SDG11: SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES
Introduction
With the advancements in technology, smart entities are becoming increasingly intelligent, therefore, increasing their interaction capabilities with their surrounding environment. Apart from the traditional smart low-profile devices, these entities now involve cars, mobiles, televisions, and extend to universities and smart cities. One of the biproduct of the smart cities is the emergence of the concept of smart campus. The smart campus is a teaching environment, where dynamic interaction between students/users and the surrounding devices takes place using the paradigm of the Internet of Things (IoT).
The Qassim University (QU) is considerably a large university having thousands of students and hundreds of functional units in the central building and also spread across the different cities of the Al-Qassim province. Therefore, the QU can be considered as a small city where many elements need to be connected and decisions be made. The QU thus represents an optimal and practical scenario for the concept of smart campus. With this spirit, the goal of this research is thus to investigate an Indoor Navigation System (INS) as a suitable platform for the QU. As such, the paper reviews the current technologies and opt for the best available and optimal options. For implementation and simulation, the BLE beacon is selected, and user data is analyzed to design a mobile application that includes all the services requested by the users. The system architecture in addition to a 2D map presented in this research will help in identifying the locations of BLE beacons to cover the specific area. The work in this paper is conducted on the main campus of the QU; however, the extension to other setups involves minimum or similar infrastructure.
His Excellency Prof. Dr. Abdulrahman bin Hamad Al-Dawood, Rector of Qassim University, inaugurated the ceremony of the Festival of Peoples' Heritage and the conclusion of student activities for the year 1439 AH in the main lobby on Monday morning, 23 of Rajab 1439 AH, which was organized by the Deanship of Student Affairs represented by the Department of Student Housing with the participation of 25 countries from different countries of the world, where each country represented 5 students of internal and external scholarships to display their products and popular foods and a window of landmarks and civilization of their countries.
The exhibition witnessed the participation of Saudi Arabia, Syria, Afghanistan, Kosovo, Bosnia, Pakistan, Yemen, China, Tunisia, Albania, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Benin, India, Guinea, India, Malawi, Turkey and Chad, and with the participation of 125 students in the exhibition, and the scholarship students presented a sign expressing their thanks to the government of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques for giving them the opportunity to study in Saudi Arabia at the time when the participating students presented popular presentations representing their countries.
Al-Daoud spoke about his sincere thanks for all the work and efforts of students, faculty members and participants in the Festival of Peoples' Heritage or Student Activities, which brings together the various departments and colleges of the university with continuous work and thoughtful planning and the Deanship of Student Affairs is always present in the scientific and cultural curricula and extra-curricular activities and have achieved awards and championships for the university, the most prominent of which is the first place in the championship of the Federation of Saudi Universities Futsal and other distinctive things.
Al-Daoud announced two annunciations for university students, the first of which is to increase students' rewards for the Qur'an and Sunnah by 100% for the importance of these two competitions and to motivate students to participate in benevolent competitions, and pointed out that the university always seeks to encourage its employees to memorize the book of Allah and the Sunnah of His Prophet, the constitution of this blessed country, which the leadership of this country is keen on and to sponsor such competitions under the leadership of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and His Royal Highness Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman - may God protect them - and the university is part of this The dear homeland is our hope that the Deanship of Student Affairs will expand in this field and receive as many university employees as possible, and the other news is the establishment of a charitable fund for scholarship students and will be rented to them and help them and carry out their needs and activities and will have an upcoming announcement in full detail to serve them.
Mohammed Al-Omar, Director of Student Housing and Supervisor of the Peoples' Heritage Festival, stressed that the idea of the festival is based on the representation of scholarship students to display the heritage of their peoples in a festival that brings together the different cultures of the students of Qassim University and the university witnesses the embrace of students of more than 75 countries and the history of the state and the most prominent heritage, monuments and popular cuisine are displayed for the benefit of students and the mechanism of participation lies in the submission of an application from students and the exhibition is studied and then approved.
His Excellency Prof. Dr. Abdulrahman bin Hamad Al-Dawood , Rector of the University, inaugurated on Tuesday morning, the festival "Heritage" Peoples 40", which is organized by the University represented by the Deanship of Student Affairs at the headquarters of the University City of Al-Meida, It includes pavilions for more than 20 different countries, represented by scholarship students studying in various faculties of the university, where it represents Each country has 10 students showcasing the most prominent heritage features of their countries, products and popular cuisines.
The Rector toured the various pavilions of the exhibition and expressed his admiration for the exhibits that contribute to Introduce university students to the cultures of peoples, and provide them with useful information on the diversity of heritage, customs and legacies Among peoples.
The festival aims to showcase the different cultures of the scholarship students and collect them under the dome of the main lobby of the university city The university is home to students from more than 75 countries, and this festival gives them the opportunity To showcase the history of their countries and highlight the heritage, monuments and popular cuisine for the benefit of students, as the festival aims to Decorated with pavilions and flags for each country, to display the folklore of each country, its most prominent landmarks, and to present Popular performances, as well as entertainment theater, competitions and valuable prizes for attendees.
