Prince Turki Al-Faisal, the Saudi Ambassador to the United Kingdom and Ireland took part in the inauguration of the 22nd session of the Conference of the Federation of European Arabists and Specialists in Islam which started in Poland on Wednesday. Addressing the four-day conference, Prince Turki emphasized the importance of dialogue among various civilizations. He called for the establishment of centers for research on the West at Arab universities to explain to the Arab and Muslim countries the 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 changes. '' Islamic Sharia has been the base of building process in the Kingdom and it will be so in the process of the reform witnessed by the Kingdom,'' the Prince said.
