DUBAI, United Arab Emirates(AP) — Saudi Arabia appointed a prominent ultraconservative scholar late Wednesday as the country's new grand mufti, the kingdom's top religious scholar. Sheikh Saleh bin ...

RIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti, Chairman of the Council of Senior Scholars, and Head of the Presidency of Scientific Research and Ifta Sheikh Saleh Al-Fawzan emphasized the importance of ...

Kuwait Crown Prince Sheikh Mishaal Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah received Saudi Minister of State and Cabinet Member Prince Turki Bin Mohammad Bin Fahd and his accompanying delegation at Bayan Palace ...

This frame grab from video shot in October 2016 by Saudi state television shows Sheikh Saleh bin Fawzan al-Fawzan, whom the kingdom named as its grand mufti on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025. The graphic on ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia appointed a prominent ultraconservative scholar late Wednesday as the country’s new grand mufti, the kingdom’s top religious scholar. Sheikh Saleh bin ...

Sheikh Saleh Bin Fawzan Al-Fawzan is one of the most influential religious scholars in Saudi Arabia. Born in 1935, he has held key positions in the Kingdom’s Islamic establishment for decades, ...