The Ministry of Culture organised a seminar on 'The Melting of Civilisations' as part of the activities of the ongoing 32nd Doha International Book Fair (DIBF) at the Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre.
The seminar was moderated by Dr Youssef Ashir, a university professor and programme presenter.
Dr Jassim al-Jazzaa, an academic researcher in management, spoke about the problem of dissolution in other civilisations, and how to be protected from it.
He pointed out for the need “to adhere to our Arab, religious, moral and heritage values, and to take science and technology and everything that is appropriate for our societies from other civilisations, and leave what does not suit us”.
Dr al-Jazzaa gave several examples of the dissolution of the young generation and children in Western civilisations, which he described as a dangerous matter, especially their admiration for their thought, literature, and language, while abandoning what corresponds to it in Islamic civilisation.
He stressed the need to strengthen humanities and social sciences in Arab Islamic countries in order to be able to build strong, cohesive societies that adhere to their heritage and values, referring to the issue of scholarships and how young people go to the West and dissolve in its culture and thought, especially scholarship students who study the humanities.
