“A Scientific Symposium

Under the patronage of the Dean of the College of Political Science, Professor Dr. Osama Murtadha Baqir Al-Saidi, the Department of Political Systems and Public Policies, in cooperation with the Holy Shrine of Al-Kadhimiya, held a scientific symposium titled “Terrorism and Extremism: Political Challenges and Ways to Confront them, and Government and Community Policies to Counter Extremist Terrorism”. The symposium was held in the Ambassadors’ Hall.

The session was chaired by Dr. Falah Hassan Al-Manea, and several research papers were presented by faculty members from the department, addressing several axes, including:

1. Dismantling the environment of extremism to draw effective peace-building policies, by Professor Dr. Yassin Saad Al-Bakri.
2. The role of religious discourse in fueling or extinguishing sectarian thought (analysis and solutions), by Sheikh Laith Al-Obaidi, Al-Kadhimiya Holy Shrine.
3. Electronic terrorism means, by Professor Dr. Kazem Ali Mahdi.
4. The role of universities in reducing terrorism, by Professor Dr. Israa Alaa Al-Din Nouri.
5. The driving factors of terrorism and extremism, by Professor Dr. Firas Abdul Karim Muhammad Ali.
6. Combating extremism in Iraqi law, by Instructor Kafi Zughair Al-Badri.”