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| | Fahd of Saudi Arabia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | One of thirty-seven sons of Saudi founder Ibn Saud, and the fourth of his five sons who have ruled the Kingdom (Saud, Faisal, Khalid, Fahd, and Abdullah), Fahd ascended to the throne on the death of his half-brother, King Khalid, on June 13, 1982. | | | Fahd had been appointed Crown Prince when Khalid succeeded their half-brother King Faisal, who was assassinated in 1975, and especially in the later years of Khalid's reign, Fahd was viewed as the de facto prime minister. | | | The Islamic Revolution in Iran in 1979 radically transformed the political landscape in the Middle East, as the hereditary monarchy of the Shah of Iran was deposed in favor of a religious autocracy based on Shari'a. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahd_of_Saudi_Arabia
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| | USATODAY.com - Saudi King Fahd dies in Riyadh hospital |
| | Fahd, the son of the founder of modern Saudi Arabia, King Abdul-Aziz, got an elementary school education with a heavy emphasis on religion at a school set up by Abdul-Aziz for his 42 sons. | | | So Fahd took the title "custodian of the two holy mosques" — referring to Islam's holiest shrines at Mecca and Medina &; and he poured millions of dollars into the religious establishment and into enlarging fundamentalist universities. | | | Visitors who saw King Fahd after his 1995 stroke reported he was barely aware of what was going on around him. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-08-01-saudi-king-dies_x.htm
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| | Saudi - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Saudi |
| | In October 1994 the government announced a crackdown on Islamic militants, appointing a Higher Council for Islamic Affairs as an ‘ombudsman of Islamic activity in education, economic, and foreign policy’. | | | In May 1991 religious leaders demanded the creation of a consultative council to assist in the government of the kingdom, as proposed by King Fahd a month earlier. | | | The king rules, in accordance with Islamic law, by decree. |
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http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Saudi
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| | Saudi Arabia has a unique responsibility to the world of Islam since one of the Five Pillars of Islam or religious duties of every Muslim is the Pilgrimage, or Hajj, to the Holy City of Mecca once in his or her lifetime. | | | Religion is Muslim (100%) and the language spoken is Arabic. | | | Many of the words we use today originate from Arabic, among them alcohol, alkali, admiral and alchemy. |
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http://www.kiosk.net/infosaudi
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| | Saudi - Columbia Encyclopedia® article about Saudi |
| | Saudi religious interests were threatened by the fall of Iran's shah in 1979 and by the growth of Islamic fundamentalism. | | | Its annual observance corresponds to the major holy day id al-adha, itself a commemoration of Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son on Divine orders. | | | Riyadh's desalinized water supply comes from a pipeline on the Persian Gulf. |
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http://columbia.thefreedictionary.com/Saudi
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| | E-Notes: King Fahd’s Saudi Arabia |
| | Fahd himself marked his new zeal for Islam in 1986 by taking on the title, “Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques.” | | | Fahd also began severe controls over the Haj pilgrims. | | | Warrior and statesman, he had learned the lesson of the earlier 18th and 19th century failed Saudi realms. |
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http://www.fpri.org/enotes/20050812.middleeast.sicherman.fahdsaudiarabia.html
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| | BBC NEWS World Middle East King Fahd of Saudi Arabia dies |
| | King Fahd ascended the throne in 1982 after seven years as crown prince, making him absolute monarch of the world's largest oil-producing country and home of Islam's two holiest sites, the mosques at Mecca and Medina. | | | Other world leaders have responded to the news of King Fahd's death. | | | I remember I saw him once when I was on the pilgrimage to Mecca. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4734175.stm
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| | Saudi King Fahd dies; half-brother takes over -- Newsday.com |
| | As king he worked to reverse his playboy image and emphasized his claim to religious authorities by adding to his title the phrase "Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques," the most sacred shrines of Islam, in the cities of Mecca and Medina. | | | Funeral prayers for Fahd will be held today. | | | announces the death of the custodian of the two holy mosques, King Fahd bin Abdulaziz," Information Minister Iyad Madani said. |
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http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/ny-wosaud024367870aug02,0,1645414.story?coll=ny-worldnews-headlines
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| | Saudi Arabia's King Fahd Dies |
| | It may be that as king Abdullah will feel empowered to make some changes, but they will only be within a very narrow band. | | | Thomas Lippman: Fahd had at least six sons. | | | I don't know how many wives he had or whether he had daughters because by tradition the women aren't counted. |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2005/08/01/DI2005080100605.html
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| | CNN.com - Saudi names king after Fahd death - Aug 3, 2005 |
