CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES KING ABDULLAH BIN ABDULAZIZ RECEIVED MEMBERS OF THE PRESIDING COMMISSION AT KING ABDULAZIZ CENTER FOR NATIONAL DIALOGUE, LED BY GENERAL PRESIDENT FOR THE GRAND MOSQUE AND PROPHET'S MOSQUE SHEIKH SALIH BIN ABDULRAHMAN AL-HUSSEIN, WHO IS CHAIRMAN OF THE 6TH NATIONAL MEETING FOR INTELLECTUAL DIALOGUE; DR. RASHID AL-RAJIH AL-SHAREEF; DR. ABDULLAH OMER NASEEF; DR. ABDULLAH BIN SALIH AL-OBEID, MINISTER OF EDUCATION; FAISAL BIN ABDULRAHMAN BIN MOA'MMAR, ADVISOR AT THE ROYAL COURT AND SECRETARY GENERAL OF KING ABDULAZIZ CENTER FOR NATIONAL DIALOGUE AND MALE AND FEMALE PARTICIPANTS IN THE 6TH NATIONAL MEETING OF INTELLECTUAL DIALOGUE WHICH WAS HELD IN AL-JOAF, SAUDI ARABIA, FROM 28 - 30 NOVEMBER 2006 UNDER THE TITLE "EDUCATION: REALITY AND WAYS OF ITS DEVELOPMENT". THE AUDIENCE WAS ATTENDED BY CROWN PRINCE SULTAN BIN ABDULAZIZ, DEPUTY PREMIER, MINISTER OF DEFENSE AND AVIATION AND INSPECTOR GENERAL. ADDRESSING THE GATHERING, SHEIKH AL-HUSSEIN SAID UPON DIRECTIVES OF THE MONARCH TO HOLD DIALOGUE AMONG SERVICE INSTITUTIONS AND THE SOCIETY TO DISCUSS THE CHALLENGES FACING THE SERVICE CONCERNED AND ANTICIPATE EXPECTATIONS OF THE PEOPLE, THIS SERIES STARTED WITH EDUCATION. HE POINTED TO THE DIFFERENCE OF CHALLENGES FACING SERVICE INSTITUTIONS OF TODAY AND THOSE FACING THEM IN THE PAST, NOTING THAT SCHOOL WAS THE SINGLE SOURCE OF INTELLECTUAL FEEDING IN THE PAST WHILE ITS SOURCES ARE NUMEROUS TODAY, INCREASING THE RESPONSIBILITY OF SCHOOL IN RECTIFYING WRONG THOUGHTS AND TEACHING CORRECT IDEAS. FOLLOWING THE COLLAPSE OF COMMUNISM, THE OTHER SIDE HAS TO HAVE A NEW ENEMY, OBVIOUSLY LOOKING FOR ITS HISTORICAL ENEMY ISLAM WHICH HAS BEEN DEFAMED AND LINKED TO TERRORISM AND VIOLENCE, AL-HUSSEIN SAID. --MORE
