{"id":31723,"date":"2019-02-04T06:23:16","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T06:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=31723"},"modified":"2019-02-04T06:23:16","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T06:23:16","slug":"arab-league-chief-combat-hate-by-teaching-children-inclusivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/?p=31723","title":{"rendered":"Arab League chief: Combat hate by teaching children inclusivity"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nABU DHABI: The growing level of intolerance in the world needs to be combatted by teaching children to be more inclusive, Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit said on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\nSpeaking at the Human Fraternity Conference in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi, Aboul Gheit said the conference was happening \u201cin the right place at the right time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nHe added: \u201cThere is no more important value today than tolerance, as sectarianism and racism rear their ugly heads all over the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nExtremism and hatred are expressed mostly through religion and politics, resulting in wars that have \u201cnothing to do with religion,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\nAboul Gheit suggested introducing the concept of tolerance in school curriculums. \u201cWe must grow up learning about and from other religions and faiths to raise our understanding,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\nThe Human Fraternity Conference marks the start of the UAE\u2019s \u201cYear of Tolerance,\u201d which is aimed at promoting dialogue between nations and faiths.<\/p>\n

\nThe visit by Pope Francis, who arrived in Abu Dhabi on Sunday night, is the first by a pontiff in the Arabian Peninsula.<\/p>\n

\nIn his opening remarks, Emirati Minister of Tolerance Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al-Nahyan said the pope\u2019s involvement in the conference was a true reflection of the \u201cpower of tolerance and human fraternity.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nAl-Nayhan added: \u201cIt is my aspiration that this conference and its outcomes will be known as a landmark event improving global relations.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\nThe pope and Al-Azhar\u2019s Grand Imam Sheikh Ahmad El-Tayeb \u201care global forces for compassion and peace,\u201d said Al-Nahyan.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\u201cTheir participation in this conference speaks eloquently on the power of tolerance and human fraternity.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nHe said the conference was a multicultural event that encouraged compassion, respect and understanding among different communities, cultures and religions.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cThe gathering enables us to counter extremism, prejudice, hate, aggression, greed and oppression that violate the very idea of human fraternity,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\nIt is necessary to combat \u201cthe destructive forces of extremism, terrorism, poverty, degradation of women, environmental abuse, illiteracy and prejudice,\u201d Al-Nahyan said.<\/p>\n

\nSpeaking at a press conference later, Dr. Sultan Faisal Al-Remeithi, secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Elders, said the event included more than 10 religious sects.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cIt (the conference) carries a real message about peace in the world by introducing a concept that all of us are keen to implement,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\nThe pope\u2019s visit falls under the UAE\u2019s strategy of being a country that hosts 200 nationalities and a multitude of faiths and beliefs, Al-Remeithi added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ABU DHABI: The growing level of intolerance in the world needs to be combatted by teaching children to be more inclusive, Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit said on Sunday. Speaking at the Human Fraternity Conference in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi, Aboul Gheit said the conference was happening \u201cin the right place at the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":31724,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-middle_east_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/31724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qatar-news.org\/qatarnewsEn\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}