The "Saudia" corner participating in the festival presents a number of popular and heritage legacies of the Kingdom, including: Hijazi sessions, Dates, ghee, Arabic coffee, falcons and pampering famous for the Saudi Majlis, where the pavilion was divided into Two main sections, the first is the Saudi Council section, and the other is the Heritage Section, as the Council has been divided According to the customs and traditions of several regions of the Kingdom to show the cultural diversity in the Kingdom that is characterized by Each region has certain customs and legacies.
The festival has pavilions for many countries of the world, including: India, Indonesia, Ghana, Benin, Afghanistan and Malawi. Syria, Congo, Pakistan, Albania, Russia, Bangladesh, Philippines, Palestine, Ethiopia, Chad, Yemen, Thailand, Kyrgyzstan, Gambia, Singapore, Ivory Coast, Tunisia and Sri Lanka.
The University, represented by the College of Science and Arts for Girls in Al Bukairiyah, organized on Monday, 21/3/1441 AH, an exhibition entitled "The Kingdom between the Ancient and the Modern", which reviewed the diverse cultures of the Kingdom, where the exhibits combined the fragrance of the past and the glorious history of the country, and the culture of the prosperous present, to emphasize the Saudi Arab identity and the rooting of the national heritage in all its aspects.
It also included exhibits representing the civilizations and cultures of the Old Kingdom and its heritage, represented by the products of the popular market and handicrafts of tools
The decorations and tools that the Saudi citizen used in his environment more than 50 years ago, along with other aspects of folklore, which were represented in the display of local costumes in the countryside, folk cuisine and dates with Arabic coffee, in addition to heritage shows, distinctive displays of handicrafts and small crafts associated with fronds and weaving with pictures and leaflets dealing with the most prominent features of the heritage and the country's authentic history.
The exhibition was also characterized by the holding of displays representing modern life in the present as samples of modern devices from smartphones and digital cameras, as well as cork sculptures and paintings representing the Kingdom's Vision 2030, in addition to leaflets, paintings and products representing modern technology, development and modernity.
His Royal Highness Prince Dr. Faisal bin Meshaal bin Saud bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Qassim Province, stressed that the most prominent rooting of the values of coexistence in our dear country is the gathering of Muslims in the House of Allah Al-Haram, and in the mosque of His Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), of all nationalities and sects, which is a near and not distant example that the world sees them and all of them pray in one place, and behind one Imam, pointing out that this is the pinnacle of coexistence away from racism, factionalism, and sectarianism, this great coexistence that gives an image The whiteness of this Islam, the message of Islam and the unity of Muslims.
This came during His Highness' sponsorship of the conference «The Kingdom's Efforts in Consolidating the Values of Moderation and Cultural Coexistence: Concepts and Practices», on Tuesday morning, 24/6/1441 AH, which is organized by the University, represented by the College of Sharia and Islamic Studies, in the presence of His Excellency Prof. Dr. Abdulrahman bin Hamad Al-Daoud, Rector of the University, Prof. Dr. Abdullah bin Abdulmohsen Al-Turki, Advisor at the Royal Court, His Excellency Dr. Osama Al-Sayed Al-Azhari, Advisor to the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt religiously, and Dr. Abdullah bin Mohammed Al-Fozan, Secretary General of the King Abdulaziz Center for Dialogue. The National Party, the sponsor of the conference, Sheikh Mansour bin Ali Al-Qaraawi, the Vice-Deans of the University, the Deans of the Faculties, and a number of speakers, from inside and outside the Kingdom.
During his speech, His Highness the Amir of Qassim pointed out that the treatment of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) with the owners of other religions and everyone who is not a Muslim by Hassani, and his tolerance with them had the greatest impact, which is a good example to be emulated by others, stressing that the manifestations of coexistence in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, manifested in stability and balance throughout the past years with friends in the countries of the world, individuals, institutions, and governments, as well as the Kingdom's openness to all countries of the world seeking good, and for the interests of its peoples without regard to ethnicity. Or religion, indicating that the Kingdom has a great diversity in terms of tribes and social, sectarian, cultural, jurisprudential doctrines, non-jurisprudence, currents, and customs, all of which are both in citizenship, and in rights and duties.
His Highness pointed out that the moderation of the Kingdom has made it face all extremists, extremists, terrorists, and degenerate behaviorally and intellectually, where it has developed regulations and rules that ensure moderation and spread it among the people, in the curricula of education, in the lives of people in general, and its continuous scientific efforts, in addition to the establishment of the King Abdullah International Center, the Center for Dialogue of Civilizations at Imam University, the Center for National Dialogue, and the Prince Khalid Al-Faisal Institute for Moderation, pointing out that the Kingdom's preservation of the approach of supporting Islamic centers in other countries, and the continuation of great support for these centers is the summit of Moderation and the spread of Islamic calling.
