Al-Qadri’s speech came during the third dialogue session held by Ezdina Organization, yesterday, Thursday, entitled "Discussing hate speech and combating extremism", within the "Hope" project, in the presence Muslim, Christian and Yazidi clerics and representatives of religious institutions, at the Ezdina's office in the city of Qamishlo/Qamishli.
Al-Qadri clarified that the society in which hate speech prevails is considered a disjointed and backward society, which leads to estrangement and non-recognition of the other and seeking to end its existence and thus causing wars and conflicts at all intellectual, mental and material levels, and its victims are simple members of society.
Al-Qadri added that this speech can be confronted by knowing its causes and confronting it scientifically and effectively to weaken it and spread the speech of love in return, pointing out that the reasons for this speech are purely material, related to the interests of those who publish it.
Al-Qadri indicated that hate speech is headed by religious scholars and heads of religious sects in order to control members of society and collect money, noting that the same applies to national, sectarian, ethnic and racial fanaticism.
Al-Qadiri noted the role of the media in spreading hate speech by moving the recipient’s feelings by broadcasting crimes that occur in the world, and these crimes are followed by a reaction from the other party that is definitely negative, because the speech encourages hatred, revenge and murder, and the call of clerics to their sects and their lack of acceptance of one another leads to the creation of hatred.
Ezdina Organization held its second dialogue session under the title “Women are the core of the development of society” on September 28, in the presence of a group of actors in society, while the first dialogue session entitled "Discussing hate speech and countering extremism",was held on 21 September. In the presence of a group of representatives from media institutions and civil society organizations, in addition to influential and effective personalities in society.
It is worth noting that Ezdina Organization opened its headquarters on the first of last August in the city of Qamishlo/Qamishli, and launched the "Hope" project in the region as part of an academic and professional work program aimed at increasing the awareness of the local community about the Yazidi identity and strengthening rapprochement between the religious components in northeastern Syria by respecting pluralism, accepting the other, and rejecting hate speech and violence.
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