The regular meetings of the League of Arab States, hosted by the State until tomorrow, kicked off yesterday in Dubai, in cooperation with the Dubai Press Club and Emirates Nation Foundation, with the Arab League Secretariat General to discuss the role of the media in combating terrorism and renouncing hatred. It is held by the General Secretariat of the League, to discuss vital topics and issues that touch the lives of Arab societies.
The President of the Dubai Press Club, Mona Ghanem Al Marri, said that the selection of the Arab League to host these events carries important implications, especially that it will be held in Dubai, which was chosen by Arab information ministers, last July, as the capital of Arab media for 2020, in recognition of Dubai's role in supporting The media sector throughout the region, through quality initiatives launched more than 20 years ago.
“Since its establishment, the UAE has adopted a medium of tolerance and tolerance, which has made it a destination for communities of more than 200 nationalities living today in complete harmony. In fact, our country has created the legal frameworks that entrench this approach by enacting the legislation through which it was introduced. In July 2015, His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE, issued a decree on combating discrimination and hatred, combating discrimination and racism, criminalizing acts related to contempt of religions and sanctities and renouncing hate speech. Criminalize all m “It can stir up strife, or call for discrimination through all means readable, audio or video.”
For his part, Director of the Technical Department of the Council of Arab Ministers of Information in the Arab League, Minister Plenipotentiary Dr. Fawzi Al-Ghuwail, said that the phenomenon of terrorism that afflicted a number of Arab countries in the 1980s and 1990s has become more serious over the past two decades due to the spread of organized terrorist groups and others One of the factors and political, economic and social conditions, which contributed to the formation of a fertile environment for extremist groups to spread their poisoned ideas.
He considered that one of the most important reasons that led to the penetration of extremist thought in our Arab societies, is the weak influence of moderate religious discourse, as our Arab societies have suffered, for decades, the problem of radical religious discourse, which carries the implications of hyperbole and intolerance, stressing the need to monitor the reasons for the decline of discourse The religious center and its treatment, to regain its enlightening role derived from the teachings of our religion, which calls for compassion and tolerance and renounce violence and hatred.
Dirar Belhoul Al Falasi, Executive Director of Watani Emirates, said that the UAE's unique experience in spreading and promoting a culture of tolerance stems from the great cultural and demographic diversity of its community of around 200 different nationalities, making wise leadership this opportunity to build bridges of affection and harmony. Among the various nationalities on the territory of the state, to provide the world with a model to consolidate the foundations of coexistence between people on the diversity of cultures.
He pointed out that "our experience in balanced media has proved its ability to spread the message of tolerance and rejection of hatred, and to help countries and societies to combat terrorism and counter any extremist ideology, and before that to promote social cohesion and consolidate the foundations of harmony among people."
He added: “The UAE has succeeded in transforming tolerance, coexistence, moderation and moderation, from mere societal values to institutional work that is shared by all state institutions, including the media sector, which has been the faithful destination of this hard work, which has played an important role in affirming the value of coexistence as the foundation of a journey. Developmental work that achieves good and well-being for all components of society without discrimination, as well as its role in rejecting the thought of extremism, and refute every thought is misleading evidence and argument and proof ».
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