First time in Saudi journalism history - Shia scholarly figure praised

By: Abdulali

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia: It happened for the first time in Saudi journalism history that a magazine which is published from Riyadh praised a grand Shia scholarly personality.

In its 27 November 2004 edition, Al-Yamamah magazine commended Sheikh Ahmed bin Zeyn-oddin Al-Ahsayi was a significant Islamic philosopher since last two centuries.

It further said that Sheikh Ahmed Al-Ahsayi is one of great personalities in our Islamic history. His scholarly fame began from Al-Ahsaa and spread towards Bahrain and then to Iraq, Iran and other Islamic countries. He was one of great figures of Al-Ahsaa in 12th and 13th hijri centuries.

This praise came in a special discussion conducted by the magazine with Hassan Ash-Sheikh, author of “Aakerul Felaspha”, regarding publishing of his another book about Sheikh Al-Awhad “Faylsofan Tha’eran”.

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