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Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

King Salman Approves Providing Two Holy Mosques with 150,000 Copies of the Holy Quran

Mohammed bin Salman Salman bin Abdulaziz the Saudi Press Agency
Copies of the holy Quran that have been printed by the King Fahd Complex for Printing the Holy Quran. (SPA)

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz issued a royal order on Friday that approved providing the Two Holy Mosques with 150,000 copies of the holy Quran with the advent of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.

The holy books will be printed by King Fahd Complex for Printing the Holy Quran, reported the Saudi Press Agency.

General President of the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and Prophet's Mosque Sheikh Dr. Abduerrahman Al-Sudais expressed his gratitude to King Salman and Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, for their generous gesture.

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