He added that Hajj and Umrah are one of the most prominent images of the values of moderation because of their intimacy and love, security and safety among Muslims, in addition to the Kingdom's endeavor to consolidate the values of moderation and civilizational coexistence through the holding of a number of conferences, meetings and workshops in this field, and its efforts to many efforts that support such a thing, including the establishment of the King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Action, whose services include all countries of the world in need and affected, asking God to perpetuate love among Muslims, and to reconcile the participants. In this conference to what is good and repayment, and all those who contributed to the success of this conference.
The conference, which lasts for two days, aims to monitor Saudi efforts related to the consolidation of the values of moderation and civilizational coexistence at all levels, and to show the impact of the Saudi legitimate discourse in disseminating the concepts of civilizational coexistence, as well as to legitimately consolidate the values of human communication and address its problems, highlight the role of governmental and non-governmental legitimate and cultural institutions in bridging the relationship with the other, and introduce Saudi diplomatic efforts as well as relief institutions, in deepening the meanings of joint communication and drawing inspiration from the leading Saudi experiences over the course of The past years and decades.
For his part, the Rector of the University, the General Supervisor of the Conference, spoke about the determination of our homeland Saudi Arabia to move at a steady pace – thank God Almighty – towards achieving its plans and goals with outstanding successes, in light of a global reality rife with problems and attracted by polarizations and transformations, accompanied by its constitution based on the Book and Sunnah, and in accordance with a comprehensive strategic vision based on the principle of integration at all levels, noting that Vision 2030 represents a road map for sustainable development towards an ambitious homeland, a prosperous economy, and a vibrant society, based on On the Saudi man who is its pillar and essence.
Al-Daoud referred to a speech by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman bin Abdulaziz, in the opening of this comprehensive vision, in which he said: "My first goal is for our country to be a successful and pioneering model in the world at all levels, and I will work with you to achieve this," followed by a speech by the architect of the vision, His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Minister of Defense, in which he said: "Our vision for the country we want: a strong, prosperous state that accommodates all, whose constitution is Islam, and whose approach is centrist, accepts the other."
The Rector explained that this conference, which is organized by your university Qassim University, represented by the College of Sharia and Islamic Studies, comes from this unique vision, and is based on the great efforts of the Kingdom in spreading the correct concepts of Islam, and to shed scientific light on those efforts in the field of human communication based on moderation and moderation, which is carried out and established by the state organs and institutions, according to a firm Islamic principle, where the Kingdom evaluates its relations with others - regardless of nations and the diversity of environments, cultures and fields - on a legitimate principle expressed by him. The Holy Qur'an says in its saying: "We have made you peoples and tribes to get to know each other", where we find that human coexistence and communication are one of the requirements of acquaintance based on justice, respect and the achievement of human interests.
Al-Daoud stressed that the efforts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in this vital field in terms of concepts, attitudes and applications are extended, broad and comprehensive, so this conference came to discuss a number of axes, including the legitimate rooting of the values of human communication and addressing its problems, the Saudi legitimate discourse and its impact on the dissemination of the concepts of communication, the role of governmental and non-governmental legitimate and cultural institutions in bridging the relationship with the other, diplomatic efforts in deepening the meanings of joint communication, and the role of relief institutions, in addition to leading personal experiences.
The Rector of the University thanked and thanked the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques and His Highness the Crown Prince for the unlimited support received by the University, and to His Highness the Amir of Qassim for honoring and encouraging the various activities of the University, as well as to the colleagues in charge of preparing and organizing this conference, especially in this organizing committee headed by His Excellency Dr. Khalid bin Bani Al-Harbi, Vice President for Planning, Development and Quality, and to colleagues in the Scientific Committee headed by the colleague Fadila Dean of the College of Sharia and Islamic Studies, Dr. Khalid bin Abdulaziz Aba Al-Khail, And all colleagues in different departments.
After that, the Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Conference, Prof. Dr. Khalid Bani Al-Harbi, Vice President for Planning, Development and Quality, spoke about the countries that write their history with their values of goodness to this world, where the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has established solid bases since its establishment by the late His Majesty King Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman, where the Kingdom has accompanied Islam in a methodology, practice and even politics and education and has been actively practicing its leaders until the era of the patron of our renaissance, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Wali. His faithful covenant, may Allah bless them, and it establishes the principles of understanding and civilizational acquaintance in its holistic concept, in all the joints of life, human and entity, deriving all this from the legitimate and cultural approach to it, which expresses a clear and sincere expression of the reality of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that we are living in today, pointing out that the university has attached great importance to this aspect in recognition of its strategic role, which embodies the aspirations of our dear Kingdom, and as an embodiment of this role, the university has adopted a number of academic activities, the most important of which is the establishment of this scientific meeting. Qualitative in nature, which came to highlight some of the Kingdom's many and diverse efforts.
