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| monarch = [[Fahd of Saudi Arabia|Fahd]]<br>[[Abdullah of Saudi Arabia|Abdullah]]<br>[[Salman of Saudi Arabia|Salman]]
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| birth_place = [[Mecca]], [[Saudi Arabia]]<ref>{{cite news|title= حقيقة وفاة مفتى عام السعودية الشيخ (عبد العزيز ال شيخ)|url= https://www.nmisr.com/arab-news/saudi-news/%D8%AD%D9%82%D9%8A%D9%82%D8%A9-%D9%88%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%A9-%D9%85%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%89-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AE-%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF|newspaper= نجوم مصرية|access-date= 19 January 2017|archive-date= 1 August 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170801172156/https://www.nmisr.com/arab-news/saudi-news/%d8%ad%d9%82%d9%8a%d9%82%d8%a9-%d9%88%d9%81%d8%a7%d8%a9-%d9%85%d9%81%d8%aa%d9%89-%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%85-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d8%b9%d9%88%d8%af%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b4%d9%8a%d8%ae-%d8%b9%d8%a8%d8%af|url-status= live}}</ref>
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'''Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al-Sheikh''' ({{lang-ar|عبد العزيز بن عبد الله آل الشيخ}} ''ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn ʿAbd Āllah Āl ash-Sheikh''; born 30 November 1940)
==Biography==
In June 1999,
==Proclamations==
Following [[Pope Benedict XVI]]'s [[Regensburg lecture|quotation of a Byzantine emperor in a lecture]],
In 2007, he announced plans to demolish the [[Green Dome]] and flatten the dome,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/mecca-for-the-rich-islams-holiest-site-turning-into-vegas-2360114.html|quote=A pamphlet published in 2007 by the Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs, endorsed by Abdulaziz Al Sheikh, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, stated that "the green dome shall be demolished and the three graves flattened in the Prophet's Masjid".|title=Mecca for the rich: Islam's holiest site 'turning into Vegas'. Historic and culturally important landmarks are being destroyed to make way for luxury hotels and malls, reports Jerome Taylor|work=[[The Independent]]|author=Jerome Taylor|date=24 Sep 2011|access-date=19 September 2017|archive-date=16 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170616174556/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/mecca-for-the-rich-islams-holiest-site-turning-into-vegas-2360114.html|url-status=live}}</ref> although Professor ‘Ali Haafiz said: ▼
On 15 March 2012, he declared that, "All churches in the [[Arabian Peninsula]] must be destroyed". This declaration caused criticism from some Christian officeholders. [[Roman Catholic]] bishops in [[Germany]] and [[Austria]] responded sharply to his fatwa, concerned about the human rights of non-Muslims working in the [[Persian Gulf]] region. [[Russian Orthodox]] [[Metropolitan Mark]] [[Archbishop]] of [[Yegoryevsk]] said the ruling was "alarming". Most of the world overlooked the statement.<ref>{{cite news|title=Europe bishops slam Saudi fatwa against Persian Gulf churches|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/37528/World/Region/Europe-bishops-slam-Saudi-fatwa-against-Gulf-churc.aspx|access-date=April 8, 2012|newspaper=Reuters|date=March 24, 2012|archive-date=December 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121216053427/http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/8/37528/World/Region/Europe-bishops-slam-Saudi-fatwa-against-Gulf-churc.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Mehmet Görmez]], the most senior imam in [[Turkey]], another [[Sunni Muslim]] country, blasted the Saudi grand mufti's call to "destroy all the churches" in the [[Persian Gulf]] region, saying that the announcement totally contradicted the peaceful teachings of the [[Islam|Muslim religion]]. Görmez, the president of ''[[Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı]]'' (Presidency of Religious Affairs), said he could not accept the Islamic religious opinion (fatwa) issued by Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz al-Sheikh, adding that the mufti's declaration ran contrary to the centuries-old Islamic teachings of tolerance and the sanctity of institutions belonging to other religions.<ref>{{cite web|title=Diyanet'ten Suudi Müftüye Kilise Cevabı (Answer to the Saudi cleric from the Religious Affairs Directorate)|url=http://www.dinihaberler.com/haber/diyanetten-suudi-muftuye-kilise-cevabi-23536.html|publisher=Religious News (Turkish), 7 April 2012|access-date=8 April 2012|archive-date=10 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120410001244/http://www.dinihaberler.com/haber/diyanetten-suudi-muftuye-kilise-cevabi-23536.html|url-status=live}}</ref>▼
