In pictures: 27 academics and religious scholars granted Saudi Arabian citizenship

In pictures: 27 academics and religious scholars granted Saudi Arabian citizenship

The identities of 27 additional prominent individuals, including Lebanese Sunni and Shia scholars, who were granted citizenship of Saudi Arabia under a new decree issued on Thursday have been revealed.

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Various notable religious figures, as well as medical experts and academics have been named in the latest list of new Saudi citizens.

Here is a list of the 27 individuals who have received Saudi citizenship:

Radwan Nayef al-Sayed

Radwan al-Sayed is a Lebanese thinker and writer who is the former editor-in-chief of the quarterly al-Ijtihad magazine.

He was a senior signatory of the Makkah al-Mukarramah Document, and holds a bachelor degree from the Faculty of Theology at al-Azhar University and a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Tübingen in Germany.

Al-Sayed is also a contributor to Al Arabiya.

Mustafa Ceric

Originally from Bosnia, Ceric is a noteworthy Islamic scholar and religious leader.

He held the post of Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1999 to 2012, in which he promoted tolerance towards other faiths and an integration of Islam into European societies.

Ceric was educated at al-Azhar University in Cairo and received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.

Hussein Daoudi

Daoudi is President of the Scandinavian