Honoring the winners of the first session of "Munasaha Award for Scientific Research"

ABU DHABI, 21st May / WAM / His Excellency Sheikh Khalifa bin Mohammed bin Khalid Al Nahyan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Wajib Voluntary Society, today attended a ceremony honoring the winners of the first session of the “Munasaha Award for Scientific Research”, the national scientific award specialized in the field of intellectual security.

The ceremony was attended by His Excellency Abdullah Aqeedah Al Muhairi, CEO of the National Counseling Centre, and His Excellency Dr. Khalifa Mubarak Al Dhaheri, Director of Mohammed bin Zayed University for the Humanities, along with a number of officials, academics and researchers.

The award is organized in conjunction with the “Year of the Family” and in cooperation between the National Center for Counseling and Mohammed bin Zayed University for Human Sciences, which reflects the commitment of both sides to consolidating the values ​​of moderation, centrism, tolerance and peace, and enhancing intellectual awareness to protect society and support its stability.

His Excellency Abdullah Aqeedah Al Muhairi, CEO of the National Munasaha Centre, confirmed in his opening speech that the launch of the “Munasaha Award for Scientific Research” in its first session, coinciding with the “Year of the Family”, and in cooperation with the strategic scientific partner, Mohammed bin Zayed University for the Humanities, came with the aim of supporting national efforts in the UAE to strengthen the intellectual security system, and to encourage students and researchers to develop their scientific and cognitive capabilities in this vital field.

He said: “Through this award, we seek to support specialized scientific research, and to come up with scientific visions and proposals aimed at consolidating the values ​​of moderation, centrism, tolerance and peace, in a way that enhances the protection of society and consolidates societal awareness among its various groups.”

He expressed his happiness with the wide interaction and outstanding turnout witnessed by the award, as the total number of participating researches reached 157 scientific papers from participants of different nationalities from 20 countries, indicating that this broad participation is a source of pride and honor for us and for the UAE, which embraces everyone in security, peace, tolerance, love and harmony.

He added: “We at the National Advice Center were pleased with this positive interaction and the distinguished scientific level of the participants, which reflects the importance of the award and its role in supporting the process of purposeful scientific research and serving societal and intellectual issues.”

At the end of his speech, His Excellency extended his sincere thanks and appreciation to the strategic partners of the award, in recognition of their sincere national efforts and continuous support for the success of this scientific initiative, and to the award’s work team and the scientific research jury for their great and appreciated efforts.

For his part, His Excellency Dr. Khalifa Mubarak Al Dhaheri, in his speech, extended his sincere thanks and appreciation to the National Counseling Center for this pioneering national initiative, which reflects a firm interest in enhancing intellectual security, consolidating community awareness, and encouraging scientific research on important intellectual and national issues.

He extended his sincere thanks and gratitude to His Excellency Abdullah Aqeedah Al Muhairi, CEO of the National Counseling Centre, appreciating his sincere efforts and continuous support for purposeful scientific and intellectual initiatives, and his prominent role in supporting national and scientific initiatives and strengthening the intellectual security system.

He also appreciated the efforts of the Award Committee and its members, and the distinguished work they did in supporting this award and its success, through reading and arbitrating scientific research and selecting distinguished research, in a way that reflects the high scientific level of the award and its national and intellectual goals.

He praised the efforts of the faculty members, researchers and academic supervisors at Mohammed bin Zayed University for Human Sciences, who played an active role in guiding students and motivating them towards research, creativity and scientific excellence.

He congratulated the participants in this award, who presented honorable examples that reflect the level of awareness, ambition and a high sense of national responsibility, wishing them continued success in their scientific and research careers.

For his part, Saif Al Mazrouei, head of the Munasaha Award for Scientific Research team, said that the award stems from the vision and mission of the National Center for Munasaha, which is based on promoting the values ​​of moderation and moderation, and carries the slogan “Intellectual immunity and national honesty,” to be one of the main pillars in presenting and highlighting the real causes of extremism and intellectual deviation, and finding practical means and proactive solutions to reduce these causes.

He explained that the award, in its first edition, focused on the topic of “Religious Discourse and Contemporary Intellectual Challenges,” through three main axes: dismantling the discourse of extremism, correcting erroneous religious concepts, and addressing the problems raised around the formation of faith convictions and common sense, in addition to the role of the family in shaping the intellectual immunity of children.

During the ceremony, a documentary film was shown that discussed the award, the efforts of the jury, and the stages of evaluating the participating research, while the Emirati poet Musaed bin Tasas Al Harithi, who won the title of Millionaire’s Poet in its tenth edition, recited a patriotic poem.

At the conclusion of the ceremony, His Excellency Sheikh Khalifa bin Mohammed bin Khalid Al Nahyan honored the award winners, in the presence of His Excellency Abdullah Aqeedah Al Muhairi and His Excellency Dr. Khalifa Mubarak Al Dhaheri, in addition to honoring the award team and the jury.

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