Saudi Interior Minister Prince Naif Bin Abdulaziz said the educational authorities in his country have banned the collection of donations from students at all levels toward or for the benefit of charitable organizations. He said that it was necessary to restrict this matter. The General Education Administration in the Riyadh area confirmed in a report earlier this month that government and charitable schools, as well as private educational institutions in and around the city of Riyadh, would be prohibited from collecting donations inside schools for any charitable organizations whatsoever.
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Dayafallah al-Balawi, the supervisor general for Charitable Associations and Organizations in the Saudi Ministry of Social Affairs, denied that his administration had registered any violations in the collection of funds. Dayfallah al-Balawi told that it is in the interest of charitable work in Saudi Arabia that it is subject to regulated procedures and that this is perfectly valid. Concerning ways of collecting donations, Al-Balawi explained that there are methods and procedures, such as transferred contributions authorized by the ministry or contributions collected by authorized agents on behalf of charitable organizations working in the area of specialty of these organizations but not outside of them.
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In his remarks on Interior Minister Prince Naif's telegram concerning the banning of collecting donations inside schools and the consequences of specific violations committed by some persons, he reported that such a directive confirms the necessity of following orderly procedures in collecting funds for charitable works in compliance with stipulations for collecting donations, and he denied in the same context that his administration had registered violations by charitable organizations associated with it in this regard. |