Riyadh, Mar. 10. (BNA) – The Saudi Cabinet has strongly condemned the terror blast which took place in Daih village and claimed the lives of three policemen and wounded several others.

The Saudi Council of Ministers prayed Allah Almighty to rest the souls of the martyrs in eternal peace and protect the Kingdom of Bahrain.

This came the Saudi Cabinet held a session today, under the chairmanship of the Second Deputy Premier, Advisor and Special Envoy of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques HRH Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

The Saudi Cabinet stressed the importance of the correct understanding of the teachings of Islam, which reject dissension, extremism and the politicisation of Islam for partisan purposes.

It endorsed the “statement issued by the Saudi Ministry of Interior culminated by the royal approval, which explained security and intellectual prohibitions on citizens and residents and granting a grace period for participants in fighting outside the Kingdom an additional 15 days for self-revision and return to their homeland.”

It emphasised that the decision “came within the framework of the Kingdom’s keenness to maintain security and stability and fight everything aiming to destabilise the national cohesion and harm Islam’s moderation and its broad and comprehensive concept, and against any deviating thought aiming at harming Islam, Muslims, their faith, security and stability.”

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BNA 1350 GMT 2014/03/10