Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud awarded King Faisal International Prize for Service of Islam, other laureates also announced 2 Riyadh

Faisal cited King Abdullah's local major achievements in the economic, social, intellectual, educational and construction and urbanization fields which all benefit the citizens of the Kingdom in general and the low-income people in particular.
In the economic field, he cited King Abdullah Economic city, King Abdullah Financial Center, Investment Fund for Low Income people. In the intellectual and social fields he mentioned the establishment of Human Rights Commission, and National Dialogue Center; in the educational field: the establishment of King Abdullah University for Sciences and Technology; in the constructional field: the achievements in the two holy mosques and other sacred places and the set up of limited income people housing project through King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Foundation for his Parents and Developmental Housing.
In the world-wide field, Prince Khalid cited a number of positions, decisions and proposals in support of human rights, particularly the rights of the Arab nation and Islamic world including the Palestinian issue. Also he cited the King's mediation between different and warring Arab or Muslim brothers, help of the poor and needy in Muslim world, work for achieving fair peace, inviting Muslim scholars to Makkah meeting to put a plan for the new renaissance of Muslim world, which was later adopted by Muslim leaders, steadfast stand against all kinds of terrorism, call for the importance of dialogue among religions and civilizations of today's world to enhance tolerance and security among the world's peoples.
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