▲In 2007,
In April 2012, he issued a fatwa allowing ten-year-old girls to marry insisting that girls are ready for marriage by age 10 or 12: "Our mothers and grandmothers got married when they were barely 12. Good upbringing makes a girl ready to perform all marital duties at that age."<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/24/sheikh-abdul-aziz-al-al-sheikh_n_1450449.html Huffington Post: "Sheikh Abdul-Aziz Al al-Sheikh, Saudi Arabian Mufti, Says Girls Ready For Marriage At 10 Years Old" By Simon McCormack] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131027204651/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/24/sheikh-abdul-aziz-al-al-sheikh_n_1450449.html |date=2013-10-27 }} April 24, 2012</ref> However, he is opposed to the practice of marrying off very young girls to older men, emphasizing its incongruence with Islamic tradition.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Schleifer|first1=Abdallah|last2=Ahmed|first2=Aftab|title=Sheikh Abdul-Aziz Aal Al-Sheikh|journal=The Muslim 500|date=2016|issue=2016|pages=62–63|url=http://themuslim500.com/downloads/151001-TheMuslim500-2016v009(23%7C48)-Web-Low.pdf|access-date=6 August 2016|archive-date=26 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126065025/http://themuslim500.com/downloads/151001-TheMuslim500-2016v009(23%7C48)-Web-Low.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>▼
▲On 15 March 2012,
In June 2013, he issued a fatwa demanding the destruction of statues of horses placed in a roundabout in [[Jizan]]:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arabnews.com/news/454812|title=Horse statues demolished in Jazan|date=13 June 2013|access-date=19 January 2017|archive-date=11 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160511031026/http://www.arabnews.com/news/454812|url-status=live}}</ref> "The sculptures [must] be removed because they are a great sin and are prohibited under Sharia (Islamic law)".<ref>[http://www.arabianbusiness.com/saudi-s-grand-mufti-vents-against-horse-statues-504942.html#.UmR-7MLD86Y Arabian Business News: "Saudi's Grand Mufti vents against horse statues" By Courtney Trenwith] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021025110/http://www.arabianbusiness.com/saudi-s-grand-mufti-vents-against-horse-statues-504942.html#.UmR-7MLD86Y |date=2013-10-21 }} June 13, 2013</ref>▼
▲In April 2012,
The Grand Mufti issued a fatwa on 12 September 2013, that [[Suicide attack|suicide bombings]] are "great crimes" and bombers are "criminals who rush themselves to hell by their actions". Sheikh described suicide bombers as "robbed of their minds... who have been used (as tools) to destroy themselves and societies."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.alalam.ir/news/1543997|title=Saudi grand mufti says suicide bombers will go to hell|website=en.alalam.ir|access-date=2014-01-23|archive-date=2017-10-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020023109/http://en.alalam.ir/news/1543997|url-status=live}}</ref>▼
▲In June 2013,
In late August 2014, he condemned the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] and [[al-Qaeda]] saying, "Extremist and militant ideas and terrorism which spread decay on Earth, destroying human civilisation, are not in any way part of Islam, but are enemy number one of Islam, and Muslims are their first victims".<ref name=SaudiGrandMuftiCondemn>{{cite web|title=Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti denounces Islamic State group as un-Islamic|url=http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2014/08/25/saudi-arabias-grand-mufti-denounces-islamic-state-group-as-un-islamic/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827113133/http://blogs.reuters.com/faithworld/2014/08/25/saudi-arabias-grand-mufti-denounces-islamic-state-group-as-un-islamic/|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 August 2014|publisher=Reuters|access-date=18 November 2014|date=25 August 2014}}</ref>▼
