Who’s Who: Dr. Saud bin Ibrahim Al-Shuraim, imam at the Grand Mosque in Makkah

Dr. Saud bin Ibrahim Al-Shuraim. (Supplied)
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Updated 10 April 2022
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Who’s Who: Dr. Saud bin Ibrahim Al-Shuraim, imam at the Grand Mosque in Makkah

He was born in Riyadh in 1966 and is considered a world-renowned Qur’an reciter whose recitations have been distributed across the globe.

He started his primary education at Areen Elementary School before attending the Model Intermediate School, and Al-Yarmouk Secondary School, all in the Saudi capital.

In 1984, he joined the department of Islamic faith and contemporary doctrines in the college of religious fundamentals at Imam Mohammad bin Saud Islamic University, from which he graduated with a bachelor’s degree four years later.

He received a master’s degree in comparative jurisprudence from the Supreme Jurisdiction Institute of the same university in 1992.

Three years later, he obtained a doctorate in Islamic jurisprudence from Umm Al-Qura University for his thesis on Imam Abu Mansour Al-Kirmani’s book, titled “Paths in the Rituals.”

In 1992, a royal order appointed Al-Shuraim a judge at the Makkah Grand Court, where he served for nearly three years.

A year later he was appointed to a lecturer position at the Grand Mosque, in addition to his duties as an imam and a judge.

Al-Shuraim became a lecturer in 1999 at Umm Al-Qura University’s department of jurisdiction in the college of Shariah and Islamic studies, and promoted to assistant professor four years later.

In 2003, he was appointed deputy dean for scientific affairs and higher studies at the same college, and in 2005 named dean.

Seven years later he was appointed dean of the college of judicial studies and law at the university, a post he held until 2021.

Al-Shuraim has published several books and scientific research.


Saudi Arabia condemns blast that hit mosque in Alawite area of Syria’s Homs

A view shows the interior of a damaged mosque after several people were killed in explosion at a mosque of the Alawite minority.
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Saudi Arabia condemns blast that hit mosque in Alawite area of Syria’s Homs

  • Homs’s press office said an explosive device had detonated inside the Imam Ali bin Abi Talib mosque and that security forces had cordoned off the area

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia condemned an explosion at a mosque of the ​Alawite minority sect in the Syrian city of Homs on Friday that killed eight people.

The city’s press office said an explosive device had detonated inside the Imam Ali bin Abi Talib mosque and that security forces had cordoned off the area.

Syrian news agency SANA ‌cited health ‌ministry official Najib Al-Naasan as saying ‌18 others ​were ‌wounded and that the figures were not final, indicating they could rise.

Extremist Syrian group Saraya Ansar Al-Sunnah said on its Telegram channels that it carried out the attack. The group previously claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a Damascus church in June that killed 20 people.

In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said: “The Kingdom affirms its categorical rejection of terrorism, extremism, targeting of mosques and places of worship, and terrorizing innocent people. It expresses its solidarity with Syria in this great tragedy, and its support for the Syrian government’s efforts to establish security and stability.”

The statement extended the Kingdom’s condolences to the families of the victims and to the government and people of Syria. It also wished the injured a speedy recovery.