His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed receives information ministers of Anti-Terror Quartet.

His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, received at Al Bateen Palace today the Ministers of Information of the Anti-Terror Quartet.

The meeting was attended by H.H. Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs.  

Dr. Awad bin Salih Al Awad, Minister of Culture and Information of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Ali bin Mohammed Al Ramahi, Minister of Information of Bahrain and Makram Mohammed Ahmed, President of the Egyptian Higher Council for Media Regulation, are in Abu Dhabi for a meeting held by the  Anti-Terror Quartet for discussing means for coordinating efforts and developing mechanisms of cooperation for battling extremism financing and harbouring of extremist organisations.

Sheikh Mohamed, during the meeting which was attended by Dr. Sultan bin Ahmad Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of State and Chairman of National Media Council, exchanged with the visiting ministers greetings on the occasion of the Holy Month of Ramadan.

Sheikh Mohamed stressed during the reception that media plays a pivotal role in fighting the ideologies of hatred and extremism, adding that the only way to encounter this menace is to uproot the wayward ideologies and to expose the terrorist organisations that work under the guise of Islam to recruit the young people from the Arab countries and across the world.

He also said, "Fighting extremist organisations through media is of no less importance than fighting it through the security and military means and media might be more instrumental in this fight because it spreads the values of tolerance, moderation and positivity."

We need to work within one pre-emptive strategy based on explaining the concepts of the moderate and open teachings of Islam that call for tolerance, peace and forgiveness and spreading the spirit of hope and giving, he said.

This is in addition to exposing the terrorist organisations that tarnish the sublime and noble values of Islam, he said.

He also called upon the ministers to develop media strategies and plans, particularly for the social media, to address the public, with focus on the young people, whom the terrorist organisations are targeting.

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