The first comment from the Sheikh of Al-Azhar on the targeting of King Fahd International Airport in Saudi Arabia

- Sheikh of Al-Azhar, Ahmed Al-Tayeb, condemned the targeting of King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, and affirmed his rejection of everything that threatens the security and stability of Saudi Arabia, in a statement issued Thursday by Al-Azhar Al-Sharif in Egypt. The statement said: “The Sheikh of Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, Prof. Dr.

Ahmed Al-Tayeb, in the strongest terms, expressed the heinous attack that targeted King Fahd Airport in Dammam, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which resulted in the death of two people and the injury of other innocent civilians, stressing that targeting civilian facilities constitutes a violation of humanitarian rules and international norms, a direct threat to the security of the Kingdom and the safety of its citizens and residents of its lands, and a blatant assault on the principles of Islam, the principles of its Sharia, its values and morals. The Sheikh of Al-Azhar stressed that “the attack on civilian facilities in the Kingdom Exposing the lives of innocent people to danger is unacceptable by all legal, humanitarian and moral standards, and cannot be justified for whatever reasons.

Al-Azhar also calls for the need to put an end to these criminal acts that would incite tension and destabilize the entire region. Al-Azhar concluded its statement by expressing “its full solidarity with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the face of everything that targets its security and stability, stressing the need to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of states, and to stop attacks targeting the Kingdom immediately, in a way that preserves the lives of innocent civilians, prevents the expansion of the circle of conflict and wars, and preserves the security of the region and the stability of its peoples.”

Last Sunday, Sheikh of Al-Azhar Ahmed Al-Tayeb called for the formation of an “urgent mediation and calm committee” aimed at ending conflicts and wars in the Arab region.