Dubai, UAE – in line with announcing Dubai as the capital of the world for tolerance, the ‘Tolerance Sign’ has been unveiled in the city last Thursday.
Weeks after His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, announced a landmark global initiative for tolerance to consolidate the UAE’s status as a capital for tolerance and openness in the region, the hand sign of a dove and a hashtag Tolerance_Unites_Us were announced, reports from Gulf News said.
During the event, four doves were released into the sky at the base of Burj Khalifa.
The renowned Arab television presenter Lojain Omran was also appointed as the ambassador for the newly launched Mohammad Bin Rashid Award for Tolerance with a task to spread the culture of tolerance and promote the values of peace across the region.
The hashtag launched has been translated into different languages as a way to spread the message of tolerance coming from the UAE.
Ahmad Al Mansouri, secretary-general of the Mohammad Bin Rashid Award for Tolerance, said the award carries a very important message about the UAE, a country where there is a peaceful coexistence of more than 200 nationalities with different cultures.
“The tolerance initiative is one of the many noble initiatives launched by Shaikh Mohammad, with a goal to eliminate violence, extremism, hatred, and discrimination across the region and around the world while also promoting values of tolerance and openness to others,” Al Mansouri told Gulf News.
