Abdul rahman sudais biography examples

Imam in Mecca

Abdul Rahman ibn Abdul Aziz al-Sudais (Arabic: عَبْدُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ بْنُ عَبْدِ ٱلْعَزِيزِ ٱلسُّدَيْسِ, romanized: ʻAbd ar-Raḥman ibn ʻAbd al-ʻAziz as-Sudais), better known as al-Sudais,^[1] is the Chief Imam of the Grand Mosque, Masjid al-Haram in Makkah, Saudi Arabia; the President of the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques; a renowned Qāriʾ (reciter of the Qur'an);^[3] he was the Dubai International Holy Qur'an Award's "Islamic Personality Of the Year" in 2005.^[4] Al-Sudais has preached Islam's opposition to "explosions and terrorism",^[5][6] and has called for peaceful inter-faith dialogue,^[7] but also been criticized for vilifying non-Muslims and especially Jews in his sermons.^[8][9] He has denounced the treatment of Palestinians by Israeli settlers and the state of Israel,^[10] and called for more aid to be sent to Palestinians.^[11] H