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The Islamic Directory focuses on the important institutions and individuals that
comprise Saudi Arabia's Muslim community. The directory includes biographic
information on about 1,500 scholars and shaykhs. This list includes members of
government-sponsored committees like the Senior Council of the Ulema and Ifta, professors
in the Kingdom's Islamic universities, well-known preachers, and critics of the regime.
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Follow Holy Qur'an to achieve success, says Sheikh Khayat
MAKKAH/MADINA - Muslims can purify their souls and achieve success by following the dictates of Allah as revealed in the Holy Qur'an, said Sheikh Dr. Osama Bin Abdullah Khayat, Imam and Khateeb of the Grand Mosque in his Friday sermon.
Meanwhile, Sheikh Hussain Bin Abdul Aziz Aal Al-Sheikh, Imam and Khateeb of the Prophet's Mosque, said in his Friday sermon that Muslim parents must distribute their property and wealth to their children, rather than donate it to charity, because this causes hatred and infighting in families later. |
Saudi grand mufti: Twitter is full of lies
The Saudi grand mufti on warned Saudis that social-networking website Twitter is full of lies, and is a place where people "issue fatwas without any knowledge," London-based Al Hayat reported Saturday.
Abdul Aziz Al-Sheikh said in his Friday sermon in Riyadh on Friday that Muslims to avoid being a "source or feeding" Twitter. |
Haj Exhibition opens in London
LONDON: Under the magnificent domed ceiling of the British Museumâ??s Reading Room the largest exhibition ever mounted on the subject of Haj opened Thursday morning. Soon after the doors opened visitors had already begun to fill the aisles and pause to wonder at the exhibits. |
'Govt has to limit pilgrim numbers'
RIYADH: Haj Minister Bandar Hajjar said Wednesday that around 80 countries have requested an increased quota of Haj pilgrims, but the ministry has to restrict the number of Hajis according to the availability of accommodation in Mina. |
King tells new Haia chief to be lenient with people
RIYADH: The newly appointed general president of the Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) Sheikh Abdullatif Al-Asheikh said Thursday that Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah had ordered him and his fellow colleagues to be lenient when dealing with people and to show good will and respect to them. | More |
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