Dr. Raed Obais, a member of the UNESCO Chair for Interreligious Dialogue at the University of Kufa, delivered an awareness-raising lecture and conducted a workshop on the National Strategy to Combat Violent Extremism Leading to Terrorism, in collaboration with Al-Makeen Foundation for Sciences and Knowledge, on Monday, 19 October 2026. …

Assistant Professor Dr. Raed Obais, a member of the UNESCO Chair for Interreligious Dialogue at the University of Kufa, participated in a symposium entitled “Political Extremism and the Abuse of Power,” organized jointly by the Iraqi Association for Political Science and Al-Makeen Foundation for Sciences and Knowledge. The symposium was …

The international platform Hamsat Net hosted Assistant Professor Dr Tahseen Fadhil Abbas, a member of the UNESCO Chair for Interreligious Dialogue at the University of Kufa, on Tuesday, 6 October 2026, in a special episode of its dialogue programme, Echoes of Humanity. The episode, moderated by Dr Ali Musa Al-Mousawi, …

The Department of Intellectual and Cultural Affairs at the Holy Al-Abbas Shrine has published a book entitled Methods of Torture and Ba’athist Crimes, dated 1 October 2026. The book is a documentary study prepared by Assistant Professor Dr Raed Obais, a member of the UNESCO Chair for Interreligious Dialogue at …