MEDIA REACTION: Conference on Using Education to

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KUWAIT 005287 SIPDIS SIPDIS STATE FOR NEA/ARPI, NEA/PA, NEA/PPD, INR/NESA LONDON FOR TSOU PARIS FOR ZEYA E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PTER PREL PGOV KPAO KMDR KISL OEXC KU SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION: Conference on Using Education to Combat Terrorism and Extremism ¶1. Summary: Kuwaiti Arabic-language daily newspapers praised a conference examining the role of education in confronting extremism as being a good initiative taken by the Ministry of Education. The conference, The First International Conference on the Educational Dimensions in the Treatment of Terrorism and Extremism Phenomenon, being the first international conference to be held in the region on the topic, was given minimal coverage and there was no mention of it on any of the front pages of the five major daily newspapers. End Summary. Selected Headlines -------------- ¶2. Sunday, December 25, 2005 -- Al-Qabas, p. 10, "Rasha Al-Sabah: Confronting extremism is the responsibility of the political and educational elite"; "Al-Tuwaijri: Emptiness leads the youth to subscribe to destructive ideas"; "Al-Jarallah: The participation of youth in making their future in order to combat terrorism"; "Al-Hamed: Our curriculum does not incite extremism" -- Al-Rai Al-Aam, p. 13, "The international conference on youth aspirations for investing their free time: immunizing future generations against ideological and behavioral deviations"; "Rasha Al-Sabah: One hand in combating terror- harboring ideological trends"; "Al-Mir: Filling youths' free time eliminates problems in their paths"; "Al-Tuwaijri: Free time is an attraction to all deviations and extremism is a path to terrorism" -- Al-Watan, p. 9, "Dr. Rashid Al-Hamed: Our curriculum is free of calls to terrorism and extremism"; "Dr. Rasha Al- Sabah: We condemn blind extremism" -- Al-Seyassah, p. 4, "Rasha Al-Sabah: Terrorism and extremism are phenomena, he who subscribes to them wants to erase our religious culture and our civilized values" -- Al-Anbaa, p. 8, "Rasha Al-Sabah: Kuwait is against blind extremism, violence, and terrorism" ¶3. Monday, December 26, 2005 -- Al-Qabas, p. 15, "Rasha Al-Sabah: Youth participation in shaping their future is the best step to combat terrorism" -- Al-Rai Al-Aam, p. 15, "The conference on investing youths' free time continues its work: Concentrating information programs to isolate all forms of extremism and terrorism" -- Al-Watan, p. 19, "Youth participation in decision-making and including their issues in development policies"; "The organization of media programs to spread justice and isolate extremism as well as respecting different cultures and identities"; "Rasha Al-Sabah: Using youths' energies and directing them is the best way to partake in developing the country" -- Al-Seyassah, p. 8, "Rasha Al-Sabah: Youth participation in shaping their future is the best way to combat the terrorism and extremism phenomena" -- Al-Anbaa, p. 8, "Rasha Al-Sabah: Youth participation in shaping their future is the best way to protect them from extremism" ¶4. Tuesday, December 27, 2005 -- Al-Qabas, p. 10, "Al-Hamed: Kuwait share of extremism is lesser than the least"; "Bakir: Eliminating terrorism starts with studying its reasons first"; "Al-Twaijri: School curriculum that teaches tolerance" -- Al-Rai Al-Aam, p. 10, "Al-Hamed opened the educational aspects for treating terrorism and extremism conference: Strict security measures eliminated the extremism that surfaced in Kuwait"; "Rasha Al-Sabah: We extend our hands to those calling for peace and security and the isolation of terrorism" -- Al-Rai Al-Aam, p. 11, "Rasha Al-Sabah: The people of Kuwait are used to moderation and condemn extremism" -- Al-Watan, p. 16, "Dr. Rashid Al-Hamed: Our mission is to KUWAIT 00005287 002 OF 002 correct the misperceptions of Islam and our educational institutions' role is to protect our youths from deviating ideologies"; "Faisal Al-Hajji: Extremism is condemned and moderation is our goal"; "Dr. Rasha Al-Sabah: Kuwaitis are against extremism" -- Al-Seyassah, p. 4, "Al-Hamed: Our share of extremism is small and education shall be our weapon" -- Al-Anbaa, p. 9, "Al-Hamed: Security apparatus completely eliminated extremists and Kuwait's share of terrorism is the least of all"; "Al-Atiyah: A bigger role for educational curriculum in combating terrorism" ********************************************* Visit Embassy Kuwait's Classified Website: http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/nea/kuwait You can also access this site through the State Department's Classified SIPRNET website ********************************************* LEBARON