Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais
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His Excellency Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais |
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| عبد الرحمن السديس | |
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| General President for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosque | |
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Assumed office 8 May 2012 – present |
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| Monarch |
King Abdullah King Salman |
| Imam of Masjid Al Haram | |
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Assumed office 1984 – present |
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| Monarch |
King Fahad King Abdullah King Salman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1960 (age 56–57) Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Nationality | Saudi |
| Alma mater | Umm al-Qura |
| Religion | Islam |
| Website | www.gph.gov.sa |
Abdul Rahman Ibn Abdul Aziz as-Sudais (Arabic: عبد الرحمن السديس (ʻAbd ar-Rahman ibn ʻAbd al-Aziz as-Sudais), born 1960 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) is the imam of the Grand mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia and the President of the General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques, a renowned qāriʾ (reciter of the Qur'an), and was the Dubai International Holy Qur'an Award's "Islamic Personality Of the Year" in 2005.
Al-Sudais has preached Islam's opposition to "explosions and terrorism", and has called for peaceful inter-faith dialogue, but also been sharply criticized for vilifying non-Muslims and especially Jews in his sermons. He has denounced the treatment of Palestinians by Israeli settlers and the state of Israel, and called for more aid to be sent to Palestinians. He has also been noted for identifying women's un-Islamic behavior as in part responsible for the winter 2006 drought in Saudi Arabia. In 2016, corresponding with 1437 AH, he also led multitude of pilgrims gathered in Arafat, in prayers after delivering the Haj sermon.
Al-Sudais comes from the Anza clan, and he had memorized the Quran by the age of 12. Growing up in Riyadh, Al-Sudais studied at the Al Muthana Bin Harith Elementary School, and afterwards the Riyadh Scientific Institution from which he graduated in 1979 with a grade of excellent. He obtained a degree in Sharia from Riyadh University in 1983, his Master's in Islamic fundamentals from the Sharia College of Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University in 1987 and received his Ph.D. in Islamic Sharia from Umm al-Qura University in 1995 while working there as an assistant professor after serving at Riyadh University.
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