Abdul Aziz Quotes & Sayings

I distributed my wealth among my children and set aside a portion for endowment to run charity projects. — Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi

Banks are concerned the central bank is imposing too many regulations. If the trend continues, we'll swing to heavy regulation. We need to have balanced regulation to encourage the economy. — Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair

Sometimes there are customers who get in difficulty because of situations that are out of their control. These are customers with genuine needs, and the role of the bank is to accommodate these customers, and there is a real need to reschedule the loans of these customers. — Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair

We will not accept in our country even a single soldier who will attack Muslims or Arabs. — Sultan Bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud

I am in constant search of charitable work and thank Allah that I am happy, that my children are happy, and I like that all of my family is happy. — Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi

The rejection of Western democracy derives from the same rejection of secularism but was further sharpened by the Saudi Arabian establishment's aversion to democracy's subversive streak and the threat it posed to the Saudi monarchy if unleashed. Saudi scholars such as Sheikh Bakr Ibn Abu Zaid consistently attacked democracy and the freedoms it flaunted as anti-Islamic. Mohammed Yusuf was heavily influenced by the writings of Saudi-based scholars such as Bakr Ibn Abu Zaid, Sheikh Abdul Aziz Ibn Abd-Allah Ibn Baaz (1910-99), and Sheikh Muhammad al-Amin ash Shanqiti (1907-73). As mentioned before, all of Yusuf's opponents side-stepped the issue of democracy being un-Islamic, thereby making the issue appear incontestable or settled. — Kyari Mohammed

No nation has embraced Total Quality Management, e-commerce and e-government with greater enthusiasm than Dubai. Such innovations have given Dubai a competitive edge and an accelerated growth rate that few could match. — Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair

We have warned and continue to warn against calls for the division of Iraq, which come up now and then, calling for sectarian rights or minority freedoms. — Sultan Bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud

In the U.A.E. we were the least-regulated environment in the region, and over time we are seeing more and more regulation coming in. On the other hand, a central bank can overregulate and choke the economy, and then we will have a dead banking industry. — Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair

If we pursue organic farming as our healthy food style, we can bring down cost of treatment to a great extent. — Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi

My experiment in money exchange was the temptation to set up a bank. The absence of any Islamic banking was also another factor in establishing Al-Rajhi Bank, which is now the world's biggest Islamic lender by market value. — Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi

In the current environment, we find it very difficult to defend America, and so we keep our silence. Because, to be very frank with you, how can we defend America? — Sultan Bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud

Dubai's world class physical infrastructure has already established it as a major player in terms of trade, tourism and as the leading conference and exhibition venue in this part of the world. — Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair

The Central Bank should have a permanent window for discounting high quality securities where banks could go and discount these. It gives peace of mind to the banks. In the absence of this facility, what banks tend to do is to keep a liquidity cushion for emergency requirements. This is a very expensive way of managing liquidity. — Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair

Usually, people in the Islamic world set aside one-third or one-fourth of their wealth for endowment, and that will be effective only after their death. But in my case, I decided to implement this decision in my lifetime itself. — Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi

How can you satisfy your hunger while your neighbor is spending the night hungry? — Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi

We are not against religions. This country is the cradle of prophecy and the true message and we will not contradict this. — Sultan Bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud

One of the biggest challenges for the MENA region is unemployment coupled with high population growth rates. The World Bank is committed to supporting infrastructure projects that will help with job creation across the region. — Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair

Saudi Arabia has also changed. People today are connecting with each other all across the world through small gadgets and television. It's a different society. — Sultan Bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud

So prevalent was the belief among Delhiwallahs that Englishmen were the product of an illicit union between apes and the women of Sri Lanka (or alternatively between 'apes and hogs') that the city's leading theologian, Shah Abdul Aziz, had to issue a fatwa expressing his opinion that such a view had no basis in the Koran or the Hadiths, and that however oddly the firangis might behave, they were none the less Christians and thus People of the Book.15 As long as wine and pork were not served, it was therefore perfectly permissible to mix with them (if one should for any strange reason wish to do so) — William Dalrymple

I think the market should reward banks that have been transparent in recognising their problems. I think the tendency of banks to hide the problem assets over a period of three or four years should not be allowed. — Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair

One way to ease liquidity for banks is that the government can buy all highly rated securities held by the banks. Every single bank in the U.A.E. has some sovereign debts in their portfolios. I am not asking them to buy any junk bonds, rather the high quality U.A.E. government debt. — Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair

With King Abdullah's leadership and his people's trust he can keep the kingdom stable and secure in all its affairs. — Sultan Bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud

Why borrow if you are not in need of it? You must lend feet to the maximum of your bed only, and not to borrow except in the case of necessity. — Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi

In the past, I never gave money to my children when they were young in return for nothing. When one of them approached me to give them cash, I asked them to do some work in exchange for it. — Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi

One of the main characteristics that differentiates Dubai from other commercial centres is its openness to innovation and the freedoms it grants people and institutions to operate. — Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair

In the past, the West had tried to export one formula of democracy which should fit to the rest of the world, and they discovered that this doesn't work. — Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair

We are glad to tie up with a humanitarian organization, which is being promoted by Prince Abdul Aziz. This partnership will greatly help in assisting needy renal-failure patients by supplying them equipment, medicines and other medical supplies, while encouraging and supporting scientific research. — Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi

MODERN SAUDI HISTORY IN FIVE EASY LESSONS
If you did not go hungry in the reign of King Abdul Aziz, you would never go hungry.
If you did not have fun in the reign of King Saud, you would never have fun.
If you did not go to prison in the reign of King Faisal, you would never go to prison.
If you did not make money in the reign of King Khaled, you would never make money.
If you did not go bankrupt in the reign of King Fahd ... — Robert Lacey