Talk:Faisal bin Musa'id

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• The writer/social anthropologist Madawi Al Rasheed writes that they had to leave Saudi Arabia after 1975..as her fathers sisters son Prince Faisal bin Musad had assassinated his paternal uncel, King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. Nothing is mentioned about the Rashidi connection on the Prince Faisal bin Musad page, perhaps it should be? I am presently reading the book by Madawi Al Rasheed, does anybody else have a knowledge/opinion about it? -Look at the Rashidi page and discussion site for ref. Huldra 00:55, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

• I changed the inf. about prince Khalid beeing shot during demonstrations; according to his maternal relatives he was shot by the police in his own home. -Huldra

[edit] The Celebration of Prophet Muhammad's (PBUH) Birthday

This article states: "where King Faisal was holding a celebration for the birthday of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam"

This claim needs backing up, the celebration of the birthday of the Prophet (PBUH) is agreed to be an innovation according to Sunni doctrine, so how could King Faisal (the ruler of Saudi Arabia) be celebrating it?

I realized that, but the New York Times articles from the 1970s that I consulted to write this article said that he was celebrating the Prophet's Birthday, I dont know what else to make of it DigiBullet 11:38, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

I concur, religious innovations such as celebrating a Prophet's birthday is typically forbidden in Saudi Arabia. The simplest explanation would be that the NYT writer didn't know this, after all, they didn't have Wikipedia. :) However, according to Wikipedia, Sunni's believe Prophet Mohammed was born on 12th of Rabi'-ul-Awwal, which happens to be the 25th of March in 1975 (with a small probability of error). It's possible they had the Prophet's birthday in mind, or it was just coincidental that a town-hall meeting was held on the same day, but as far as I know celebrations are never thrown. But kind of a moot point now, since that bit has been removed.--Fshafique (talk) 01:44, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

Apparently, Wikipedia already has an article on this celebration: Eid-e-Milad. And rightly enough Saudi Arabia does not support it, and its religious establishment forbids it.