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When people are built through thought, values and knowledge, nations are erected on foundations of glory and prosperity...
{Tolerance: A Pillar of Sustainable Peace}
Under the patronage of the President of the University, Prof. Dr. Basim Abdul-Hussein Jarallah, and under the direct supervision of the Dean of the College of Education, Prof. Dr. Safaa Hussein Ali, and as an embodiment of the intellectual and humanitarian responsibility adopted by academic institutions in building an aware and cohesive society, the Women's Affairs Unit, in cooperation with the Continuing Education Unit, held an intellectual and cultural awareness workshop entitled:
The discussion was moderated and the lecture delivered by: Lect. Dr. Jasim Hammoud Mahawish
The workshop offered an in-depth reading of deconstructing extremist discourse and building knowledge-based alternatives founded on acceptance of others, through the following themes:
Theme one: Explaining and deconstructing the concepts .
Theme two: Setting out the types and causes of extremism .
Theme three: Means of preventing extremism .
Confronting extremism does not end at the limits of the law; rather, it begins with shaping human awareness and consolidating a culture of alternative dialogue. This workshop affirmed that the university is not a place of rote scientific instruction but an intellectual beacon for making peace and drying up the sources of intellectual insularity, so that our society remains fortified by awareness and flourishing through diversity.
