Death of a salient spectator of Muslim Ummah The death of such - TopicsExpress



          

Death of a salient spectator of Muslim Ummah The death of such people, who had so much power and potential for influence, is typically met with two response sycophants and nationalists (some under the guise of religion) who raise him to the level of a messianic figure and exaggerate his good deeds, and haters who blame the entire woes of the Ummah on him. King Abdullah was born on 1 August 1924. He is the tenth son of King Abdulaziz King Abdullah followed his fathers (King Abdulazizs) path in terms of marriage in that he married the daughters of the al Shalan of Anizah, al Fayz of Bani Sakhr, and al Jarbah of the Iraqi branch of the Shammar tribe King Abdullah had over 11 wives, and fathered more than 16 children. One of his wives is the sister of Rifaat al-Assads wife In November 2007, King Abdullah visited Pope Benedict XVI in the Apostolic Palace. He is the first Saudi monarch to visit the Pope.In March 2008, he called for a “brotherly and sincere dialogue between believers from all religions”. In June 2008, he held a conference in Mecca to urge Muslim leaders to speak with one voice with Jewish and Christian leaders. He discussed and took approval of the Saudi Islamic scholars and the worlds renowned Islamic scholars to hold the interfaith dialogue. In the same month, Saudi Arabia and Spain agreed to hold the interfaith dialogue in Spain.The historic conference finally took place in Madrid in July 2008 where religious leaders of different faiths participated. In 2011, Forbes estimated his and his immediate familys documentable wealth at US$21 billion, ranking him as one of the richest royals in the world He donated over $300,000 to furnish a New Orleans high school rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina He donated $500 million to the United Nations World Food Programme in 2008 He donated $10 billion to the endowment fund of the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in On 5 February 2011, he waived US$156 million of housing loans for nearly 3,300 Saudis who had died
Posted on: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 01:37:20 +0000

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