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Line 59: 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> 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 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>

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