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Line 2: {{Infobox religious biography \| honorific_prefix = [[Sheikh]] \| image = \| module = {{Infobox officeholder\|embed=yes \| office = [[Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia]] Line 20: \| denomination = [[Sunni]] \| jurisprudence = [[Hanbali]] \| creed = [[~~Athari~~Salafi]] \| lineage = [[Al ash-Sheikh]] family }} '''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) is a [[Saudi ~~Arabia]]n~~Arabian [[Ulema\|scholar]] who is the current [[Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia]].<ref>{{cite news\|title=U.S. adapts cold-war idea to fight terrorists\|date=2008-03-18\|work=[[The New York Times]]\|author =Schmitt, Eric\|author2 =Shanker, Thom\|quote=Saudi Arabia 's top cleric, Grand Mufti Sheik Abdul Aziz al-Asheik, gave a speech last October warning Saudis not to join unauthorized jihadist activities, a statement directed mainly at those considering going to Iraq to fight the American-led forces.}}</ref> As such he is head of the [[Council of Senior Religious Scholars]] and its sub-committee, the [[Permanent Committee for Islamic Research and Issuing Fatwas]]. ==Biography== Abdulaziz Al Sheikh is a member of the [[Al ash-Sheikh]] family. In 1969-70 he assumed leadership at the [[Sheikh Muhammad ~~Bin~~bin Ibrahim Mosque]] in Dukhna, Riyadh. In 1979 he was appointed assistant professor at the [[College of Sharia]], [[Mecca]]. In June 1999, [[King Fahd]] appointed Al Sheikh as [[Grand Mufti of ~~Saud~~Saudi Arabia]], following the death of Grand Mufti [[Abdulaziz Bin Baz]].<ref name="Eur2002">{{cite book\|author=Eur\|title=The Middle East and North Africa 2003\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4CfBKvsiWeQC&pg=PA949\|access-date=1 September 2012\|date=22 November 2002\|publisher=Taylor & Francis\|isbn=978-1-85743-132-2\|pages=950\|archive-date=23 June 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623194023/http://books.google.com/books?id=4CfBKvsiWeQC&pg=PA949\|url-status=live}}</ref> ==Proclamations== Line 51: In September 2016, the Grand Mufti ruled that the Iranian Leadership is not Muslim and is the "son 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> The Grand Mufti was on a list of religious scholars included on a death list by ISIS.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.memri.org/reports/isis-launches-campaign-calling-kill-prominent-islamic-clerics-such-yousuf-al-qaradawi-saudi \|title=ISIS Launches Campaign Calling To Kill Prominent Islamic Clerics Such As Yousuf Al-Qaradawi, Saudi Mufti 'Abd Al-'Aziz Aal Al-Sheikh, Former Egyptian Chief Mufti 'Ali Gum'a \|date=February 14, 2017 \|number=Special Dispatch No.6781 \|website=MEMRI \|access-date=February 25, 2017 \|archive-date=June 28, 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628015920/https://www.memri.org/reports/isis-launches-campaign-calling-kill-prominent-islamic-clerics-such-yousuf-al-qaradawi-saudi \|url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2017, the Grand Mufti made a [[fatwa]] calling [[Hamas]] a terrorist organisation and stating that fighting against [[Jew]]s is forbidden for [[Muslims]]. In response, Israel's Communications Minister [[Ayoub Kara]], praised this religious ruling and invited him to visit Israel.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://unitedwithisrael.org/saudi-arabias-top-cleric-fighting-jews-forbidden-hamas-a-terror-group/\|title=Saudi Arabia's Top Cleric: Fighting Jews Forbidden, Hamas a Terror group\|website=UWI\|date=16 November 2017 }}</ref> ==See also== Line 87 ⟶ 85: [[Category:Saudi Arabian Salafis]] [[Category:Grand Muftis of Saudi Arabia]] [[Category:Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University alumni]] [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:21st-century Saudi Arabian people]] [[Category:20th-century Saudi Arabian people]]