Naji Sadiq al Mufti

Naji Sadiq al Mufti C. BE ( Arabic ناجي صادق المفتي, DMG Nāǧī Ṣādiq al-Muftī ; * Lebanon , bl. 1979 - 2004 ) is a Saudi diplomat in retirement .

Career

From 1979 to 1982 he was chargé Ministre plénipotentiaire in Lodon and represented Nasser Almanqour in his absence.

From 1987 to 1991 he was ambassador to Mexico City

From 1993 to 2004 he was ambassador to Ankara . From 1996 he was also accredited as ambassador to Baku ( Azerbaijan ) based in Ankara . Foreigners in Saudi Arabia are also subject to Sharia law . On August 11, 1995, the Saudi Arabian state beheaded two Turks along with six other foreigners. On August 14, 1995, two more Turkish immigrants were beheaded. The Turkish government's efforts to use diplomatic pressure to prevent the Saudi government from beheading twenty more Turkish citizens have been unsuccessful. On August 15, 1995, in Ankara, the al Mufti declared that the kingdom would continue to apply its Sharia law and would not submit to outside pressure.

On March 31, 2012, the Saudi daily Okaz reported from Jeddah that al Mufti had appeared at the pensioners' meeting of the Saudi Foreign Ministry.

predecessor	Office	successor
Mohamed Hamzah Charara	Saudi Ambassador to Mexico City from 1987 to 1991	Hussien Assiri
Abdulaziz bin Mohieddin el-Hodscha	Saudi Ambassador to Ankara from 1993 to 2004	Mohammed Raja Abdullah Al-Hussaini Al Sharif

Individual evidence

↑ Great Britain. Foreign and Commonwealth Office, The London diplomatic list, HMSO, 1982, p. 62
↑ EUROPA WORLD YRBK 1991 Taylor & Francis, August 1, 1991, p. 1819
↑ President of Azerbaijan Heydər Əliyev receives the credentials of Naji Sadiq Mufti as Saudi Arabia's ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary. comp. The Middle East, Abstracts and Index 1996, p. 453
↑ Foreigners in Saudi Arabia were subject to the same rules as citizens. On August 11, 1995, the Saudi Arabian state beheaded two Turks along with six other foreigners. Three days later, on August 14, 1995, two more Turkish immigrants were beheaded. Turkey's efforts to keep Saudi Arabia from beheading twenty additiona Turkisch citizens by applying diplomatic pressure on the host country were unsuccessful. See, Nedim Ögelman, in edited by Rey Koslowski, International Migration and the Globalization of Domestic Politics, p. 54
↑ The Saud ambassador in Ankara, Naji al-Mufti, said on August 15 that the kingdom will continue to apply its sharia-based law and not submit to outside pressures. Four Turkish citizens were executed in the kingdom in early August, prompting protests in Turkey cf. Middle East Economic Digest , 1995 p. 20

personal data
SURNAME	Mufti, Naji Sadiq al
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Saudi diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH	20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lebanon

[1] Great Britain. Foreign and Commonwealth Office, The London diplomatic list, HMSO, 1982, p. 62

[2] EUROPA WORLD YRBK 1991 Taylor & Francis, August 1, 1991, p. 1819

[3] President of Azerbaijan Heydər Əliyev receives the credentials of Naji Sadiq Mufti as Saudi Arabia's ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary. comp. The Middle East, Abstracts and Index 1996, p. 453

[4] Foreigners in Saudi Arabia were subject to the same rules as citizens. On August 11, 1995, the Saudi Arabian state beheaded two Turks along with six other foreigners. Three days later, on August 14, 1995, two more Turkish immigrants were beheaded. Turkey's efforts to keep Saudi Arabia from beheading twenty additiona Turkisch citizens by applying diplomatic pressure on the host country were unsuccessful. See, Nedim Ögelman, in edited by Rey Koslowski, International Migration and the Globalization of Domestic Politics, p. 54

[5] The Saud ambassador in Ankara, Naji al-Mufti, said on August 15 that the kingdom will continue to apply its sharia-based law and not submit to outside pressures. Four Turkish citizens were executed in the kingdom in early August, prompting protests in Turkey cf. Middle East Economic Digest , 1995 p. 20