Under the patronage of  His Royal Highness Prince Ghazi Ibn Muhammad, chief adviser for religious and cultural affairs and personal envoy of  His Majesty King Abdullah II, the Muslim Council of Elders and the  Catholic Center for Studies and Media in Jordan, will organize a conference in Amman titled, “Media People Against Hate” on  September 27- 28, 2021.

The conference, aims at creating an Arab media trend that believes in the humanitarian responsibility of media and its role in fighting hate, extremism and discrimination. It furthermore aims to continue on the path set out at the ‘Arab Media Convention for Human Fraternity’ which was held in February 2020 in Abu Dhabi, and which produced the ‘Media Code of Ethics for Human Fraternity’. 

The conference will hold several sessions, while hosting several prominent Arab media personalities from various mediums, that discuss important issues including hatred in the Arab media and the prospects for overcoming it, the image of the Arabs in the Western media, in addition to hate speech on social media, and the containment of the "hate epidemic" which coincided with the outbreak of the Corona epidemic.

The Catholic Center for Studies and Media

The Catholic Center for Studies and Media (CCSM) aims at strengthening inter-religious dialogue, establishing relations with people who live the diaspora, promoting religion in the service of peace, and encouraging pilgrimage to Jordan in its capacity as part of the Holy Land. The CCSM serves as a regional oasis that disseminates love and understanding among the various components of the Jordanian society. It furthermore urges the attainment of cordiality and friendship between Muslims and Christians, thus it organized and participated in a number of relevant conferences, seminars and workshops.

The Muslim Council of Elders

The Muslim Council of Elders is an independent international organization that was established in July 18, 2014 to promote peace in the Muslim communities. The council unites Muslim scholars, experts and dignitaries who are known for their wisdom, sense of justice, independence and moderateness who work together to promote peace, to discourage infighting, as well as to address the sources of conflict, divisiveness and fragmentation in Muslim communities.