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| The national flag of Saudi Arabia. Photo by: Iappsofts website |
The Saudi Press Agency (SPA), the national news agency of the country has revealed that 13 expatriates has embraced Islam yesterday. The the largest Arab state in Western Asia, in a statement by Director of the Cooperative Office for Call and Guidance and Illumination of Foreign Communities (COCG) to SPA, Mr. Saud bin Zayed Al-Manea thanked to God Almighty for the 13 new expatriates who converted to Islam. The director Saud bin Zayed Al-Manea also stressed that the office in Dhulm usually follows up the newly converted Muslims through preachers who teach them the basic fundamentals of Islam and also providing them with translated copies of the Holy Quran. Among the newly converted muslims of Dhulm, Al-Kharj a city in central Saudi Arabia includes 10 Filipinos, 2 women from Nepal and 1 woman from India. Al-Kharj is located at a distance of 77 km south of Saudi capital Riyadh. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was founded by Abdul-Aziz bin Saud in 1932 where currently consists an estimated 16 million citizens with 9 million registered foreign expatriates and 2 million illegal immigrants according to the authorities.
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