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Saudi Arabia – Grand Mufti Tells Muslims To “Solve Your Problems By Dialogue Not Through Blood”

yessir — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 20:12:16 +0000

“Islam Is The Solution For The Problems”

The Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Abdul Aziz Bin Abdullah Aal Al-Sheikh, who is also the Chairman of the Department of Religious Research and Fatwa, has now delivered the sermon of Arafat. In it the Grand Mufti acknowledged that Islam is “facing challenges and divisions”, but he added that [...]

Saudi Arabia – Finally A Call By The Grand Mufti To Muslim Men Not To Treat Women Badly

yessir — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 20:12:06 +0000

Only Bad People Treat Women Badly

Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh recently preached a sermon in which he warned that maltreating women in any form is totally against Islam. And by “women” the Grand Mufti includes wives, daughters and sisters as well. Underlying the seriousness of the sermon, Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Al-Asheikh said that only bad [...]

Maverick Sheikh Ahmed Bin Qassim Al-Ghamidi Sacked As Makkah Haia Chief

yessir — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 20:12:00 +0000

Replaced By Sheikh Abdullah Al-Romaidan

Sheikh Ahmed bin Qassim al-Ghamidi probably sensed it coming, but he was likely caught off guard by the speed of it happening. The maverick Sheikh Ahmed bin Qassim al-Ghamdi, now the former head of the Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice (Haia) in Makkah Region was a strong critic [...]

Saudi Arabia Grand Mufti – “Terrorism Is Criminal”

yessir — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:15:08 +0000

We are used to reading reports of terrorism in newspapers and watching video clips of such acts of terror on TV. Perhaps the most spectacular act of terroism was the September 11, 2001 suicide attack on the World Trade Center in New York City by al-Qaeda operatives who hijacked 4 commercial airliners and used them as guided [...]

Muslim Child Marriage – What Is Marriageable Age?

yessir — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:13:28 +0000

As a follow up to yesterday’s post on Pujiono Cahyo Widianto aka Syech Puji, the 43-year old Indonesian cleric who has a 26-year old wife and who recently married Lutfiana Ulfa, a girl barely 12 years of age as his second wife with the declared intention to marry 2 more girls aged 9 and 7, the question [...]