| | The Saudi monarch was held in high esteem across the Arab and Muslim worlds because of his role as the custodian of the two holy mosques -- the major shrines of Islam in Mecca and Medina. | | | "With the blessing and grace of Almighty God and with the assistance of the faithful Saudi people, we shall continue the welfare march of construction and development and maintain the gains which are reflected by comprehensive achievements in various fields," he recently said. | | | Fahd attended one of the kingdom's first educational institutions during his youth, and in 1953 he became Saudi's first minister of education. |
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http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/08/01/fahd.obit
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| | ABC News: Saudi Arabia's King Fahd Dead |
| | When Fahd became king he also took on the title of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques. | | | The kingdom regarded the Islamic opposition merely as an irritant devoid of serious political aspirations — yet to appease them, Fahd poured millions of dollars into the religious establishment and into enlarging fundamentalist universities.. | | | In the 1950s, Fahd supported Faisal in a squabble with their eldest brother, King Saud, over the throne. |
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http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=996188&page=2
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| | Scotsman.com News - International - King Fahd of Saudi Arabia dies aged 84 in hospital |
| | The Edinburgh Mosque and Islamic Centre is also named The King Fahd Mosque in honour of its financier and is now a focal point for 10,000 Muslim families living in Scotland. | | | In the past two years, the kingdom has faced a violent al-Qaida campaign to end seven decades of the royal family's rule in Saudi Arabia, home to two of Islam's holiest shrines. | | | SAUDI Arabian leader King Fahd died in hospital today and his brother, Crown Prince Abdullah, has been appointed the country's new monarch. |
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http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=1714032005
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| | CTV.ca Saudi Arabia's King Fahd dies in Riyadh |
| | In December 2003, King Fahd signed an edict for theologians to gather together doctrine to off-set Islamic extremists. | | | But King Fahd had to be mindful of Saudi Arabia's conservative clerics, who formed the base of the Saudi family's support. | | | The king funded Palestinians who fought against Israel, and also praised Islamic militants who fought against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. |
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http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1122891087753_8?hub=World
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| | TIME.com: Saudi Arabia's King Fahd Dies -- Page 1 |
| | During Fahd's reign, the country imposed a stricter dress code for women, continued to ban women from driving and spent billions exporting Wahhabi teachings and building mosques throughout the Islamic world. | | | Fahd hoped to be remembered as the great modernizer who was also a faithful servant of Islam; a pro-American leader who used the Kingdom's vast oil wealth to build schools, hospitals, roads and airports as well as to commission a vast reconstruction of Islam's holiest mosques in the Saudi cities of Mecca and Medina. | | | Fahd effectively took the reins of power in 1975, serving as the de facto ruler under his brother King Khalid and then becoming King himself upon Khalid's death in 1982. |
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http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1088942,00.html?promoid=rss_top
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| | King Fahd Of Saudi Arabia Dies At 84 - Forbes.com |
| | Little is known about King Fahd's private life, but he is believed to have had three wives and eight sons. | | | As a ruler, King Fahd will be remembered as a champion of Arab causes and for his participation in regional issues, such as the search for a peaceful settlement to the Lebanese civil war, which ended with an agreement inked in Saudi Arabia. | | | King Fahd was born in Riyadh in 1923, appointed education minister in 1953, then became interior minister, and later deputy prime minister and Crown Prince. |
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http://www.forbes.com/business/energy/2005/08/01/fahd-saudi-oil-cx_cn_0801autofacescan02.html?partner=rss
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| | NationMaster.com - Detailed Country Profile: Saudi Arabia |
| | A son of ABD AL-AZIZ rules the country today, and the country's Basic Law stipulates that the throne shall remain in the hands of the aging sons and grandsons of the kingdom's founder. | | | The continuing presence of foreign troops on Saudi soil after Operation Desert Storm remained a source of tension between the royal family and the public until the US military's near-complete withdrawal to neighboring Qatar in 2003. | | | The first major terrorist attacks in Saudi Arabia in several years, which occurred in May and November 2003, prompted renewed efforts on the part of the Saudi government to counter domestic terrorism and extremism, which also coincided with a slight upsurge in media freedom and announcement of government plans to phase in partial political representation. |
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http://www.nationmaster.com/country/sa
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| | King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz |
| | From 1st January, 2006, this site is being maintained on behalf of Dr Fouad Al Farsy, as a personal tribute to the late King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz. | | | Access a full account of the life of King Fahd and his outstanding contribution to the development of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | | | Survey King Fahd's wide-ranging contribution in the field of international affairs |
