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Thursday 03 Mar 2016 - 13:34 Makkah mean time-23-5-1437
Manila (IINA) - Prominent Saudi Islamic scholar Sheikh Ayed Al-Qarni, who was shot and wounded on Tuesday in the Philippines after delivering a lecture at a university, tweeted on Wednesday that he was in good health, Arab News reported.
The famous Saudi scholar posted the message in Arabic, which translates: “I bring good news to you that I am OK and well, thank God”. His tweet was re-tweeted 24,665 times in a few hours.
Hundreds of his followers from many parts of the world wished him a speedy recovery. Al-Qarni has over 12 million followers on Twitter.
Al-Qarni and a diplomat from the Saudi embassy in the Philippines were both wounded in a shooting as the duo left a university auditorium in the southern port city of Zamboanga, where he delivered a lecture.
Abdullah bin Nasir Al-Busairi, the Saudi ambassador to the Philippines, visited the scholar at the Zamboanga City hospital. Al-Qarni was later flown to Manila for further treatment.
The 57-year-old Al-Qarni has a massive following in Saudi Arabia and the Muslim world. He is the author of several influential books including the best seller La Tahzan (Don’t Be Sad), with millions of copies sold worldwide.
Significantly, French academic Stephane Lacroix included him in his book “Awakening Islam” as “the most famous” of Saudi preachers.
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