The Islamic Friendship Association of Australia announced that it has granted the Champion of Cultural Inclusion Award for the year 2010-2011 to Mr. Seif al-Islam Gaddafi, Chairman of the Gaddafi International Charity and Development Foundation, for his success in resolving many contentious issues through dialogue. The award has been granted based on a nomination by the Federation of Australian Afro-Arab Associations, which considered that Seif al-Islam has scored a number of successes.
The Chairman of the Federation of Australian Afro-Arab Associations said that "Seif al-Islam has succeeded in solving many issues at the local and international levels”, noting that such success was based on the use of “the language of the powerful; that is the language of dialogue."
"The dialogue he called for helped to resolve humanitarian, ideological and intellectual issues that were too difficult to resolve or even to discuss”, he added, “asserting that the Award Committee agreed unanimously to grant its award to Mr. Seif Al-Islam.
It should be noted that the Champion of Cultural Inclusion Award is offered within the framework of choosing a civilized way to assimilate and accommodate different and conflicting ideas. The letter sent by the Federation of Australian Afro-Arab Associations to Mr. Seif al-Islam mentioned that his nomination was the result of his success in resolving various issues such as the Lockerbie Affair, the hostages in the Philippines, the Arab-Afghan families, the Bulgarian medics, as well as the file of the Muslim Brotherhood and other violent groups.
The award is due to be granted during the opening ceremony of the Festival: “Dialogue, the Language of the Powerful”.
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