The Intellectual Awareness Unit in collaboration with the General Secretariat of Senior Scholars is hosting Sheikh Abdullah bin Saeed Al-Manea as part of the visiting scholar initiative program on the 20^th of Rabīʿ Al-Awwal. The purpose of King Khalid University’s Islamic Values Program is to embrace and encourage a moderate approach in all aspects of civic life. Also, the program calls for rejection of extremist views and considers radical teachings counter-productive and void ab initio.

Deputy Supervisor of the Intellectual Awareness Unit, Dr. Misfer bin Ahmed Al-Wadie, explained that the program involves a series of meetings and forums with senior scholars in Saudi Arabia. Their role is to enhance and support scholarly endeavors while refuting false or misleading statements and accusations being propagated on various forms of social media.

This is the fourth in a series of meetings which aims to highlight the role of scholars and also:

• Bolster the status of scholars;
• Compare sources of acceptance in the life of young people;
• Advise on the legal approach to deal with misleading accusations;
• Highlight the dangers of atheism to people of faith.