Haia launches campaign on importance of prayer

The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (Haia) has launched a campaign on the importance of prayer in preventing people from sinning.
The campaign, My Prayer is My Happiness, kicked off last Wednesday and will continue for two weeks in print and electronic media outlets. The aim of the initiative is based on the Qur’anic injunction: “Prayer restrains one from indecency and evil.”
It also seeks to raise community awareness on the importance of prayer in ensuring true happiness, and encourages young people to pray in mosques, the Haia said in a statement.
Riyadh Gov. Prince Turki bin Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz on Tuesday launched at his office a website as part of the initiative, in the presence of Haia Chairman Sheikh Abdullatif Al-Asheikh.
Prince Turki also paid tribute to Abdulrahman bin Majid, a veteran muezzin at Imam Turki bin Abdullah mosque in Riyadh as part of a Haia plan to honor those who call people to prayer from mosques in the capital city.
Prince Turki said the campaign focuses on spiritual obligations that make every person feel at ease and remind them of their Islamic duties.