Al-Harbi added that the scientific committee led by Dr. Khalid bin Abdulaziz Aba Al-Khail, Dean of the College of Sharia and Islamic Studies at the University, has received many abstracts and research ideas since the announcement of the organization of the conference, and this work has resulted in the participation of more than 9 countries with about 30 participating researchers in a number of qualitative research works to cover the themes and objectives of the conference, and we have had the conciliation of God in this forum with a partner for success represented by the strategic partner His Excellency Sheikh Mansour bin Ali Al-Qaraawi, he has from us thanks and praise The greatest of all, and the most appreciated for the constructive and fruitful cooperation to which we are accustomed and we look forward to the continuation of this qualitative partnership on several occasions.
The Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Conference thanked the participating parties, namely: the Center for Intellectual Warfare at the Ministry of Defense, the King Abdulaziz Center for National Dialogue, the General Directorate for Combating Extremism headed by State Security, and the King Salman Center for Relief and Humanitarian Action, as well as the relevant cooperating parties for what they provided to make this conference a success.
H.E. Dr. Osama Al-Sayed Al-Azhari, Advisor to the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, delivered a speech on behalf of the conference participants in which he spoke about the Kingdom's great efforts in the field of moderation and coexistence, including the Muslim World League, which was established sixty years ago and has continued for decades as an incubator for Muslim scholars from the Levant and Morocco to study major issues of concern to Muslims, and the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Center for Dialogue among Followers of Religions and Cultures, which was established in 2010 by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The Republic of Austria and the Kingdom of Spain, along with the Vatican as an observer founding member, add the Global Center for Countering Extremism "Etidal", which was established in 2017 and whose mission is to counter extremism, root out it, confront it and promote tolerance and coexistence among peoples.
Al-Azhari added that among the Kingdom's tireless efforts in this field is the Makkah document, which was signed in Ramadan of 1440 AH, on the sidelines of the International Conference on the Values of Moderation and Moderation organized by the Muslim World League in the Kingdom, which stipulated the fight against terrorism, injustice and oppression, the rejection of the violation of human rights and dignity, the rooting of the values of moderation and coexistence between different religions, cultures, races and sects in the Islamic world, as well as pointed to the generous sponsorship by the Kingdom of the major Islamic scientific schools that She spent centuries consolidating the values of moderation such as Al-Azhar Al-Sharif and others, concluding a speech on behalf of the guests of the conference with wishes for success, success and repayment to all, and wishing the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the land of Kinana Egypt, and our homelands security, prosperity and prosperity.
Finally, a visual film about the conference was presented about the objectives and vision of the conference, and then His Highness the Amir of the Qassim region honored the participants.
The conference «The Kingdom's efforts in consolidating the values of moderation and civilizational coexistence: concepts and practices», organized by the University, represented by the College of Sharia and Islamic Studies, under the patronage of His Highness the Amir of the Qassim Region Prince Dr. Faisal bin Meshaal, over the course of 24-25/6/1441 AH, discussed a number of important axes in the field of monitoring Saudi efforts related to the consolidation of the values of moderation and civilizational coexistence at all levels, and the impact of the Saudi legal discourse in the dissemination of the concepts of civilizational coexistence, at the headquarters of the University City, in the presence of a number of speakers and scholars from several countries. Islamic.
The first scientific session, chaired by Dr. Khalid Aba Al-Khail, Dean of the College of Sharia and Islamic Studies, dealt with "The Legitimate Rooting of the Values of Human Communication and Addressing its Problems, and was attended by Dr. Mohammed bin Sarar Al-Yami, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Sharia and Fundamentals of Religion at Najran University, with a research paper entitled "The Legitimate Rooting of the Values of Human Communication in the Light of the Prophet's City Document and the Makkah Document", during which he stressed that Islam has come to build the social relationship between human beings in a civilized and ethical manner, based on human commonalities and coexistence. Peaceful among people, solidarity, dialogue and understanding among all segments of society to achieve a respectful human life for all.
Al-Yami added that this document included all the noble foundations and principles that regulate the relationship between all sects and groups of society with all its components, pointing out that this document included many supreme values and lofty principles, and in confirmation of these great contents contained in the Medina document, the leading scholars of the Islamic world, foremost among them the senior muftis, have revived the articles and provisions of this document in a contemporary manner consistent with the vocabulary of the current era, and it has been called the "Makkah document", and this document has been represented. Al-Jadida is an Islamic gift that draws its light from the landmarks of the document of the Eternal City, which seeks to achieve security, justice and equality, build the foundations of coexistence among human beings and renounce division and conflict.
