The Arab League stresses the importance of the role of the media in the fight against extremist ideology and in promoting the values ​​of tolerance and acceptance of the other.

The Arab League stressed the importance of the central role of the media and its active contribution to the rooting of deviant thinking and the promotion of the message of moderation and the values ​​of coexistence, tolerance and acceptance of the other. at the national, regional and international levels, using technologies of communication, coordination and concord with all parties involved in the fight against extremism and terrorism.

In a speech delivered at the opening of the workshop on "The use of media and direct communication institutions to combat hate speech and extremism", the l & # 39; Ambassador Bader al-Din Alali, Deputy Secretary General of the Media and Communication Sector of the Arab League, underlined the importance of this workshop to discuss the role of the media and its impact on public opinion . In the light of the practical experiences of Arab media institutions and highlight best practices in this regard at the Arab level and ways to benefit from them.

He emphasized the importance of the exchange of experiences and knowledge and the intensification of intellectual meetings as well as official meetings in order to propose ideas and suggestions likely to strengthen the 39 Joint Action of the Arab Media.

He stressed that the phenomenon of terrorism suffered by the Arab region did not come from the void, but resulted from an extremist thinking based on false and misleading ideas and from an idea that believes and promotes the discourse of the hatred and violence and non-acceptance of each other.

Alali said that this speech had found its way through the use of modern communication technologies in order to attract the minds of unemployed youth and marginalized groups and exploitation of their poor living conditions .

He stressed that countries confronted with this idea were focusing on security measures to combat extremism and terrorism before it became apparent that a comprehensive approach was needed to take several measures political, economic, cultural and media and the participation of various government agencies, the private sector and civil society, as well as the role of the school and the family in the eradication of this scourge.

He emphasized that the country-by-country approach remains limited and requires coordination and cooperation at the regional and international levels as terrorism is a cross-border phenomenon.

Alali reviewed the initiatives launched by the League of Arab States to combat extremism and terrorism in the resolutions adopted by the Arab Summit Conferences on the fight against terrorism in all its forms, the uprooting of its roots, dismantling its networks and attacking its causes.
He pointed out that a permanent issue had been placed on the agenda of the Council of Arab Ministers of Information under the title "The role of the Arab media in the fight against the phenomenon of terrorism" . The Council also decided in 2006 to create a permanent working group of media experts to review and update the role of the Arab media. The fight against terrorism takes place twice a year and submits its recommendations to the Standing Committee on Arab Media.

He underlined the importance of the Arab Media Joint Strategy for Countering Terrorism, which was adopted in 2014 and approved its draft plan to implement its objectives in 2015. This strategy focuses on the implementation of many scientific and cultural activities by organizing conferences, seminars, training courses and studies. The Arab States will monitor the implementation of this strategy in cooperation with Member States, organizations and federations that exercise information functions.

He pointed out that the Department of Research and Strategic Studies of the Media and Communication Sector, through the implementation of its annual program, had organized several activities contributing to the achievement of the objectives of this strategy and to the achievement of its objectives. inscribing in this context.

This workshop is an extension of the efforts of the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States and the action plan of the media and communication sector of the university to mobilize the media and technologies. communication in the fight against hate speech and extremism.

The one-day workshop aims to help Arab League member states build media institutions to play a more effective role in addressing the challenges facing Arab societies, particularly the Arab League. terrorism, which is a powerful issue in the political, security, economic and social arena of the Arab region.

The workshop will address a number of topics such as "Media – Digital Media – Hate Speech and Extremism", "The Role of Arab Media and its Impact on the Community" and the experiences of the media. a number of Arab countries to deal with hate speech and extremism.