Prince Khalid Alfaisal opens conference

MAKKAH, November 30 , SPA -- Under the patronage of Custodian of the
Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, Prince Khalid Alfaisal
bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Makkah Region, opened here today the 9th
Makkah conference organized by the Muslim World League on the subject
of explaining Islam in non-Muslim countries.

A group of scholars, intellectuals and Islamic universities'
professors will participate in the three-day conference.

A speech ceremony was held on the occasion. The speakers included the
chairman of the scholarly committee of the conference Dr. Ahmad bin
Nafia' Almoraa'i, former undersecretary of Alazhar Dr. Omar Aldeen
Mohammad Mahmood, Secretary General of Muslim World League Dr.
Abdullah Alturki.

Dr. Omar Aldeen Mohammad Mahmood delivered a speech on behalf of the
participants in the conference thanking the king for his patronage of
the conference and the Saudi government and people for the services
provided to the pilgrims.

In his speech, Dr. Alturki wished success for the conference and
thanked the king for his patronage of the conference and Prince
Khalid for opening it.

The Grand Mufti of the kingdom Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al
Alsheikh delivered a speech in which he underlined the importance of
explaining Islam correctly and moderately away from extremism.

Prince Khalid Alfaisal delivered a speech in which he highlighted
Saudi Arabia's following of Islam since its unification by the late
King Abdulaziz, its care for the development of the holy sites and
its facilitation of Hajj.

Prince Khalid reviewed Saudi efforts to promote dialogue and
highlighted Saudi success in confronting the crimes of terrorism by
successive security preemptive actions.

He added that the kingdom is continuing its confrontation of the
deviant thought and called for collective Islamic efforts to fight
it.

--SPA