Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz, the Minister of Interior and Chairman of Supreme Commission of Prince Naif bin Abdulaziz Al Saud World Award for Prophet's Sunnah and Contemporary Islamic Studies patronized here yesterday the closing ceremony of handing over the award in its 3rd session held by the General Secretariat of the Award. In a statement following the ceremony, Prince Naif said he felt happy for meeting a number of Ulema (Islamic scholars) and thinkers and persons who are concerned with the Islamic affairs. He noted that the Sunnah is the second source of legislation after the Holy Quran. Prince Naif warned against wrong interpretations which lead to the disunity of the Muslims. He pointed out to the weakness and backwardness of the Muslims in the various domains, and warned against the dangerous phenomena like terrorism, extremism, immorality and bad behavior, and said that all these were result of keeping away from the proper Islamic creed which is included in the Holy Quran and Sunnah. Prince Naif pointed out that the Muslims at the early years of Islam, when they were sincere in their belief and keen on adherent to the principles of their religion, they were capable of leading the world towards virtues, knowledge and human development. "This took place while other nations were doomed to ignorance and backwardness," he added. Prince Naif said the non-Muslims could be excused for failure to understand Islam and the sources of the Islamic legislation, but the sons of the Muslims will never be excused if they fail to understand their religion. --MORE
