Riyadh: A senior Saudi cleric said that inter-faith dialogue was among the best ways to defend Islam.

Shaikh Abdul Rahman Al Sudeiss, chief imam of the Grand Mosque in Makkah voiced support for a proposal made earlier in the week by Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz for inter-faith talks between Muslims, Christian and Jews.

The initiative "is one of the best ways to defend the Prophet" Mohammad (PBUH).