THE open discussion between Prince Naif Bin Abdul Aziz, Second Deputy Premier and Minister of Interior, and students and staff from Jeddah's King Abdul Aziz University was significant, with its focus centered on essential issues concerning the reality of the vocational and professional sphere. That reality includes the extensive role the Saudi business community can play, from creating job opportunities for young Saudis to working to employ the skills of qualified Saudis. He also addressed the necessity of correcting the deviant thought that contradicts Islam's pure teachings. Such malicious thought includes promoting terrorism and seeking to make extremism the path towards creating a state of chaos in the Arab and Muslim Worlds, all of which comes in compliance with a foreign agenda that serves neither the citizen nor the Ummah. And when Prince Naif Bin Abdul Aziz stresses that adhering to Islamic Shariah does not contradict advancement and development, he does so because the Kingdom benefits from technology and science, just like the rest of the world, which makes that claim of contradiction wrong because Islam is the religion of advancement and development. The discussion was one between a figure in a position of responsibility and seekers of knowledge concerning the present and future issues of the reality of this land, a perspective from which stems the value of the ideas expressed in the Prince's speech on moderation in thought and behavior, with a moderate vision free of extremism and harm, all within a national framework and based on dialogue and advice, free from destructive thought and deviant opinion. __
