Islamabad : Panelists at the concluding session of an international conference called for joint efforts to check radicalisation in society.The three-day moot on 'Radicalisation: perceptions, realities and challenges of campus life' was organised at the Air University here.The sub-themes of the conference were religion, education, identity, culture and media.The conference was a collaborative endeavour of the Air University, Council of Islamic Ideology, Muslim Institute and Centre for Research and Security Studies.On the last day, a workshop on the theme of countering extremist narratives was held.Dr Khalid Zaheer of the Al-Mawrid Institute delivered a lecture in which he stressed that only a counter narrative from within the religion could counter religious extremism.A TV anchor Anwarul Hassan said electronic media needed proper regulation as part of efforts to counter radicalisation.
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