his friends when terrorists attacked and paid with his life
- Addressing a press conference in Mumbai, Faraaz’s mother Simeen Hossain said, “Those who have killed my son were devils, terrorists. And my son, who stood by his friends defying death, represented true Islam.”
- The International award in memory of late Mother Teresa was first introduced in 2005 and Medecines Sans Frontieres, the largest volunteer medical organisation worldwide, receiving it that year.
- Other winners of this award include Malala Yousufzai, Mahathir Mohammad, Dalai Lama and Caroline Cox.
