Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais

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Abdul Rahman Ibn Abdul Aziz Al-Sudais (Arabic: عبد الرحمن السديس, born 1961) is the leading imam of the Grand mosque in the Islamic holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. He is one of the most widely-respected clerics in the Muslim world and is known for his recitation of the Qur'an. He is also known for attacking non-Muslims in some of his sermons.

1 Life
2 Sermons attacking non-Muslims
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Life

Al-Sudais comes from the Anza clan.

He obtained a degree in Sharia from Riyadh University in 1983 and became an IFK (Islamic Fundamental Knowledge) lecturer after the conclusion of his study. He obtained his masters in Islamic fundamentals from the Sharia College of Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University in 1987 and received his PhD in Islamic Sharia from Umm al-Qura University in 1995 while working there as an assistant professor after serving at Riyadh University. He is one of the most well known Wahhabis.

[edit] Sermons attacking non-Muslims

Al-Sudais referred to Jews as "the scum of the human race" and to Christians as "cross-worshippers".^[1] Speaking about the Jews, al-Sudais supposedly called them "monkeys and pigs who should be annihilated",^[2] and said that "[t]here should be no peace with the rats of the world."^[1] Some of his published statements include:

"The worst ... of the enemies of Islam are those... whom he... made monkeys and pigs, the aggressive Jews and oppressive Zionists and those that follow them: the callers of the trinity and the cross worshippers... those influenced by the rottenness of their ideas, and the poison of their cultures the followers of secularism... How can we talk sweetly when the Hindus and the idol worshippers indulge in their overwhelming hatred against our brothers... in Muslim Kashmir..."^[1]
"Monkeys and pigs and worshippers of false Gods who are the Jews and the Zionists."^[1]