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[email protected] WEBSITE newsofbahrain.com Carey Mulligan had fun with violent scenes in ‘Promising Young Woman’ 10 CELEBS BUSINESS 5 Stocks welcome Yellen’s call to ‘act big’ on virus spending HM King issues decree Last update - 9:00 pm on endowment affairs 20 January 2021 TDT | Manama Islamic Sharia. Each council shall have full is Majesty King Hamad authority over its affiliate en- Hbin Isa Al Khalifa yes - dowments regarding their Individuals vaccinated terday issued Royal Decree management, preservation and 3/2020, replacing Article (1) of construction, as well as the col- Decree 6/1985 with regards to lection of their revenues and the Organisation of the Sunni their distribution to the rele- and Jaffari Councils and their vant beneficiaries. The heads Directorates. of endowments are appointed The new article stipulates and dismissed as per decisions that the Sunni and Jaffari en- taken by the councils. dowments shall each be over- HM the King The phrase “The Minister in seen by a council. Each council shall manage charge of endowment affairs” The two councils shall be in- its endowments, disburse their shall replace the phrase “Min- dependent entities that report revenues, preserve their assets ister of Justice and Islamic Af- to the minister in charge of en- and develop them in accord- fairs” wherever it appears in dowment affairs.