Gulf media campaign against the evils of terrorism
Gulf, Politics, 3/15/2004

The Gulf joint program production for the Gulf Cooperation Council GCC announced yesterday the beginning of a media campaign against the "evils of terrorism."

The Kuwaiti news agency quoted the executive director of the establishment Hashem al-Shakhas as saying that the campaign "include three feature films, 30 TV messages, 30 radio messages one drama series in 15 session." Al-Shakhas indicated that the " media campaign which aims at calling for tolerance and accepting the other comes because of the incidents taking place in the region and is addressed to the citizens of the citizens of the Gulf Co-operation Council GCC member states."

He explained that the campaign explains the intention of the leaders of the GCC on the need of challenging violence in all its forms through creating commitment to Arab and Islamic solidarity and the call to give up violence." He said that the programs "speak of the honorable image of Islam and its tolerance and sublime values which forbid violence and calls for tolerance, refuses violence and encourages humanitarian and civilizational cooperation."

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