Saudi Arabia: Grand Mufti Should Back Religious Tolerance

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Sheikh Saleh bin Abdullah bin Fawzan al-Fawzan, Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia. © صالح الفوزان/Wikimedia (Beirut) – 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, Human Rights Watch said today. Sheikh Saleh bin Abdullah bin Fawzan al-Fawzan was appointed Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, the country’s highest religious official, and the chairman of the Council of Senior Scholars, Saudi Arabia’s highest religious body, by royal…

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