30Sep2004 Prince Turki Al-Faisal addresses conference of European academics

Warsaw, 30th September 2004

Saudi Ambassador to the United Kingdom and Ireland Prince Turki Al-Faisal took part in inauguration of the 22nd session of the Conference of the Federation of European Arabists and Specialists in Islam, which commenced in Poland on Wednesday.

Addressing the four-day conference, Prince Turki emphasized the importance of dialogue among civilizations. He called for the establishment of centres of research on the West at Arab universities to explain to Arab and Muslim countries the various changes taking place in the West. Prince Turki also proposed that these universities grant Arab students scholarships to study the West, its civilization and political and social change. He said that Islamic Sharia law has been the basis for development and will be the basis for reform in the Kingdom.

Source: SPA

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