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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 
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¶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 
 
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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" 
 
 
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