Fowzie meets Saudi Crown Prince

Urban Affairs Senior Minister and minister coordinating Haj affairs A H M Fowzie met Saudi Arabia's Deputy Premier and Defence Minister Crown Prince Salman at the prize distribution ceremony of the Prince Naif International Prize for the Prophet's Sunnah and Contemporary Islamic Studies to winners in Riyadh recently.

The winners were Abdul Rahman bin Mualla Alluwaihek, a Saudi, for his research on intellectual security in the light of Sunnah; Muwaffek Salim Al-Jawadi and Abdussattar Jassim Al-Hayati, both Iraqis, for the second subject entitled "cultural values in Sunnah"; Raghib Al-Sarjani, an Egyptian, for Islamic studies under the heading "protection of the Islamic environment."

Upon arrival at the King Faisal Conference Hall, Prince Salman was greeted by Deputy Riyadh Gov. Prince Muhammad bin Saad and Prince Saud bin Naif, head of the Crown Prince's court and supervisor of the prize.

Addressing the ceremony, Prince Saud bin Naif commended Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah and Crown Prince Salman for their support for the prize. He said the late Prince Naif had exerted great efforts in the service of Islam and Muslims. He said the prize instituted by Prince Naif would contribute to promoting Islamic research and studies on Hadith. A total of 257,731 students took part in Hadith competitions held by the prize's secretariat and 180 of them have won prizes. It has published 157 studies on the Sunnah and contemporary Islamic issues.