Chairman of the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC), Dr Ali bin Sumaikh Al Marri, and other officials during the inauguration of the calligraphy exhibition in Berlin.
Extremism and terrorism cannot be combated through Islamophobia and only through cultural dialogue and cooperation and through communications and dialogue between faiths and civilizations highlighting common values and traditions, said Chairman of the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) Dr Ali bin Sumaikh Al Marri in his opening speech at the Arabic Calligraphy exhibition in Berlin organised by NHRC.
Islamophobia is generating hatred and discourses of intolerance, and extremism and terrorism have no faith or nationality, he added.
Terrorists who are using religion to cover their heinous behaviours and dirty aims have nothing to do with the tolerant faith of Islam and they only represent themselves, he stressed.
The exhibition comes as part of visits of NHRC officials to Europe and is organised at the Embassy of Qatar in Berlin.
The event was attended by a considerable number of representatives of diplomatic missions in Berlin, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany, human rights, international and regional organizations and members of the public.
The opening ceremony was attended by a number of Arab ambassadors in Germany, German officials and academics.
The exhibition is not to make a comparison between Islamic heritage and human rights agreements but rather to highlight the faiths and cultures' contribution to the international human heritages, said Al Marri.
Sheikh Saud bin Abderahman Al Thani, Qatari Ambassador to Germany, said that the Arabic calligraphy exhibition about human rights in Islam was like an image of "civilized communication" and a fruit of dialogue of cultures.
"The Arabic calligraphy maintains human heritage of previous civilisations," he said, adding that Islam is keen to protect others' rights and has asked people to protect them.
