Let's Talk About Sects 

The Reemergence of Sectarianism in the Middle East and What it Means for Europe

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Location: Helsinki

Date: 2 March 2017

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The Euro-Gulf Information Centre organised this conference to illustrate the rising sectarianism in the Middle East and its spill-over in Europe.

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Sectarian propaganda and its reflective violence has unleashed a tidal wave of challenges to the Middle East and, by extension, those areas - including Europe, including Finland - that are proximate. This seminar has addressed this key ideological threat to peace and stability in the region, while reflecting on solutions to contain it.

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Speakers
 

• Con Coughlin, The Daily Telegraph Defence Editor and Chief Foreign Affairs Columnist
  - Iranian Ambitions in and Throughout the Middle East
   

• Piercamillo Falasca, Editor of Strade Magazine
  - The Rise of Islamic Sectarianism in Europe
   

• Mitchell Belfer, President of the Euro-Gulf Information Centre
  - Some Solutions to Sectarianism: The Arab Gulf Model
   

• Khalifa Alfadhel, Assistant Professor, International Law, University of Bahrain
  - From Tahrir to Manama: Sectarianism and Intolerance as a Result of the Arab Spring