Source: Arab News Saudi Arabia’s highest religious authority urged Muslims yesterday to shun extremism and avoid waging unjustified jihaad as the Kingdom cracks down on militants. In a lengthy statement, Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Sheikh told Saudis to listen to their religious authorities and ignore fanatical interpretations of Islaam. “One of the fallouts from […]
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Council of Senior Scholars back Government crackdown on terrorists
Source: Arab News The Kingdom’s highest Islamic authority yesterday denounced terror attacks in the Kingdom, describing them as “serious criminal acts,” and pledged its full support for the government. “Acts of sabotage such as bombings, murder and destruction of property are serious criminal acts and an aggression against innocent people… which warrant severe and deterrent […]
Imaams of Makkah and Madeenah condemn “heinous crime”
Source: Arab News At Friday sermons in the holy cities of Makkah and Madinah the imams of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque slammed the “heinous crime” committed by a group of terrorists in Makkah last week, which resulted in the killing of two police officers and five members of the group and the […]
Many imaams, muezzins sacked
Source: Arab News In what was described as a move against imaam’s “whose performance level has gone down,” Minister of Islamic Affairs Sheikh Saleh Al-Sheikh has fired a substantial number of imams and muezzins. The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by the minister and attended by the heads of the central committees responsible […]
Imaams of Makkah and Madeenah call for immediate halt to war in Iraq
Source: Arab News The imam of the Grand Mosque in Makkah yesterday (Friday 28 March, 2003) called for an immediate halt to the war on Iraq as people across the Gulf prayed for the victory of the Iraqi people against the US-British aggressors. “This unjust war must stop immediately. If it continues, it will only […]
‘Eed al-Adh.haa 1423 – High Judiciary Council of Saudi Arabia
Just a short time ago, Fatwa-Online was informed of the official decision and announcement of the High Judiciary Council of Saudi Arabia that since the moon of Dhul-Hijjah was sighted here in Saudi Arabia, we shall be completing twenty nine (29) days of Dhul-Qi’dah, in shaa.-Allaah. Subsequently, 1 Dhul-Hijjah will be today, Sunday 2 February, […]
Ramadhaan 1423 – High Judiciary Council of Saudi Arabia
Just a short time ago, Fatwa-Online was informed of the official decision and announcement of the High Judiciary Council of Saudi Arabia that since the moon of Ramadhaan was not sighted this evening, here in Saudi Arabia, we shall be completing thirty (30) days of Sha’baan (1423 A.H.), in accordance with the hadeeth of the […]
Grand Mufti warns employers against violating employment contracts
Source: Arab News Shaykh ‘Abdul-‘Azeez Aal ash-Shaykh, the mufti of Saudi Arabia and the head of the Council of Senior Scholars and The Permanent Committee for Islaamic Research and Fataawa has warned Saudi employers in remarks published yesterday against violating employment contracts with foreign workers. “Blackmailing and threatening (foreign) laborers with deportation if they refuse […]
Shaykh ‘Umar ibn Muhammad as-Subayyal passes away
Earlier today, Fatwa-Online was informed that: Shaykh ‘Umar ibn Muhammad as-Subayyal, 43, who was an imaam and khateeb of al-Masjid al-Haraam in Makkah for the past 11 years, died at the Armed Forces Hospital in Hada near Taif yesterday after entering a coma two weeks ago following a traffic accident. Funeral prayers for the imaam […]
Waging war against Muslims in Palestine is terrorism and oppression
Earlier today, Fatwa-Online was informed that: Shaykh ‘Abdul-‘Azeez Aal ash-Shaykh, the mufti (one qualified to pass fatwa) of Saudi Arabia and the head of the Council of Senior Scholars and The Permanent Committee for Islaamic Research and Fataawa mentioned in the khutbah of ‘Arafah that what is going on in Palestine is (Israeli) terrorism. Summarily […]