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source: CNN.com - Saudi names king after Fahd death - Aug 3, 2005
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(CNN) – Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd – whose reign was marked by unprecedented prosperity, but whose close ties with the United States stirred the passions of Islamic militants – has died, Saudi officials announced Monday. He was 82.**
The Saudi monarch had been in and out of the hospital in recent months, most recently suffering from pneumonia-like symptoms. Fahd yielded day-to-day control of the kingdom a decade ago after suffering a stroke, with Crown Prince Abdullah serving as the de facto ruler since then.
Fahd assumed the throne on June 13, 1982, becoming the fifth king of Saudi Arabia. He was the son of King Abdul Aziz Bin Abdul Rahman Al-Saud, the founder of the modern Saudi Arabia.
“I will be father to the young, brother to the elderly,” he once said. “I am but one of you; whatever troubles you, troubles me; whatever pleases you, pleases me.”
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.
As king, he supervised projects to facilitate the hajj for the more than 2 million pilgrims from around the world who visit each year. Under his rule, Mecca was expanded to 3.5 million square feet to accommodate 1 million worshippers; Medina has grown to nearly 1.8 million square feet to accommodate 500,000 people, according to his official biography.
He was also an ardent supporter of the mujahedeen in the 1980s in their fight against the former Soviet Union in Afghanistan – where Saudi-born terror leader Osama bin Laden first gained a following.
But it was Fahd’s decision to allow U.S. forces to be based out of Saudi Arabia during the 1991 Gulf War against Iraq that outraged Islamic fundamentalists, including bin Laden who criticized his homeland for allowing “infidels” to attack another Arab country from its soil.
The United States also used a highly secret base in the kingdom to conduct special operations from during the early days of the Iraq invasion in 2003.
Al Qaeda terrorists have launched several attacks inside the kingdom in recent years. And 15 of the 19 hijackers in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States were from Saudi Arabia – a fact that did not sit well with many in Washington who have been skeptical of the kingdom.
But the Bush administration has remained staunchly behind the kingdom since 9/11, calling Riyadh a key ally in the war on terror.
“The Saudis have been very aggressive in hunting down the terrorist cells that are in Saudi Arabia and we’ve had a good deal of success also on the terrorist financing front,” U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said during a foreign policy speech in May 2005.
Born in 1923, Fahd attended one of the kingdom’s first educational institutions during his youth, and in 1953 he became Saudi’s first minister of education.
For the next two decades, he served increasingly important roles, including interior minister, deputy prime minister and crown prince. In 1977, he met with U.S. President Jimmy Carter and U.S. Secretary of State Cyrus Vance about the importance of American involvement in trying to forge a lasting settlement to the Arab-Israeli conflict.
“I believe the U.S. can play an important part in solving the problem if we take into account not only American influence worldwide, but also the strong relationship between America and Israel,” he said at the time.
He continued to try to work for Mideast peace over the years, including on his first visit to the United States as king in 1985 when met with President Ronald Reagan about the need for a renewed American role in the Mideast peace process.
During Fahd’s tenure, the kingdom saw an economic, agricultural and educational transformation, building on its oil wealth to become an international and regional power.
“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.
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May all the tyrants who rule over Muslims share his fate.
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Inna lillaahi wa inna ilayhi raji'oon.
To Allah we belong and to Him is our return.
Allahummaghfir li-hayyina wa mayyitinâ wa shâhidinâ wa ghâ’ibinâ wa saghirinâ wa kabirinâ wa dhakarinâ wa un-thânâ. Allâhumma man ah-yaytahu minnâ fa ah-yihi alal islâmi, waman tawaffaytahu minnâ fatawaffahu alal-iman, Ameen.
O Allah, forgive our living and our deceased, our present and absent, our young and old, our men and women. 0 Allah, whomever You give life to, let him live on Islam and whomever You give death to, let him die with Faith, Amen.
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True but it’s not proper for a Muslim to talk ill of a fellow Muslim who has died, his affair is with Allah now.
I didn’t like the guy too much but for all I know he was a Muslim and we all got to be present in Allah’s court one day so we should pray for mercy and forgiveness for our coreligionsist. I do hope though that the reminaing tyrant puppets ruling our lands die off and the Caliphate is restored Insha Allah.
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You know some consider Musharraf a tyrant, dictatator or whatever have you as well. Also read what Babu Chel Chabila said ;p
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Inna lillaahi wa inna ilayhi raji'oon
May Allah forgive his soul.
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Passed Away....(I hate when the word Expired is used)
May Allah bless his soul.
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Inna lillahi wa inna elahi rajaioon
What does this mean for Saudi Arabia and it's people?
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^-- Nothing cuz King Abdullah is same...
but he had a good control on his wild people... now u will see more changes towards modernizations...that people were waiting for a long time...
Lazy,
Noted…tx
**Mehnaz **can u change the title to passed away plz ?
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I had granola and berries in yogurt with two strips of bacon this morning. 
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Long live King Abdullah
he is 84
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LD, eating healthy is part of being a good muslim. what do you have against healthy cuisine. Fahddy Dadi..we like to pahty…
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I am waiting to see the role of former US ambassador Mr. Bandar in KSA. Who had resigned few days back and came back to Riyadh… I am sure King Fahad was dead just before Mr. Bandar came, that means 1-2 weeks back… so let us see what US-Agent Mr. Bandar have for KSA :-)
pin-Dandii
behave and play some where else...tx
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He had no control over his people for the last couple of years of his life. Prince Abdullah was directly ruling them in all but name.
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Inna lillah-e-wa Inna ilahe Rajaoon
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Inna lillah-e-wa Inna ilahe Rajaoon.
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Inna lillah-e-wa Inna ilahe Rajaoon
Now that he is dead, there is little point in saying the truth about him. May Allah forgive his sins. Atleast Fahd did renovate the two holy masjids with great fanfare and truly made them incredibly beautiful and comfortable for the visitors. If nothing else, that deed alone should get him quite a few sawabs.
Abdullah seems much more strict. Wallah o Aalim.
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you are right, we shouldnt badmouth dead people...the custom is to wait until after the funeral