The Ahmadiyya Muslim Peace Prize, formally the Ahmadiyya Muslim Prize for the Advancement of Peace, is awarded annually "in recognition of an individual’s or an organisation’s contribution for the advancement of the cause of peace". The prize was first launched in 2009 by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Peace Prize Committee under the directive of the caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Mirza Masroor Ahmad.
The Prize is announced annually at the United Kingdom Annual Convention and is presented the following year at the National Peace Symposium held at the Baitul Futuh Mosque in London. The Prize includes a monetary sum, which is normally set at 10,000 pounds sterling.
Recipients Year Recipient Country Rationale2009Lord Eric Avebury"For his continued efforts to promote human rights across the world"2010Abdus Sattar Edhi "In recognition of his outstanding work for social welfare and humanitarian relief"2011SOS Children's Villages UK "For its continued efforts to alleviating the suffering of orphaned and abandoned children around the world and towards fulfilling its vision of ‘a loving home for every child’"2012Oheneba Boachie-Adjei "In recognition of his outstanding work in the promotion of peace through his life-changing medical work that has provided hope and a future for thousands of people in the developing world"2013Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow"In recognition of his outstanding efforts to provide food and education to hundreds of thousands of children in the developing world"2014Sindhutai Sapkal "For she has devoted her entire life for orphans"2015 Hadeel Qasim Hussein Al-Okbi "In recognition of her outstanding efforts for helping child refugees forced to flee areas such as Iraq due to conflict."2016Setsuko Thurlow"For her excellent efforts to disarm nuclear weapons."Peace Symposium: The Ahmadiyya Muslim Peace Prize . Retrieved July 25, 2018.2017Leonid RoshalSenior Pediatric Surgeon"For his remarkable services to children in war torn areas of the world"Al Hakam: 15th National Peace Symposium. Retrieved July 25, 2018.2018Fred Mednick"In recognition of his efforts to provide unfettered access to education to some of the most neglected parts of the world"2019Barbara Hofmann"For her outstanding humanitarian efforts in Mozambique from 1989 and onwards."2020Adi Patricia Roche"For her tireless efforts in advocating for nuclear disarmament and supporting victims of the Chernobyl disaster".2021Jose AndresUSA2022Tadatoshi Akiba"For his passionate activism for nuclear disarmament around the world".2023David Spurdle
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