University of Basrah Organizes a Workshop on Countering Extremism
The College of Pharmacy at the University of Basrah organized a workshop on the role of media in countering extremism.
The workshop aimed to raise students’ awareness of the dangers posed by social media platforms in disseminating extremist discourse and to promote a culture of moderation.
The workshop included a lecture delivered by Lieutenant Colonel Montadhar Kazem Naama from the Community Police, in which he explained the concept of violent extremism, highlighted the main causes of intellectual extremism, and discussed the negative role of directed media through social media platforms in fostering such ideologies.
Department of Media and Government Communication