Iranian protesters hold portraits of (from L to R) US Democrat presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, US President Barack Obama and Bahraini King Hamad, most adorned with jihad-style beards and a slogan reading "is Daeishian" (Daesh is Arabic acronym for Islamic State), during a parade marking al-Quds (Jerusalem) Day in Tehran on July 01, 2016. (Xinhua/AFP Photo)
KHARTOUM, Aug. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Arab forum on the role of media in fighting terrorism concluded its sessions in Khartoum Friday and issued "Khartoum Declaration" which called for necessity of confronting terrorism phenomenon.
The declaration recommended the need to disseminate the Islamic values, invest the cultural reserve of the nation, include materials in the curriculum focusing on tolerance, justice, peace as well as criminalization of injustice and renunciation of violence.
The declaration directed the Arab media to highlight the tolerance of the Islamic religion and how it upholds the values of virtue and renunciation of terrorism, extremism and violence, urging the member states to work to establish centers for the training of Imams and preachers to correct the religious discourse in a manner that suits the spirit of the time.
It further urged the countries to concern with the youths and resolve the issue of unemployment by enhancing the work opportunities, lessening poverty and achieving social justice and equality.
In the meantime, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who attended the forum's concluding session, received the recommendations of the forum and vowed to work with his Arab counterparts to implement them.
Addressing the session, al-Bashir reiterated Sudan's commitment to work with its Arab and African surroundings to confront the terrorism phenomenon.
"Sudan, at the regional and international levels, will never hesitate to contribute with whatever it has to combat the terrorism phenomenon," said al-Bashir.
He noted that the Sudanese Armed Forces are fighting inside and outside Sudan to support legitimacy and defeat terrorism.
Arab League (AL) Deputy Secretary General Ahmed Bin Hali, for his part, said that the document of Khartoum Declaration would be one of the important references in field of the Arab joint action to combat terrorism, just like the previous decisions bearing the name of Khartoum.
The activities of the two-day Arab Media Forum on Terrorism started in Khartoum on Thursday and was jointly organized by Sudan's Information Ministry and the AL.
The participants at the forum discussed three working papers on role of the religious discourse in combating terrorism, the national efforts in combating terrorism and the joint Arab strategy in combating extremism and terrorism phenomena.
