Ibn Saud - Views

Views

In regard to essential values for the state and people he said that 'Two things are essential to our State and our people ... religion and the rights inherited from our fathers.'

Amani Hamdan argues that the attitude of Ibn Saud towards women's education was encouraging, since he expressed his support in a conversation with St John Philby, where he stated “It is permissible for women to read.”

His last words to his two sons, the future King Saud and the next in line Prince Faisal, who were already battling each other, were: 'You are brothers, unite!'

Briefly before his death, King Abdulaziz stated "Verily, my children and my possessions are my enemies."

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