Afterwards, Dr. Majid bin Abdullah Al-Askar, Assistant Professor at the Department of Fundamentals of Jurisprudence at the Faculty of Sharia and Islamic Studies at Qassim University, presented his paper entitled "Living with the Accessible Discord: Ethics and Models", in which he explained the permissible disagreement and its controls, its examples, and the need to coexist with it, and that it is a legitimate requirement, and then separated the speech in the most prominent literature that should be taken into account in dealing with and coexistence with this type of scholars disputes that were built on evidence considered Sharia, and highlighted the texts of the predecessors of the companions - may Allah be pleased with them - The scholars after them, especially the four imams - may Allah have mercy on them all - and in it between the ruling of denial on the violator in them, and the importance of not entailing corruption on these differences, and the keenness to meet and reject division and conflict, supplying the texts of the scholars in warning against leaving prayer behind the violator in matters of ijtihad, and what is desirable to do or leave when disagreeing; approval and authorship of Muslims, and then concluded the research with samples of the sayings of some predecessors, and their bright positions, of their literature in dealing with disagreement, and with their violators.
Hence, Dr. Abdul Steer Mohammed Wali, a faculty member at the Faculty of Sharia and Law at Al-Jawf University, spoke in his paper entitled "The Values of Human Communication as an Authentic Intentional Study", during which he explained that it was the Sunnah of Allah that man should live in a human society in which functions and roles are integrated, and interests and benefits are exchanged, hence the pursuit of human communication and civilizational coexistence was a general goal pursued by religions and nations, and raced for the achievement of institutions and states; the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "The believer to the believer is like a structure that pulls each other together"; in order for this human communication to be constructive and productive, it must be based on moral values and civilizational principles.
Wali explained that this study sought to achieve the following objectives: to introduce the values of human communication in the Sharia, its origins, controls and characteristics, to highlight the importance of the values of human communication in achieving coexistence, cooperation, security and stability, and to highlight the strength of the relationship between the values of human communication and the purposes of the Sharia in influence, influence, association and coordination.
Dr. Abdullah Mohammed Al-Hasban, a faculty member at the university, also participated in a research entitled "Coexistence with the other in civil society, concept, controls and impact" during which he explained that the civil state founded by the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) was based on the rules of Islamic law, and established the rules in dealing with the affairs of the Islamic community and the relations of its children among themselves, whether relations between Muslims themselves, or relations between them and others who owe another religion in order to cooperate, solidarity and solidarity among citizens living in One state or in one homeland, and the Prophet's civil society represents the typical construction of Islamic coexistence, especially with the other, and the need for it appears in the present days with the emergence of ideologies of hatred and racism, which has generated many negative convictions about the Islamic approach to coexistence with the other.
At the end of the first session, Dr. Mohammed Khalil Al-Hajj, a faculty member at the University, spoke about his research entitled Obstacles to Civilizational Coexistence: Misunderstanding of Loyalty and Innocence as a Model, a Descriptive and Analytical Study in the Light of the Islamic Da'wa Approach, to identify the most important obstacles to human and civilizational coexistence, namely; the misunderstanding of loyalty and innocence in Islam from both sides; the over-understanding and neglect of its understanding and of its most prominent manifestations and effects on civilizational coexistence between nations and peoples, especially since this problem has resulted in recent times; Effects of Societies in general, Muslims, non-Muslims and the path of Islamic preaching in particular are bad, such as the spread of Islamophobia in Western countries, and the marginalization and restriction of the role of preaching and service institutions, especially in Muslim minority areas.
On the second day of the conference, the first session of the day entitled Saudi Sharia Discourse and its Impact on the Consolidation and Dissemination of the Concepts of Coexistence was held, under the chairmanship of Prof. Dr. Ahmed Al-Turki, Vice President for Graduate Studies and Scientific Research, and in which Dr. Nabil Ahmed Belhi, Associate Professor at Prince Abdelkader University of Islamic Sciences in Algeria, participated in his research entitled "The efforts of Sheikh Abdul Aziz Ibn Baz in consolidating the legitimate concepts of civilizational coexistence", which aimed to demonstrate the efforts of Sheikh Ibn Baz, may Allah have mercy on him, in consolidating the values of civilizational coexistence in the Treating non-Muslims, and extracting living examples from his books, speeches and positions that concern this aspect, in order to provide generations with a clear picture and an ideal model of centrist thought full of the values of moderation and positive communication with the other.
Hence, Dr. Ajlan bin Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Ajlan, Assistant Professor at the Department of Da'wah and Islamic Culture at Qassim University, entitled "Saudi Sharia Discourse and its Role in Achieving the Principle of Cultural Coexistence through the Platform of the Two Holy Mosques", said that the world we live in today with its new civilization requires us to activate the principle of dialogue as a main basis for relations with others, in order to reach a common human vision. Able to convey the toleration of the Islamic religion, and to convey the greatness of Islamic civilization that was founded on the principles of truth, justice and equality, and therefore we realize that Islam possesses solutions to the crises of man today, and the Islamic Ummah with its pioneering civilizational experience capable of coexisting with the data of contemporary civilization and guarding its development with the ethics and laws of Islam.
