Sheikh Aidh Al Qarni has survived an assassination attempt in the Philippines.
A leading Saudi cleric was shot and injured at a public event in the Philippines on Tuesday, according to Filipino authorities.
Al Arabiya quoted an unnamed Filipino official as saying Sheikh Ayed al-Qarni was “in a good condition” after being shot in the hand by an unknown gunman at Western Mindanao State University in Zamboanga.
The official added that Filipino security forces shot dead the gunman.
"We pinned down the gunman. He's dead," Filipino spokesperson Helen Galvez told AFP. “We are investigating this incident.”
Galvez said the gunman used a .45-caliber pistol.
The cleric, who has over 12 million followers on Twitter, is being treated in hospital along with Sheikh Turki Assaegh, who is a preacher and an official with the Saudi embassy in the Philippines.
The shooting took place at 820pm local time (1220pm GMT), according to Filipino news website Rabbler.
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strivingobserver98
03-13-2016, 01:17 PM
After receiving 4 gunshots in his body through assassination attempt in Philippines last week, Sheikh Aid Al-Qarni is still doing da'wah & bringing more people from the darknesses into the light of Islam.
This time 20 more Filipinos accepted Islam, right in his hospital room, Allaahu Akbar!
The Major Scholars, Sheikh Abdul-Aziz Al ash-Sheikh and Sheikh Saalih Al-Fawzaan visiting Shiekh Aid al-Qarni. The love amongst our Scholars. May Allah preserve them all.
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