AL-HASA, 27 February 2005 — Parents, teachers and Islamic scholars were urged to ensure that children are protected from the deviant ideas of intolerance that lead to terrorism at an antiterrorism conference held at King Abdul Aziz Hospital here recently.
The conference was sponsored by Health Affairs of the National Guard and featured lectures and presentations about the threat of terrorism against the backdrop of the hospital’s multinational staff.
Despite the variety of viewpoints presented, all stressed the need to combating deviant groups and the extremist garbage such groups espouse to children. It was clear that all responsible members of society must give youngsters a consistent message that those ideas are false and belong to no religion or nation and pose a great danger to both humanity and nature.
“Neither Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, nor his companions ever justified or encouraged the killing of innocent people whatever their religion or wherever they might be,” said Dr. Ibrahim Al-Jamaan, one of the executives at Imam Abdul Rahman Al-Faisal Hospital in Dammam.
Hospital staff — men and women of different nationalities from Filipinos to Americans — expressed their thanks and appreciation to Saudi security forces for their courageous and resolute drive to hunt down and capture violent extremists and lent full support to the Saudi government in its efforts to deal with bombers and other murderous elements who kill innocent men, women and children.
“Those who practice and support violence and destruction for whatever reason and wherever they may be are hostile to the whole world,” said Dr. Ahmad Al-Arfaj, the National Guard’s executive regional director of Health Affairs for the Eastern Province. “Horrifying people by bombing and killing is not a way to gain anything but shame and disgrace for their families, society and country.”
The meeting was organized by Gassem Al-Anazy, public relations manager of National Guard Health Affairs, Eastern Province.