Al-Ajlan stressed that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia since the era of its founder has been seeking to spread the principle of coexistence, King Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman - may Allah have mercy on him - in order to achieve harmony and coexistence with the other, has been keen to establish a comprehensive approach and understanding of the need of his time, according to a rational Islamic orientation, ending in comprehensive unity, as the Kingdom always seeks to serve this religion and seek to spread it and spread the culture of tolerance called for by Islam. Hence, we find that the Kingdom has a leading role in establishing the concept of dialogue and coexistence at the global level, which aims to contribute to the formulation of the correct Islamic discourse based on moderation and moderation.
Dr. Ahmed bin Abdulaziz bin Muqrin Al-Qusayr, Associate Professor at the University, also participated in a paper on King Abdul Aziz's efforts to promote the values of moderation and coexistence in Saudi society, during which he stressed that His Majesty King Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman bin Faisal Al Saud, the founder of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is one of the outstanding political figures in the modern era, because of the skill, cunning and genius that God has loved, through which he was able, after the conciliation of Allah the Almighty, to unite this great entity. Under the banner and one state, a large number of intellectuals, interested in history and politics, admired his personality, so they worked to write down his biography and works, and then presented various scientific studies, which dealt with many things of his life and achievements, and many of these sources mentioned multiple aspects of his conditions and days, including: his efforts in promoting the values of moderation and civilizational coexistence, but these efforts were not addressed by anyone with independent study; and did not appear in a single composition.
For his part, Professor Zakaria Ayoub Dola, a researcher at the Muslim World League, presented his paper on "Civilizational Coexistence from the Perspective of Islamic Law", in which he explained that this Sharia has regulated all relations with tight controls, compatible with the instinct and mind of man, and is in accordance with a just approach to coexistence, peace, cooperation, goodness and reform. Civilizational coexistence with all components and different societies, and the control and organization of relations in and with them, and no wonder; Islam does not hate people until they are Muslims, and does not prevent coexistence, rapprochement and exchange of benefits and interests with its violators, and is not a prerequisite for faith; estrangement with people, refusal to live and common interests with them.
Therefore, Dr. Nawal bint Hassan Al-Ghannam, Associate Professor at the Department of Sunnah and its Sciences at the Faculty of Sharia and Islamic Studies at Qassim University, participated in a research on the heritage and biography of Sheikh Saleh Al-Hussein, in which she addressed the issue of coexistence through a Saudi personality, a global figure who has its weight and weight in science, status and vision, I try to trace his vision in the issue of coexistence, an issue for which he did not hold a special chapter on this title, or present a paper, or give a lecture, but are scattered visions and analyses in his various works. I have seen that it is good for me to try to grasp the diaspora of these ideas, and not only to stop at their transmission, but to try, very hard, to show the weight that these visions represent, whether through the personality of the hippocampus, or through his texts.
The second session of the second day, chaired by Prof. Dr. Khalid Bani Al-Harbi, Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Conference, and the Vice President for Planning, Development and Quality, addressed the role of Saudi institutions in bridging the relationship with the other, where the Department of Combating Extremism headed by State Security participated on the role of security institutions in bridging the relationship with the other "Countering Extremism Department as a model", where Dr. Fahad Al-Ghufaili, Director of the Strategic Communications Department at the General Directorate of Combating Extremism, spoke about the role of the security institution in bridging the relationship with the other. The other presented a comprehensive definition of the administration, through combating extremism in all its forms and forms, promoting the values of moderation, national unity, and national development, as well as the objectives of the administration through the prevention, foresight and treatment of society from deviations and intellectual threats, integration with the relevant authorities and attention to combating extremism, and highlighting the Kingdom's efforts in combating extremism inside and outside the Kingdom.
While the Center for Intellectual Warfare at the Ministry of Defense participated in talking about the efforts of the "Center for Intellectual Warfare" in consolidating the values of moderation and coexistence through a descriptive and analytical study, presented by Brigadier General Dr. Khalid bin Abdullah Al-Brithun, in which he presented the efforts of the Center of the Ministry of Defense in consolidating the values of moderation and civilizational coexistence, and talked about the Kingdom's efforts in combating extremism and terrorism, and reviewed during the study a full vision of the launch and expansion of the Center, and its objective, in addition to the importance of an in-depth reading of details, and a visionary vision in addressing the most prominent controversies. Thorny intellectualism, including addressing the extremist ideology's tampering with religious texts and adapting them to serve its abusive goals, presenting thorny intellectual dialectics, positive coexistence, jihad is not aggression and coercion, moderate Islam, the concept of patriotism, not to see extremism, the difference between extremism and terrorism, difference, diversity and pluralism, the self-immunization program, and the presentation of the integration initiative carried out by the Center.
