Day: April 14, 2023

The Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah and Guidance handed over the gift of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques of dates to the Republic of Niger, amounting to 10 tons, in the presence of the Director of the Office of the Nigerien Prime Minister; Saudi Ambassador to Niger, Zaid bin Mukhalled Al-Harbi, and several officials.

For his part, Ambassador Al-Harbi praised the excellent services provided by the government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and HRH, the Crown Prince to Islam and Muslims everywhere, indicating that this project is part of the vast projects and humanitarian work that the Kingdom is carrying out for all the neediest families in various parts of the world.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

Northeast of Medinah by about 102 kilometers, specifically in the town of Hanakiya, Prince Mohammed bin Salman project for the development of historic mosques, in its second phase, began work on the development of the historic Al-Qalaa mosque, which is over 100 years old to join the list of mosques that the project aims to restore, for their historical and social impact in shaping their human, cultural and intellectual surroundings.

Prince Mohammed bin Salman project will renovate the historical Madinah-style Al-Qalaa mosque in order to increase its area from 181.75 square meters to 263.55 square meters, while its capacity will reach 171 worshippers after being unused. The project will use natural materials of mud and local lumber to rebuild the mosque in its old form and preserve the building techniques that characterize it in its ability to cope with the local environment and the hot desert climate.

Al-Qalaa Mosque is one of 30 mosques that the Prince Mohammed bin Salman Project will renovate in its second phase in all 13 regions of the Kingdom, including six mosques in Riyadh, five mosques in Makkah, four mosques in Madinah, three in Asir, two in each of the Eastern Region, Al-Jouf, and Jazan, and one mosque in each of the Northern Borders Region, Tabuk, Al-Baha, Najran, Hail, and Al-Qassim.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Eng. Waleed bin AbdulKarim Al-Khereiji of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia received today Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar, upon his arrival at King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah Governorate.

The Deputy Foreign Minister welcomed Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, who is visiting Jeddah to participate in the ministerial consultative meeting among GCC countries, Egypt, Jordan, and Iraq

Source: Saudi Press Agency

A strong earthquake measuring 7 magnitude on the Richter scale struck deep off of Indonesia’s Java island on Friday.

The quake had a depth of 594 km. There was no risk of tsunami, the country’s geophysics agency said.

The quake was felt in the urban centers of Surabaya, Tuban, Semarang and Bali’s Denpasar, according to the disaster agency.

Indonesia straddles the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, a highly active seismic zone, where different plates on the Earth’s crust meet and create a large number of earthquakes and volcanoes. (QNA)

Source: Qatar News Agency

General President of the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and Prophet’s Mosque Sheikh Dr. Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz Al-Sudais declared that the total number of male and female worshipers who visited the Grand Mosque during the first 20 days of Ramadan amounted to more than 22 million people.

Dr. Al-Sudais stressed that the Presidency prepared the Grand Mosque through an operational plan and strategy that provided all means of convenience and facilitated all services for worshipers to perform their rituals with ease and tranquility, and also ensured the availability of safety means inside the Grand Mosque and communication with the relevant authorities.

He hailed the Saudi leadership for supporting the Two Holy Mosques and their visitors and for creating the best conditions for worshippers to perform their rituals easily.

Source: Saudi Press Agency

Jawf Province witnessed on Friday a massive mass march to commemorate the International Al-Quds Day, under the slogan “The West Bank, the Shield of al-Quds.”

The participants in the march in the city of Al-Hazm, the center of Al-Jawf Province and Al-Marashi district, raised the flags of Yemen and Palestine and chanted slogans denouncing the continued attacks, crimes and violations of the Zionist enemy against the Palestinian people, the latest of which was the storming and desecration of the blessed Al-Aqsa Mosque, the assault on worshipers and those in i’tikaaf, and the arrest of hundreds of them.

They carried slogans affirming support for the Palestinian people and their right to establish their independent state with Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital, and to promote Arab and Islamic cohesion to defeat the Zionist enemy from the occupied territories.

The people of Jawf affirmed their readiness to make sacrifices in order to defend Palestine and its just cause, and to support Al-Aqsa Al-Sharif.

A statement issued by the march was considered an opportunity to mobilize the resolve of the Arab and Islamic peoples and to raise awareness of the enemy’s plots and how to confront them until victory is achieved.

The statement pointed out that Palestine represents the compass towards which the people of the nation must turn, stressing that the Yemeni people will not abandon Palestine and support the Palestinian people, Jerusalem and Islamic sanctities.

The march statement stressed that the Yemeni people are present in any battle against the Zionist enemy and against American hegemony and its aggressive policies towards the people of the nation, which is the same position towards the Zionist enemy as they are two sides of the same coin.

The statement reiterated the Yemeni people’s assertion that the Zionist enemy would not have persisted in its tyranny against the Palestinian people, had it not been for the American support.

The statement of the mass march urged the people of the nation to raise the slogan of freedom and innocence from the enemies of the nation and to boycott American and Zionist goods as practical steps in confronting the enemies.

Source: Yemen News Agency