An intellectual symposium on hate speech and its negative effects on national unity and social peace.
The College of Education and the Division of Psychological Counseling and Educational Guidance at our university, in cooperation with the Community Police Directorate at the Governorate Police Command, held an intellectual symposium on (Hate Speech and Its Negative Effects on National Unity and Community Peace). The session was chaired by Assistant Lecturer Janan Shehab Hamid, a teacher in the English Language Department, and Brigadier General Ali Ajami Rasool Al-Ramahi, Director of Community Police at the Governorate Police Command, lectured who confirmed that "hate speech" refers to offensive speech that targets a group or individual based on inherent characteristics (such as race, religion, or gender), which may threaten social peace, of any kind: Oral, written, or behavioral communication that attacks or uses derogatory or discriminatory language with reference to a person or group on the basis of identity, religion, ethnicity, nationality, race, color, descent, gender, or any other identifying factor. He warned from hate speech and its negative effects on national unity and societal peace, referring to Article 20, Paragraph 2, of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which affirms: “Any advocacy of national, racial, or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility, or violence is prohibited by law.”
