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THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES AND THE CROWN PRINCE CALLS FOR DISCARDING EXCESS AND EXTREMISM. THE SAUDI LEADERSHIP EXCHANGES CONGRATULATIONS ON THE OCCASION OF EID AL-ADHA WITH THE LEADERS OF THE ARAB, ISLAMIC AND FRIENDLY COUNTRIES. CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH IBN ABDUL AZIZ: SAUDI ARABIA HAS NEVER INTERFERED IN THE AFFAIRS OF OTHERS. A MESSAGE FROM PRINCE SULTAN IBN ABDUL AZIZ TO YEMEN'S PRIME MINISTER. PRINCE MITEB IBN ABDUL AZIZ: THE KINGDOM IS SPENDING EVERY PRECIOUS THING TO BUILD PROJECTS THAT SERVE PILGRIMS. The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd Ibn Abdul Aziz and Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz, the Deputy Prime Minister and Commander of the National Guard, called upon citizens, pilgrims and all Muslims to cooperate on the enhancement of good deeds, and to build bridges of mercy and sympathy with Muslims to achieve the bounds of brotherhood in Islam. In a joint speech delivered to citizens, pilgrims and all Muslims on the occasion of the blessed Eid Al-Adha, King Fahd and Crown Prince Abdullah confirmed the necessity to resort to the firm tie away from extremism in a manner that expels terrorism, the plague whose ruinous nature is the very thing Islam proscribes and warns against. Following is the full text of the speech which was delivered on behalf of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd Ibn Abdul Aziz and Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz, the Deputy Prime Minister and Commander of the National Guard, on television and radio by the Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Fouad Ibn Abdul Salam Al-Farsi: On the occasion of Eid Al-Adha, we would like to take this opportunity to congratulate you all asking Allah to repeat this day for many years with greater happiness and good fortune. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is honoured to be home to the two holy mosques and to take care of pilgrims until they perform their Hajj in peace and security and return home. Eid in Islam has many meanings: to show joy and satisfaction, to look after the needs of other Muslims and seek what is goof for them, to cooperate on the enhancement of good deeds, and to build bridges of mercy and sympathy with Muslims to achieve the bounds of brotherhood in Islam, and to resort to the firm tie away from extremism in a manner that expels terrorism, the plague whose ruinous nature is the very thing Islam proscribes and warns against. Let us take, as our good ideal, the Prophet, peace be upon him, and hold his Sunna (tradition) and the Sunna of the Caliphs after him and follow the path of the good ancestors of this nation. At the end, we repeat our congratulation to you, and we pray to God to accept pilgrims' Hajj, and pray for their safe return to their countries. Meanwhile, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd Ibn Abdul Aziz received discussed with President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt the regional and international developments. During a telephone call the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques received from the Egyptian President, they reviewed bilateral relations. President Mubarak congratulated King Fahd Ibn Abdul Aziz on the occasion of Eid-al-Ad'ha. Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd Ibn Abdul Aziz; Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz, Deputy Prime Minister and Commander of the National Guard, and Prince Sultan Ibn Abdul Aziz, Second Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence and Aviation and Inspector General, have sent cables of congratulations on Eid Al Adha to leaders of the Gulf states, Arab, Islamic and friendly countries. In the cables, they wished the leaders and their peoples well on the occasion of Eid Al Adha. According to his annual habit, the Custodian of the two Holy Mosques King Fahd Ibn Abdul Aziz Al Saud has issued his directives to distribute meals to pilgrims in Makkah, Mina, Arafat and Madinah in order to reach the largest number possible of the needy among the pilgrims. The number of meals was 8,581,825 cold and hot meals which were distributed among the Hajj campaigns in Makkah, Madinah and Hajj centres. The meals include meat, chicken, rice, cans, fruits and other kinds of food. Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz, the Deputy Prime Minister and Commander of the National Guard, received a telephone call from President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt. President Mubarak congratulated Crown Prince Abdullah on the occasion of Eid Al-Ad'ha, and reviewed with him bilateral relations as well as the regional and international developments. Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz, Deputy Prime Minister and Commander of the National Guard confirmed that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has never interfered any day in any country's internal or external affairs, and that it has never harmed any body despite the harms that come from some countries. The Crown Prince added that the Kingdom has always answered the harms that it receives from these countries by kindness and tolerance Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz, Deputy Prime Minister and Commander of the National Guard, received Prince Sultan Ibn Fahd Ibn Abdul Aziz, General President of Youth Welfare, and Mansour Al Balawi the Saudi Ittihad Club's head, officials and players. Crown Prince Abdullah received them on the occasion of Ittihad's achievement of winning the Asia's cup tournament of champion clubs recently. During the audience, the Crown Prince made a statement stressing that the deviant group will be ultimately defeated and highlighting the strength of the economy and the country. Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz talked about the newspapers which attack the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and said that some of these Arab newspapers and not all of them attack the Kingdom out of malice and jealousy, adding that the Kingdom is steadfast like a rock, and anybody tries to confront it will face this rock at which he will hit his head till he is hurt or his head is broken. The Crown Prince explains that the country needs the determination of all its people the old and the young, adding that no body except Allah has a favour on the Kingdom, and said: ''I would like to tell you and the world knows that no one has a favour on us except God, and the friends and brothers who help us with what we want.'' '' in the financial matters or others we do not owe anyone a favour.. On the contrary you have favours on most of the countries. This is the real fact, but we don't want to mention names or anything because we consider this the duty of the Muslim towards his Muslim brother or the duty of the Muslim towards the friend,'' Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz added. The Crown Prince reiterated his sorrow on the sons of this country who are following deviant ideas and said: ''We are so sorry that they are from our sons , but what can we do, we only pray for God to guide them to the right path.'' ''But those who are overpowered by the devil we will be behind them and they will never succeed, and as we have said before we are after them for ten, twenty and thirty years till we uproot this malicious tree and those who are behind it,'' Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz said. ''Those are convinced that their works will not affect this country, You can see now the Kingdom's economy, be satisfied that this country will not be harmed and its people will not be harmed because you worship your God and your God is looking at you, your hearts and works,'' the Crown Prince added. Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz concluded his speech by calling upon all citizens not to worry about those who are jealous and they should inform about anybody they feel he wants to harm this country, adding that this is everybody's duty as every Saudi citizen should be security man. Meanwhile, Prince Sultan Ibn Abdul Aziz, the Second Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence and Aviation and Inspector General, received a telephone call from President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt. The Egyptian President congratulated the Second Deputy Prime minister on the occasion of Eid Al-Ad'ha. Prince Sultan Ibn Abdul Aziz, Second Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence and Aviation and Inspector General, sent a message to Yemeni Prime Minister Abdul Qadir Bajamal. The message was delivered by Saudi Ambassador to Yemen Mohammed Ibn Mirdas Al Qahtani during a meeting with Bajamal in Sanaa. Prince Sultan Ibn Abdul Aziz, the Second Deputy Prime minister, Minister of Defence and Aviation and Inspector General, received at his palace in Jeddah British Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Sherard Cooper-Coles. During the meeting, the Second Deputy Prime Minister and the British Ambassador discussed many issues of common interest. On behalf of Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz, Deputy Prime Minister and Commander of the National Guard, Prince Miteb Ibn Abdul Aziz, Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs, patronized in Makkah an event held by the Islamic Development Bank on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the establishment of Saudi Arabian Sacrificial Meat Project. A speech ceremony was held on the occasion. The speeches focused on highlighting the work of the project and support provided to it by Saudi leaders. Upon his arrival at the venue, Prince Miteb Ibn Abdul Aziz, Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs, was received by Head of the Bank Dr. Ahmad Mohammed Ali, members of the Adahi Committee, and the supervisor of the office of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's project to benefit from thr Adahi meat Abdullah Al Sibali. The celebration began with reciting versus of the Quran, then Dr. Ahmad Mohammed Ali Head of Islamic Development Bank delivered a speech in which he welcomed Prince Miteb Ibn Abdul Aziz, Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs, and thanked him for patronizing the celebration. Head of Islamic Development Bank praised the great support of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd Ibn Abdul Aziz, Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz, the Deputy Prime Minister and Commander of the National Guard, Prince Sultan Ibn Abdul Aziz, the Second Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence and Aviation and Inspector General, Prince Miteb Ibn Abdul Aziz, Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs, Prince Naif Ibn Abdul Aziz, the Interior Minister, the Governor of Makkah region and the government for their continuous support and care , which the Saudi Arabian Sacrificial Meat Project has enjoyed since its start in the Hajj season of 1403 AH. Then, Prince Miteb Ibn Abdul Aziz, Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs and the attendants were shown a display about the Project's achievements since its opening in 1403 AH till now. The Project has distributed 9.772.223 heads of sheep, 117.888 heads of camels and cows in addition to 5.529.993 heads of sheep that were distributed outside the Kingdom . Meanwhile, the total of what the government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques has spent to establish the Project's slaughter houses has reached more than SR1 billion. Then, the Minister of Hajj Ayad Ibn Amine Madani delivered a speech in which he lauded the great efforts exerted by the Saudi Arabian Sacrificial Meat Project, and expressed his thanks and appreciation to Dr. Ahmad Mohammed Ali Head of Islamic Development Bank and all members of the Committee. He said that there is a close and continuous cooperation between the Minister of Hajj and of Islamic Development Bank in order to develop the Project and ensure the maximum comfort to the pilgrims during performing the Hajj. At the conclusion of the ceremony, Prince Miteb Ibn Abdul Aziz, Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs delivered a speech in which he said the he was honoured by his brother Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz the Deputy Prime Minister and Commander of the National Guard to represent him in patronizing the ceremony of honouring the personalities who played a distinguish role in the success of the Saudi Arabian Sacrificial Meat Project which comes in the twentieth anniversary of its establishment. He said that this project was established by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd Ibn Abdul Aziz in 1403AH and enjoyed the continuous support and care of Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz the Deputy Prime Minister and commander of the National Guard and Prince Sultan Ibn Abdul Aziz, the Second Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence and Aviation and Inspector General. The Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs affirmed that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia under the leadership of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd Ibn Abdul Aziz, is happy to present the best services to facilitate the performing of the Fifth pillar of Islam. Prince Mited Ibn Abdul Aziz also said that the Saudi government will spend every precious thing in order to build projects which serve the pilgrims and facilitate performing their hajj. Prince Miteb Ibn Abdul Aziz, Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs said that this is an implementation of the wise policy whose foundation was based by the unifier of this country King Abdul Aziz Ibn Abdul Rahman Al Saud. In Makkah, Saudi Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al Al Sheikh has said Islam forbids murder and aggression. In a lecture in Makkah on evils of attacking security men and Islam's stand toward it, he stressed Islam's teachings which urge Muslims to protect each other. The Mufti called for correction of the deviant thinking which is adopted by some and which leads to murder and mischief. |
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