SAUDI AMBASSADOR TO INDIA SALEH BIN MOHAMMED AL-GHAMDI POINTED OUT THAT THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA IS AGAINST TERRORISM IN ALL ITS FORMS. DELIVERING A LECTURE ON ISLAM AND THE WEST AT FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE OF INDIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY BEFORE DIPLOMATS PARTICIPATING IN THE 41ST PROFESSIONAL SESSION OF FOREIGN DIPLOMATS, HE SAID THAT ISLAM IS A RELIGION OF MODERATION AND THAT THE KINGDOM, THE CRADLE OF ISLAM, STRONGLY CALLS FOR MODERATION, TOLERANCE AND COEXISTENCE. THE AMBASSADOR NOTED THAT THE KINGDOM SEES MODERATION AS THE BEST WAY AND THE SHARPEST WEAPON TO FIGHT EXTREMISM AND FANATICISM. THE AMBASSADOR INDICATED THAT SOME MALICIOUS CIRCLES HAVE LAUNCHED A CAMPAIGN IN THE RECENT YEARS TO ATTRIBUTE A TERROR CHARGE TO THE KINGDOM THROUGH PUBLICATION OF LIES AND FABRICATED ALLEGATIONS WHICH HAVE PROVED FALSE. HE STRESSED THAT THE KINGDOM DOES NOT APPROVE THE IDEA OF CLASHES OF CIVILIZATIONS AND REJECTS DIVISION OF THE WORLD ON IDEOLOGICAL OR RELIGIOUS BASES.