Under the patronage of Prime Minister Shaikh Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa, Shaikh Abdullah bin Khalid Al Khalifa, the President of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs opened on Monday the 28th of January 2008 at Ritz Carlton Hotel Bahrain Forum for Dialogue of civilizations which discusses issues of culture, economy and civil and through his speech he stressed on tolerance and acquaintance among nations as essential principles of the Islamic Sharia.