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His Excellency the Secretary-General of #Etidal Center, Dr. Mansour Al-Shammari, welcomed today at the Center's headquarters in Riyadh, Mr. Dominik Fasching, Regional Security and Counter-Terrorism Counsellor at the European Union Delegation to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where they both discussed ways to enhance joint collaboration in combating extremist ideology.

As part of ongoing collaboration, the efforts of #Etidal and #Telegram @telegram during 2025 contributed to combat digital extremism by removing 97.6 million extremist content and closing 4,294 channels used to spread extremist content. etidal.org/q4e

His Excellency Dr. Mansour Al-Shammari, Secretary General of Etidal Center, met today His Excellency Ambassador Johan Verkammen, Special Envoy for the Middle East at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belgium, at the Center’s headquarters in Riyadh. They discussed during the visit a number of topics of common interest in the field of combating extremist ideology.

His Excellency Dr. Mansour Al-Shammari, Secretary-General of Etidal Center, welcomed today at the Center's headquarters in Riyadh, His Excellency Mr. Giorgi Gvarakidze, Prosecutor General of Georgia, and his accompanying delegation. His Excellency was briefed on the Center's most prominent initiatives and international partnerships that support efforts to promote moderation and coexistence, in addition to discussing ways to cooperate in the field of combating extremism.

His Excellency the Secretary-General, Dr. Mansour Al-Shammari, welcomed today at the Center's headquarters in Riyadh, a delegation from the Kingdom of Denmark to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, headed by Mr. Peter Juel-Jensen, and the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark to Saudi Arabia, Ms. Liselotte Plesner. The delegation was briefed on the Center's efforts in combating extremism, promoting moderation, and consolidating the values of coexistence.

Etidal Secretary-General, Dr. Mansour Al-Shammari, received His Excellency the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Dr. Nematulla Yuldashev. During the meeting, the two sides discussed a number of topics of mutual interest and reviewed the Center’s efforts in mitigating the impacts of extremism and promoting a culture of coexistence.

97% of Extremist Discourse is Produced by 5 Extremist Organizations #Etidal

" Extremism Between the Individual Approach and the Strategic Vision" — an article by H.E. Dr. Mansour Al-Shammari, Secretary-General of Etidal Center, published in Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper english.aawsat.com/node/5199136

236,100,889 extremist contents have been removed, and 18,605 extremist channels have been deleted. #Etidal

As part of our ongoing efforts at #Etidal, and in partnership with #Telegram @telegram, 28,495,947 extremist contents were removed and 1,150 channels were deleted used for extremist propaganda during the third quarter of 2025 (July – September). etidal.org/q3e #SeekingModerateWorld

Mr. Leiv Villadsen, Acting Director of the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (@UNICRI_Director), during his visit to #Etidal: “I am deeply impressed by the achievements I have seen at Etidal, and Saudi Arabia is at the forefront of nations combating extremism.” @UNICRI

H.E. Dr. Mansour Al-Shammari, Secretary-General, welcomed today at the Center’s headquarters in Riyadh, Mr. Leif Villadsen, the Acting Director of the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute @UNICRI_Director . During the visit, they discussed ways of joint collaboration in combating extremist ideology. #Etidal @UNICRI

His Excellency the Secretary-General of Etidal, Dr. Mansour Al-Shammari, today received at the Center’s headquarters in Riyadh His Excellency the National Security Advisor to the Austrian Federal Government, Dr. Peter Vorhofer. During the meeting, both sides discussed topics of mutual interest.

Peace is the language of humanity 🕊️ #International_Day_Of_Peace #Etidal

H.E. Dr. Mansour Al-Shammari, Secretary-General of #Etidal, received Ms. Lara Murad, Regional Financial Attaché of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, where they discussed topics of mutual interest.

Extremism arises in the shadows of chaos; the more turmoil prevails, the more it breathes and feeds on the absence of stability. #Etidal

"The Middle East Between Conflictual and Reformist Mentality" — an article by H.E. Dr. Mansour Al-Shammari, Secretary-General of the Etidal Center, published in Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper. aawsat.news/y3sst

His Excellency Dr. Mansour Al-Shammari, the Secretary-General, received today at the headquarters of the Etidal Center, His Excellency Eng. Mazen Ghunaim, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Palestine to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. During the meeting, a number of topics of mutual interest were discussed.

The joint efforts to combat digital extremism between #Etidal and the #Telegram platform [@telegram] successfully led to the removal of 30,846,485 pieces of extremist content and the deletion of 1,254 extremist channels during the second quarter of 2025 (April–June). etidal.org/q2e