year fourth session, the monarch said Shoura (consultation) is a principle of Islam, a pillar of the system of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and a tradition which was actively practiced in the Kingdom for 80 years. He recalled that the third article of the Shoura Council system was thrice amended to accommodate the expansion of the assembly from 60 to 90 members in its second session, from 90 to 120 in its third session and from 120 to 150 in the current fourth session. Islam is the religion that calls for benevolence and rejects evil, calls for peaceful co-existence among nations and civilizations and bars aggression and corruption. In Islam there is no room for violence, extremism, fanaticism, oppression, terrorism or assault against people or confiscation of properties of others, the monarch said, vowing that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia will never allow the deviant group to harm the security of the nation or destabilize it. --More 2301 Local Time 2001 GMT
