ABU
DHABI -- The International Centre of Excellence for Countering Violent
Extremism (Hedayah) recently participated in a high-level conference on
consolidating a culture of tolerance, rejection of hate speech and crimes.
The event was
attended by a group of academics and representatives of non-governmental
organisations, the media and social networking sites from more than 47 member
countries from all over Europe.
The
participants discussed how best to counter intolerance and hatred in European
societies, at the headquarters of the Council of Europe and under the auspices
of its presidency in the Belgian capital, Brussels, on 8th May.
Dr.
Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi, Chairman of the Hedayah Centre, stressed the importance
of consolidating the values of tolerance and ways to disseminate these at local
and global levels.
He underlined the
importance of the centre's participation in the conference, which comes within
the framework of strengthening relations with the EU, being the member of the
Board of Directors of the centre.
Maqsoud
Kruse, the Executive Director of Hedayah centre, reviewed the initiatives and
activities carried out by the centre in this context, focusing on his tireless
efforts to collect literature reflecting a positive discourse that counters the
speeches inciting subversion and hate. He called for establishing the culture
of tolerance to counter hate speech. -end-
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