The College of Education for Humanities at the University of Basra, in cooperation with the Basra Governorate's Subcommittee for Combating Violent Extremism, organized an awareness workshop on the role of university students in confronting extremism and building peace. A number of the college's students participated.
The workshop aimed to highlight the importance of the role of university students in countering extremist ideologies and to raise community awareness of the dangers of violent extremism and its negative repercussions on security and stability.
The workshop, presented by trainer Sarah Abdul-Razzaq Saleh and instructor Tahani Jassim Mohammed, covered several topics, including the concept of violent extremism, its intellectual and social causes, and its effects on individuals and society. It also discussed the role of students' intellectual and cultural awareness in preventing them from being drawn into extremist rhetoric, promoting the values of peaceful coexistence, rejecting hate speech, and establishing a culture of dialogue and acceptance of others
