Alliance of Civilizations or Dialogue for Coexistence

The concept of dialogue between civilizations and cultures has become one of the most discussed concepts and topics in recent years because of the endless clouds of darkness that invade our era of political conflicts and social, religious and cultural crises.

Taking it from definitions far beyond its well-known lexical connotation, reliance on it has also heightened the need to refer to it as a method for solving regional and international problems, rapprochement between peoples, reforming the crooked policies and ideas, and adhering to goals that promote human values and principles that are the common denominator among all civilizations and cultures.

We all dream of building a single human family and a common community home, tolerance, alliance, and beauty, but reality confirms that three obstacles make the principles of peaceful coexistence difficult:

Some social disparities and crises make the safe life of millions of people something distant.

Man-made policies that make the present and future industries fraught with dangers and woes and make societies share many fears.

Cognitive precedents that frame minds and direct reality and human behavior.

The area must, therefore, be opened for exploration, purification, and rearrangement.

Several examples can be given to these aspects. Many people clandestinely migrate out of necessity in search of a better life or to escape the scourge of war and sedition; there are also painful facts and terrifying figures provided by the recent United Nations reports regarding the movement of clandestine migrants and refugees across the Mediterranean.

These figures indicate a tragic increase in the number of deaths, which exceeded 130 percent compared to previous years, as the Mediterranean waters became a graveyard for migrants coming from Africa, the Arab countries, and the Middle East.

The problem of migration is intractable as it overlaps the factors of sovereignty, economy, integration, political asylum, and elections.

Among its results is the rise of nationalism in European countries, which has emerged in France, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Central European countries, without forgetting the deterrent laws that await immigrants, and the Islamophobia that has begun to affect millions of Muslims...

In addition, the ideological and cultural factor also overwhelms some in the interpretation of certain policies; we remember that the Russian President interpreted the war in Ukraine as aimed at "liberating Ukraine" from "neo-Nazis, their supporters, and their ideology".

It is no surprise that the determination given to the ideological and cultural factor contributes to a destructive war mechanism that obscures the main causes of tensions that exist today on all continents, and therefore often supports a unilateral distribution of responsibilities; The "Diseases" of the other's culture are sufficient to explain the difficulties of living with it...

There are also man-made policies that led to human activities causing climate disasters that humanity has never seen before.

There are also human-made policies that cause human activities to cause climate disasters that humanity has never known before.

The heat that the United States, Europe, and many Arab countries are experiencing these days has never been known to humanity before.

It will rise by 1.5 degrees Celsius, with extreme heat waves recurring every 10 years due to global warming. Droughts and heavy rainfall will also become more frequent.

With the war in Ukraine, peaceful values, the value of some wheat, gas, and oil-exporting countries, and the value of some geographical areas, such as the Black Sea, which is a major artery for the movement of goods at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, have become apparent to the world, and especially to Europeans.

Furthermore, the Swedish police allowing an extremist in the Swedish capital Stockholm on the first day of Eid al-Adha, to tear up a copy of the Noble Qur’an and set it on fire, can only be condemned.

I searched into the weeds of international human rights declarations, what could give the right to Swedish judicial to allow this crime under the pretext of freedom of expression, but I did not find anything;

Rather, it is an abuse — among other things — of the international norm package in the field of human rights and public freedoms; every observer can understand that such practices of a formal and encouraging nature of religious hatred can only serve the agendas of extremism and terrorism.

International theories were also formed about conflicts and civilizations, and schools were formed, especially in the United States, for the scientific rooting of these concepts.

Unfortunately, however, many theorists have gone astray when they referred to some civilizations as the antithesis of civilized civilizations and that they carry within them viruses that undermine issues of coexistence between nations and peoples.

Through these examples, we understand that the world is suffering from many difficult crises and civilized dialogue is an absolute necessity that should not only include the issue of religions and cultures, as is common for some, but also should deal with political, economic, social, environmental, and intellectual fields.

It can only be universal and inclusive to systematize human diversity in all its forms and interests.

Recently, the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Mr. Josep Borrell, visited us at the Euro-Mediterranean University in Fez and talked about “Our strategic responsibilities in the current geopolitical context” and came out with the conviction that we must carry a correct view of the present, the future, and creativity that creates peace.

If only man could light the candle without looking at the alternative, they would not be guided to light bulbs and the entry of electricity into all aspects of life.

Therefore, I say that the global dialogue must be smart and build on the common denominators that bring people together, look for positive and fruitful alternatives to all the crises we have spoken of so that common concepts can be systematized, shared goals unified, and common human destiny safeguarded in a world where the United Nations Population Division estimates that its population has crossed 8 billion.

Crossing this symbolic threshold is an opportunity to celebrate diversity and development, taking into account humanity's shared responsibility to live in security, security, and peace...