RIYADH, Aug 4 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) - King Fahd Bin Abdel-Aziz of Saudi Arabia has agreed to establish “King Abdel-Aziz National Dialogue Center” with an aim to boosting and widening the process of national dialogue and consultations.

Saudi Al-Watan newspaper has published a speech by Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah Bin Abdel-Aziz to the Saudi people Sunday, August 3, in which he said that King Fahd agreed to set up a national dialogue center to be a practical means for developing a constructive dialogue in the kingdom.

The Crown prince added that such a center would be “a historical achievement that contributes to finding an effective channel for expression in the fight against extremism and fanaticism”.

The Crown Prince emphasized in this regard the necessity of applying the ethics of dialogue “that should be based on the worthy Muslim ancestors’ traditions adopted by the kingdom.”

He pointed out that those worthy Muslim ancestors had only been arguing through wisdom and good deeds. They followed the traditions of prophet Mohammed, may God’s peace and blessings be upon him.

“Saudi leadership and people won’t allow the freedom of dialogue to turn into nonsense and attacks against our enlightened symbols and scholars,” he reiterated.

“This nation can’t generate ideas that deviate from the constants of the Islamic doctrine. It won’t also accept ideas contrary to the instructions of Islam and adopt false notions to justify the evil objectives of horrifying Muslims,” he added.

“Our Saudi people do not accept any alternative for moderateness that denies fanaticism as well as deviation from the righteous path.”

Prince Abdullah pointed out that the Saudi king’s approval of setting up the center came in the wake of holding “the national gathering for intellectual dialogue” that concluded its activities on Wednesday June 18, in which an elite of citizens of different tendencies participated.

More than 50 intellectuals and religious leaders representing the Sunni majority and minority Shiite as well as the technocrat and liberals participated in the gathering that made its recommendations Friday June 20 to the Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah.

The recommendations denied religious extremism and emphasized the necessity of dialogue for a better coexistence.

Saudi Crown Prince met on January 22 with 36 intellectuals, out of 104 who had signed an instrument that included new ideas for a constitutional reform. He then underlined that “the internal reforms in the kingdom is yet a matter of time.”

The instrument includes a tendency towards a constitutional reform in Saudi Arabia that may lead to establishing an institutional state and an elected legislative power that has a monitoring control over other powers.

The document also calls for “ensuring general and basic rights of citizens, including freedom of speech and expression and the necessity of dealing with women’s status within the community.”