Education policies and building social awareness to confront extremism in Iraq

Abstract

Policies related to education and peace building in any region of the world assume the degree of awareness and knowledge that individuals possess, as well as the seriousness of resorting to dialogue as an entry point to settling differences and building values of tolerance in society, which require mature laws with the ability to convince citizens that consent and acceptance is part of the commitment of individuals. with this culture. Confronting extremism requires social awareness capable of preventing, deterring and dispersing extremist ideas.

Since 2003, Iraq has been suffering from waves of social threats because of the awareness resulting from the lack of social satisfaction with the state’s policies, some of which coincided before 2003 because of the political conditions that resulted in the growth of many social risks that greatly affected education policies and other methods of socialization until these ideas began Affect social security and weaken peace. Terrorist organizations have expanded horizontally in different regions of Iraq, relying on exploiting weak public policies to achieve social justice, growing unemployment, and the weak ability of citizens to meet public needs.

The reliance of education policies on traditional means, especially in the societal fields, negatively affects building the culture of citizens in society, especially if the community education methods are more influential than government education policies - because education in Iraq depends on government support and not private education, whether in curricula or educational message. - Because of the impact of this on social awareness and knowledge of peace politics and building a culture of dialogue as an alternative to violent means.