After that, Prof. Dr. Ahmed bin Sulaiman Al-Khudair, Director of the Research Center for Sharia and Linguistic Sciences at Qassim University, participated in the Misk Charitable Foundation and its role in consolidating the values of moderation and civilizational coexistence, during which he stressed to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia a great and distinctive role in charitable work since its establishment by the founding King Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Saud, may God rest his soul, to our auspicious era under the leadership of King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, may Allah protect him, where this sector attaches great importance; sensing it. The value of this sector, and its financial role in promoting the Arab and Islamic identity and the resulting impact on the cultural and social level, in order to achieve the aspirations of the future homeland within the pioneering and historical vision 2030.
Then Dr. Hatem Mohammed Mansour Mazroua, Assistant Professor of Tafseer and Qur'anic Sciences - Faculty of Arts - King Faisal University, spoke about his paper entitled "Publications of the Department of Intellectual Security in the Holy Mosque; and its role in consolidating the values of moderation and coexistence" and the idea of this research is to show the role of the publications of the Department of Intellectual Security in the Holy Mosque in consolidating the values of moderation and civilizational coexistence, and the researcher followed the descriptive approach, and what was available to him from the analytical approach, and the preface included: Definition of "The Department of Intellectual Security in the Grand Mosque", "Moderation", and "Coexistence", where the first section dealt with an overview of the publications of the Department of Intellectual Security in the Grand Mosque, while the researcher in the second section stood in detail with the most prominent of these publications, and their role in consolidating the values of moderation and coexistence.
Dr. Waleed bin Abdullah Al-Othman, a faculty member at Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, participated in the title of the role of Saudi universities in bridging the relationship with the other (Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University as a model), which aimed to highlight the reality of what Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University is doing in the field of bridging the relationship with the other, evaluating this role and seeking to evaluate the shortcomings in it. By analyzing the study plans of the faculties of Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud Islamic University qualitatively, studying the contributions of the university in this field of research centers and chairs, and highlighting the activities of the university employees that serve the field of civilizational communication, the study seeks to address a number of axes, including: the legitimacy of civilizational dialogue, a brief history of the efforts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the field of civilizational communication, and the role of Imam University in bridging the relationship with the other with study plans.
Prof. Dr. Ahmed Al-Saeed Al-Zagard and Dr. Mohammed Abdul Sattar Abdul Wahab, from the Department of Systems – Faculty of Sharia and Islamic Studies at Qassim University, also participated in the title "Social Manifestations and Cultural Coexistence in the Saudi Labor System" with the aim of the research to analyze the social aspects of the Saudi labor system that provide protection to workers in general, and those related to special groups that need treatment commensurate with their privacy, highlighting the extent of their impact on the efforts of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in consolidating the values of moderation and civilizational coexistence.
At the end of the second session, Dr. Mahmoud Abdul Rahman Alwan, Assistant Professor at the Department of Da'wah and Islamic Culture, College of Sharia and Islamic Studies - Qassim University, participated in a research paper entitled The Role of the Systems of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Consolidating the Values of Coexistence, where the research showed that the media systems, although they do not provide for the term coexistence, but its concept is present in its texts, as they have established the values of coexistence, made them courts of media work, whatever its means, and followed two paths in their preservation: Preservation on the one hand from the point of view of existence, and preservation from the side of nothingness. The research also showed the general parameters of the values of coexistence.
The third and final session of the conference discussed the diplomatic efforts of the Kingdom in deepening the meanings of joint communication, where the session was held under the chairmanship of Prof. Dr. Khalid bin Saad Al-Matarfi, Professor of Qur'anic Studies at Qassim University, and participated in the session of Professor Khalid bin Saleh Al-Tuwayan, lawyer and legal advisor, and addressed the role of the Kingdom in consolidating the values of global coexistence, reading the institutional role of the Kingdom in the establishment of the United Nations.
After that, Mr. Imad bin Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Mudaifer spoke about his paper entitled "The Efforts of Saudi Diplomacy Towards Deepening the Meanings of Joint Communication Read in Contributions and Challenges, {O people, we created you from a male and a female and made you peoples and tribes to get to know if I honor you with Allah I fear you that Allah is an expert}, with this noble verse, which looks at the human component with a view full of symmetry and equality, and urges acquaintance between different spectrums, sects, races, ideas, cultures and religions, with this acquaintance, which comes dialogue and understanding. As part of its requirements, the main portal of the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs was adorned, and the Ministry adopted it as a slogan and a nebrasa, and this noble verse represents the title of the ancient and authentic Saudi-Arab-Islamic diplomacy.
Al-Mudaifer explained that the foreign policy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is based - as is known - on the principles of the moderate Islamic faith that is tolerant, open to all, close to all, and calls for cooperation for the benefit of all humanity, and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is proud to be one of the founding members of the United Nations in 1945, based on its deep belief that world peace is one of the objectives of its foreign policy, it constantly calls for more transparent foundations of justice in the dealings and joint communication between countries in the political and economic fields. Social, cultural and others.