▲The Grand Mufti issued a fatwa on 12 September 2013
On 25 September 2015, one day after the [[2015 Mina stampede|Mina crowd crush disaster]] which (according to the Associated Press) killed at least 1,399 foreign Muslims performing Hajj, Sheikh Abdul Aziz al-Sheikh publicly told then-Crown Prince [[Muhammad bin Nayef]], who was also the country's Minister of Interior at the time and responsible for safety in Mecca, that he was "not responsible for what happened", and "as for the things that humans cannot control, you are not blamed for them. Fate and destiny are inevitable." With his words, the Grand Mufti immunized Muhammad bin Nayef from possible public criticism within Saudi Arabia, which set the official death toll for the Mina tragedy at fewer than 800 deaths.<ref name=AlJazeera26Sept>{{cite news|work=Al Jazeera|date=September 26, 2015|access-date=October 8, 2015|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/09/saudi-grand-mufti-hajj-stampede-human-control-150926080554917.html|title=Saudi Mufti: Hajj stampede beyond human control|archive-date=September 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928182940/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/09/saudi-grand-mufti-hajj-stampede-human-control-150926080554917.html|url-status=live}}</ref>▼
▲In late August 2014,
In January 2016, while answering a question on a television show in which he issues fatwas in response to viewers’ queries on everyday religious matters, ruled that [[chess]] was forbidden in Islam because it constituted [[gambling]], was a waste of time and money and a cause of hatred and enmity between the players.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/21/middleeast/grand-mufti-opposes-chess/index.html | title=Checkmate: Saudi grand mufti makes move against chess | work=CNN | date=21 January 2016 | access-date=22 January 2016 | author=Melvin, Don | archive-date=22 January 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122002551/http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/21/middleeast/grand-mufti-opposes-chess/index.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=Guard1>{{cite news|url= https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/21/chess-forbidden-in-islam-rules-saudi-arabia-grand-mufti|title= Chess forbidden in Islam, rules Saudi mufti, but issue not black and white|author= Kareem Shaheen|work= [[The Guardian]]|publisher= [[Scott Trust Media]]|date= January 21, 2016|access-date= February 10, 2016|archive-date= February 13, 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160213200335/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/21/chess-forbidden-in-islam-rules-saudi-arabia-grand-mufti|url-status= live}}</ref>▼
▲On 25 September 2015, one day after the [[2015 Mina stampede|Mina crowd crush disaster]] which (according to the Associated Press) killed at least 1,399 foreign Muslims performing Hajj,
In September 2016, the Grand Mufti ruled that Iranians are not Muslims and are "sons of the [[magi]]".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-grand-mufti-iran-sunni-muslims-hajj-a7229416.html|author=Matt Payton|title='Iranians are not Muslims', says Saudi Arabia's Grand Mufti|publisher=[[The Independent|Independent]]|language=en|date=September 7, 2016|access-date=October 23, 2017|archive-date=October 23, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023115812/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-grand-mufti-iran-sunni-muslims-hajj-a7229416.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/world/saudi-cleric-calling-iranians-non-muslims-and-deriding-zoroastrians-is-religion-based-persecution-2995110.html|title=Saudi cleric calling Iranians 'non-Muslims' and deriding Zoroastrians is religion-based persecution - Firstpost|website=www.firstpost.com|date=8 September 2016|access-date=2017-11-20|archive-date=2017-11-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171119154035/http://www.firstpost.com/world/saudi-cleric-calling-iranians-non-muslims-and-deriding-zoroastrians-is-religion-based-persecution-2995110.html|url-status=live}}</ref>▼
▲In January 2016, while answering a question on a television show in which he issues fatwas in response to
▲In September 2016, the Grand Mufti ruled that
==See also==
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