'International Tolerance Symposium' Held In Abu Dhabi

Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published November 15, 2018 | 05:05 PM

UAE's Minister for Tolerance Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan on Thursday said establishing the Ministry of Tolerance by the government of United Arab Emirates was a clear manifestation that the country was giving importance to harmony and coexistence.

ABU DHABI, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 15th Nov, 2018 ) :UAE's Minister for Tolerance Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan on Thursday said establishing the Ministry of Tolerance by the government of United Arab Emirates was a clear manifestation that the country was giving importance to harmony and coexistence.

Addressing at the event, the Minister said UAE was an example of tolerance and coexistence, as it hosted over 200 nationalities that lived together peacefully, according to Emirates news Agency WAM.

He said the UAE also adopted a policy of openness to the world and had a welcoming community with basic values that are common to all religions and cultures.

He said such values were essential for the stability of all communities as were established by the Founding Father, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.

The 'International Tolerance Symposium' was held by the ministry on the sidelines of the "National Tolerance Festival," under the theme, "On Zayed's Approach," and was attended by officials and thinkers from European, Asian, American and Arab countries, including India, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, UK, Canada, Australia, Uruguay, Lebanon, Italy, the Netherlands and the United States, US.

The symposium aims to prepare a working paper that includes an international strategy for strengthening tolerance on a global level, discussing various tolerance-related issues, raising awareness, and promoting peaceful coexistence and international cooperation while rejecting violence, extremism, hatred, intolerance and discrimination, as well as creating innovative and creative solutions to spread awareness about tolerance among the world's youth.

Sheikh Nahyan and other participants participants also celebrated the birthday of Karen Armstrong, Founder of the Charter of Compassion.