Prince of Wales gets award from Brunei

Prince of Wales gets award from Brunei

INDONESIA: The government of Brunei Darussalam will present the
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah International Prize to the Prince of
Wales for the promotion of dialog between Islamic and Western
civilizations, the British Embassy in Jakarta said in a media
release sent to The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.

"The Prince of Wales is being awarded the prize in recognition
of his advocacy of the need for greater mutual understanding
between the Islamic and Western worlds over many years," the
embassy said.

The international jury took into account the Prince's public
statement, such as his speech Islam and the West in 1993 when he
became patron of the Oxford Center for Islamic Studies, as well
as practical initiatives, including his efforts to encourage
interest in Islamic cultural heritage through in his School of
Traditional Arts, it said.

The prize will be awarded on Thursday by Sultan of Brunei
Bolkiah. -- JP