Saudi national dialogue accepts for the woman what does not violate religion

Works of the national meeting for intellectual dialogue yesterday concluded its third phase in al-Madina al-Munawara. The meeting lasted for three days and was under the title " the woman.. her rights and duties and education connection to that."

Some 35 figures representing elite Saudi men and women in the areas of media, culture and literature took part in the events of the dialogue which dealt with woman's issue, her rights and legal duties; work, education and role in society. Some 18 research subjects were debated and discussed during 9 work sessions.

The Saudi news agency said that the recommendations " concentrated on the importance that the woman is to enjoy all her due rights guaranteed by religion and the call to make a distinction between norms and traditions and the Islamic Jurisprudence." The participants commended "the rightful leadership support of the idea of the dialogue," in remarks to King Fahd and to Crown Prince Abdullah and to the defense minister Prince Sultan.

The participants in the meeting also issued a decision "denouncing the criminal acts practiced at the local and international level." After they had referred to what "our country suffers of events, explosions and assassination acts of innocent people and destruction of properties," they stressed what the " Sharia stated in holding executors of these acts responsible for their crimes."