Dr. Ibrahim bin Attiallah bin Hilal Al-Salami, Associate Professor of History at Umm Al-Qura University, then presented his paper entitled "Saudi-Spanish Diplomatic Communication and its Impact on Global Cultural Coexistence", during which he stressed that it is no secret to all the right the moderate role played by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia towards the issues of the world; to spread civilizational coexistence at all levels, but went beyond that to push a number of countries of the world to moderate participation towards the issues of the world in an approach through which it seeks to serve humanity, including Spain.
He explained that this diplomatic communication towards international issues has emerged since the era of King Abdulaziz bin Abdulrahman Al Saud - may Allah have mercy on him - to the era of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud - may God protect him - and this is manifested towards the Palestinian cause, the problem of terrorism, the dialogue of civilizations and other international issues, stressing her denial of the fact that foreign diplomacy has come to know about the inability to have a moderate approach on the international scene that ensures civilizational coexistence for the whole of humanity, and that delving into this will not go beyond hypotheses. Theory, especially between entities with nodeological, ethnic, or political differences.
After that, Dr. Abdul Razzaq Mohammed Al-Sagheer, a faculty member at Onaiza National Colleges, visiting professor at the University of Florida, spoke about the role of Saudi cultural missions abroad in spreading the values of moderation and manifestations of civilizational coexistence United States of America as a model, during which he stressed that Saudi cultural missions abroad are concerned with supervising Saudi scholarships outside the Kingdom, and play an important role in spreading the values of moderation and civilizational coexistence, so the study aims to document the role of these missions in spreading the values of moderation and manifestations of coexistence to show the efforts of The results of the study indicated that cultural missions originated in 1927, and that their size currently amounted to about one hundred and fifty thousand scholarships, and that the values of moderation amounted to seventeen values; and the manifestations of coexistence amounted to eleven manifestations.
At the end of the session, Dr. Ahmed Abdul Qayyum Abd Rab Al-Nabi, a researcher at the Muslim World League, spoke about his paper entitled "The Muslim World League and the Message of Civilizational Dialogue", stressing that the intellectual arenas are a vast field, in which visions and theories that work to liberate issues and perceptions and provide solutions to problems, sometimes afflict, thus providing great services to humanity at the scientific and practical civilizational level, and sometimes mistaken, so that some of these mistakes result in a list of disasters and tragedies, from which humanity suffers successive generations, including: That thesis that floated on the intellectual and scientific circles in the late millennium: the thesis of the clash of civilizations, adopted and published by Samuel Huntington, was the subject of study, research and analysis by academics, intellectuals, thinkers and international research centers.
Abd Rabb al-Nabi pointed out that the view of Muslims has varied towards this thesis, where some faced the idea of conflict with the conflict itself as practice and theorizing, so they made the whole West with its various countries, peoples, cultures and civilizations in the category of belligerent enemies without considerations, remedies or exceptions, and accepted the theory of clash with the other and its annihilation, and the classification and exclusion of the violator, and ignited wars and strife that were devoid of human meanings in the moral aspect, logic, wisdom and good management in the mental aspect, and from jurisprudence and depth of understanding when downloading judgments In fact, they did not take the sermon from the events of history, so they paid the price for those mistakes and risks, even if they were affected by false and casual rounds of victory.
On Thursday, 2/8/1441 AH, the Vice President of the University, Dr. Mohammed Al-Saawi, visited the student residence in Buraidah, where he reviewed the regularity of the work progress of student housing, as well as the services provided to students during the academic break and the most prominent services provided to students, in addition to the precautionary measures provided by the Deanship of Student Affairs to students to prevent the Coronavirus "Covid-19" and inspect the readiness of medical clinics inside the student residence.
For his part, the Vice President for Educational Affairs, Dr. Mohammed Al-Odaib, visited the student residence on Monday, 6/8/1441 AH, to follow up the progress of the housing and the educational process for students, and expressed his thanks and appreciation to all the staff of the Deanship of Student Affairs and Student Housing for their concrete efforts to serve students under these exceptional circumstances that the world is going through.
On Monday morning, 16/8/1442 AH, His Excellency Prof. Dr. Abdulrahman bin Hamad Al-Dawood, President of the University, visited the headquarters of the student residence in the University City, where he toured all its facilities, and assured His Excellency of the safety and quality of all services, and also stood on the housing needs, accompanied by the Vice President for Educational Affairs Dr. Mohammed Al-Odaib, the Dean of Student Affairs Dr. Mohammed Al-Ajlan, and the Deans of the Deanship and its employees.
The tour of His Excellency the President of the University included the Housing Agency, then the visit of the Housing Department and the Grants Department, the Command and Control Center, the training and development halls, in addition to the Housing Diwaniya, the library of the Reading Club and the Technical Club, before concluding his visit to the Student Housing Farm, where he participated in the planting of a seedling, stressing the importance of taking care of agriculture and developing the farm to achieve the "Green Saudi Arabia" and "Green Middle East" initiative, launched by His Royal Highness Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz.