UAE calls for promoting centrist culture to counter terrorism

This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service - if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at http://ift.tt/jcXqJW.

Wednesday 09 Dec 2015 - 12:34 Makkah mean time-27-2-1437 Cairo, (IINA) - UAE’s Ambassador to Egypt and Representative to the Arab League Mohammad Al-Dhaheri said on Monday that terrorism has become a global risk that recognizes no national borders, noting that it is linked to no particular religion or group and spares no nation from its evils, WAM reported. Addressing a session of the Arab League, held on the sidelines of the Arab Thought Foundation (ATF) conference 'Fikr 14', Al-Dhaheri said the UAE had always stressed the importance of promoting centrist thought and culture, which can help address the terrorism phenomenon. "Such culture would lead to the emergence of national organizations that spread anti-terrorism thinking and enhance tolerant cultural and religious dialogue, that is capable of countering extremist thought and of formulating legislations to incriminate discrimination, hatred, extremism and violence in Arab countries", he added. The session was attended by Dr. Nabil El-Araby, secretary general of the Arab League, Prine Khaled Al-Faisal, governor of Makkah and Founding Chairman of the ATF, Amr Musa, former Arab League secretary general as well as other Arab senior officials. Al-Dhaheri underlined the current challenges facing the Arab world, saying that they require more solidarity, integration, and joint action. "There is no other way to ensure better future for the Arab nation than joining forces to confront all challenges, including terrorism, which is growing at both regional and international levels", he said. "Terrorism has become a global risk that recognizes no national borders, linked to no certain religion or group and spares no nation from its evils, and therefore, it is important to promote centrist culture to address it". Al-Dhaheri also highlighted Arab League's significant role and called for enhancing that role to enable it in shouldering its responsibility of strengthening joint action and translating Arab nation's aspirations for a better tomorrow. He concluded his speech by thanking Prince Khaled Al-Faisal and Dr. Nabil El-Araby for their keen efforts and contributions in organizing the conference, held under the theme of "Arab Integration: Challenges and Horizons".  AG/IINA