A speaker at the symposium held by the Naif Arab University for Security Sciences in Riyadh, Monday. (Okaz photo) RIYADH: Hissa Al-Wa'ili, Director General of Islamic Awareness at the Ministry of Education, has said that 12,000 women teachers across the country have received training in protect young people against extremist ideology. Al-Wa'ili revealed the figure Monday at an academic symposium backed by Prince Muhammad Bin Naif Bin Abdul Aziz, Assistant Minister of Interior for Security Affairs, and held by Naif Arab University for Security Sciences in Riyadh. Al-Wa'ili told the participants at the “Confronting Terrorist Ideology” symposium that the teachers had completed their training in “combating terrorism” and that it included ways of protecting young people from extremist ideas. The function also heard calls for the creation of a women's police force to boost the role of women in the fight against terrorism in accordance with society's values. In a working paper presented by Naif Bin Muhammad Al-Marwani from the Ministry of Interior, participants heard of the extensive efforts and successes the Kingdom had made in combating terrorism between 1979 and 2009 and the security training and technology introduced to assist in that fight. Al-Marwani noted the establishment of the High Committee for Combating Terrorism as well as efforts to rehabilitate persons who have fallen into deviant thought. “Over 150 young men turned their backs on their ideas, a success rate of between 80 and 90 percent,” he said. Al-Marwani said that a female police force would help fight terrorism in accordance with the values of society, and also urged support for the Kingdom's proposal for the establishment of an international center to fight terrorism.
