VOL. XLVII

No 02

12-January-2004

Middle East Document

SAUDI ARABIA

Saudi Reform

(MEES Translation)

The following is a MEES translation of the text of the final communiqué and recommendations of the Second National Intellectual Dialogue meeting in Makkah which was published on the Elaph website on 4 January.

In pursuance of Shari'a principles based on safeguarding peoples interest and concern with the public good, carrying out the responsibility borne by the countrys clergy and intellectuals, and...