DR. SADAQA BIN YAHYA FADHEL, MEMBER OF THE SHOURA COUNCIL OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA, SAID TODAY THAT THE KINGDOM WAS AND HAS BEEN AMONG THE WORLD'S STAUNCHEST FIGHTERS OF TERRORISM AND AMONG THE MOST SUCCESSFUL IN FIGHTING THE PHENOMENON, REITERATING THE KINGDOM'S CALL FOR FORGING AN INTERNATIONAL DEFINITION FOR TERRORISM THAT DIFFERENTIATES BETWEEN TERRORISM AND NATIONAL RESISTANCE. IN A SPEECH BEFORE THE INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AND PEACE COMMITTEE OF THE INTERNATIONAL PARLIAMENTARY UNION IN GENEVA, FADHEL SAID THE KINGDOM WAS NEVER HESITANT IN COOPERATING WITH THE WORLD COMMUNITY IN THE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM CONSIDERING THAT WAY AS THE ONLY WAY TO ERADICATE THE PHENOMENON. HE RECALLED THAT THE KINGDOM WAS AMONGST THE MOST WHO SUFFERED FROM TERRORISM TRIGGERING IT TO BECOME AMONG THE FIRST SIGNATORIES OF THE ANTI-TERRORISM ARAB PACT ISSUED BY THE ARAB LEAGUE IN 1983. HE SAID SUCH NATIONAL EFFORTS TO FIGHT THE PHENOMENON WILL NEVER WIPE IT OUT, UNLESS CONCERTED BY AN INTERNATIONAL ENDEAVOR TO ADDRESS THE ROOTS OF THE PROBLEM, NOTING THAT COLONIZATION, GRIEVANCE AND OPPRESSION POLICIES AND DEPRIVATION OF RIGHTS ARE AMONG THE CAUSES OF THE PROBLEM. HE CALLED FOR RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL RESISTANCE OF OCCUPATION AND RECOGNITION OF INALIENABLE RIGHTS OF PEOPLES IN FAIR LIVING . HE SAID THE FIRST STEP TO FIGHT TERRORISM IS TO RESIST COLONIZATION, GRIEVANCE AND SUPPRESSION AND TO RESTORE NATIONAL RIGHTS. HE CALLED FOR CONSIDERING THE NATIONAL RESISTANCE A LEGITIMATE RIGHT ACCORDING TO SHARIA LAW. HE HIGHLIGHTED THE EFFORTS OF THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT IN THE FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM, CITING THE HOSTING OF AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN RIYADH AND THE CALL FOR ESTABLISHING AN INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR THE FIGHT ON TERRORISM TO BE BASED IN THE SAUDI CAPITAL. ALSO HIGHLIGHTED BY DR. FADHEL WAS THE ROLE OF THE SHOURA COUNCIL IN FIGHTING TERRORISM THROUGH ENACTING LAWS AND REGULATIONS, CALLING FOR BIGGER ROLE OF PARLIAMENTS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE PHENOMENON.
