Saudi Arabia has appointed Sheikh Saleh bin Fawzan al-Fawzan as the new grand mufti, the kingdom's top religious scholar. The state-run Saudi Press Agency reported this decision late Wednesday.

Saudi Gazette reportRIYADH — Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti, Chairman of the Council of Senior Scholars, and Head of the General Presidency of Scholarly Research and Ifta Sheikh Saleh Al-Fawzan received ...

Saudi authorities on October 22, 2025, appointed a new Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia who has demonized the country’s Shia Muslim minority in past public written statements and comments.

Fawzan, born in 1935, is Saudi Arabia’s newly appointed Grand Mufti. A respected religious scholar, he has served on the Council of Senior Scholars and the Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research ...

Saudi Arabia, by royal decree issued by King Salman, has announced Sheikh Saleh bin Fawzan bin Abdullah Al-Fawzan as the new Grand Mufti. He succeeds the late Sheikh Abdulaziz Al-Sheikh and will serve ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia appointed a prominent ultraconservative scholar late Wednesday as the country’s new grand mufti, the kingdom’s top religious scholar. Sheikh Saleh bin ...