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http://www.kingfahdbinabdulaziz.com
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| | King Fahd of Saudi Arabia announced dead - Wikinews |
| | Fahd was the eleventh son of the founder of the Saudi kingdom, King Ibn Saud, and the fifth king of the modern kingdom of Saudi Arabia. | | | It is unknown how many women are made widows by the death of King Fahd, but the previous king was reported to have had 145 wives. | | | There will be no coffin or state funeral for Fahd and he will be buried without a headstone as is customary in Wahhabism, the kingdom's strict version of Islam. |
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http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/King_Fahd_of_Saudi_Arabia_announced_dead
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| | Abdullah Becomes Saudi King On Death of Half Brother Fahd |
| | Fahd, who was believed to be 84, had entered a hospital in Riyadh on May 27 with acute pneumonia. | | | Key dates in the life of Saudi King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz, son of King Abdul Aziz ibn Saud, fonder of the modern kingdom of Saudi Arabia. | | | In line with the traditions of Saudi Arabia's conservative brand of Islam, there will be no state funeral. |
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/01/AR2005080100138.html
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| | Fahd ibn Abdul Aziz - Facts from the Encyclopedia - Yahoo! Education |
| | l´ ăzēz´), 1922—, king of Saudi Arabia (1982—). | | | A son of Ibn Saud, the founder of Saudi Arabia, Fahd served (1962—75) as interior minister and was named (1975) crown prince by his half-brother King Khalid. | | | Education > Reference > Encyclopedia > Fahd ibn Abdul Aziz |
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| | Saudi Arabia (Harpers.org) |
| | Saudi Arabia banned the importation of stuffed animals, female dolls, crucifixes, and statues of the Buddha. | | | Saudi Arabia's King Fahd asked his people to pray for rain. | | | King Fahd of Saudi Arabia told Muslim clerics that it was time to start fighting religious extremism. |
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| | Telegraph News Saudi Arabia's King Fahd has died |
| | Fahd ascended the throne of one of the world's richest nations in June 1982, at the height of Saudi Arabia's petrodollar boom, but his 23-year reign was marked by three regional wars and al-Qa'eda militancy in his final years. | | | Saudi Arabia's King Fahd has died after an illness, aged 84. | | | The king brought the kingdom, holder of the world's largest oil reserves and home to Islam's holiest shrines, closer to the United States during more than two decades as monarch. |
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/08/01/usaudi2.xml
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| | Subzero Blue: King Fahd Of Saudi Arabia Dead |
| | Fahd, who was believed to be 83 and had been in poor health, had entered hospital on May 27 with acute pneumonia. | | | State television said prayers for his soul would take place at the Imam Turki bin Abdullah mosque in Riyadh on Tuesday afternoon, adding that Saudis would pledge allegiance to the new king and his crown prince on Wednesday. | | | Posted on August 1, 2005 10:33 AM under: World News & Politics |
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http://www.subzeroblue.com/archives/2005/08/king_fahd_of_saudi_a.html
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| | CBC News: World leaders in Saudi Arabia for funeral of King Fahd |
| | And there will be no state funeral because it's not part of Saudi Arabia's conservative religious traditions. | | | Fahd's grave will be identical to commoners and other kings buried nearby. | | | The king's funeral will be an austere one. |
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http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/08/01/Saudi-monarch-050801.html
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| | Bloomberg.com: Top Worldwide |
| | Fahd, who was admitted to the King Faisal Specialist Hospital, was born in 1923 and rose to the throne in 1982. | | | Doctors said they believe the monarch is suffering from pneumonia, the Associated Press reported, citing an official who requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of his position. | | | The Saudi news agency denied that the kingdom had activated a state of alert and described the situation in the country of 25 million people as calm. |
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aWUQhdH0yTio&refer=top_world_news
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| | King Fahd of Saudi Arabia Hospitalized - Elites TV - Your Elite News Source |
| | The Saudi monarch is believed to be in his early 80s. | | | The king was taken to King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Riyadh Friday evening due to a high fever and water in his lungs. | | | A Saudi official added, 'King Fahd was running a high temperature for three days and this caused concern and required scans, tests and some treatment.' |
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http://www.elitestv.com/pub/2005/May/EEN42976d75000f0.html
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| | King Fahd of Saudi Arabia reported dead - KFFL Community |
| | King Fahd of Saudi Arabia reported dead - KFFL Community | | | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, May. 27 (UPI) -- Reliable sources in the Saudi capital Riyadh said Friday King Fahd is dead, reports the Saudi Institute. | | | But I thought we were going to spread Democracy in the middle east? |
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