On 14/8/1412 AH, King Salman bin Abdulaziz issued a decree to establish the General Authority for Awqaf, approving an annual budget for a period of five years, which is considered an advance to be reimbursed later. The decree includes the appointment of the members of the first Board of Directors of the Authority by order of the Prime Minister, and assigns the Ministry of Islamic Affairs to represent the Kingdom in conferences related to awqaf and to oversee the detained mosques. It was also emp...