The meetings of the Annual Conference for Implementing the Reform Initiative in the Arab World were resumed here today. During the conference, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies Prince Turki Al Faisal reviewed the achievements of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the fields of reform. He said that reform was not a new invention in the Islamic Arab concept, but was contained in the Holy Quran and Sunnah and approved as a basis for rule in the Kingdom. Prince Turki asserted that the Kingdom had achieved tremendous achievements in economic, social, cultural and administrative development which increased after the discovery of oil and the availability of necessary financial resources. He also reviewed the Kingdom's achievements in the field of political development through the establishment of the Basic Law, Shoura Council, Municipal Councils and two human rights organizations. The participants discussed reform experiences in several Arab countries, stressing the importance of implementing Arab reform initiative in all fields.
