8th Islamic Information Ministers Conference concludes, issuing

Moreover, Rabat Declaration condemned the arbitrary harassment
perpetrated by Israel against journalists to prevent them from
transmitting images of mass killings and destruction, especially
during the recent aggression on Gaza, stressing the importance of the
Islamic countries' media organs exposing the schemes of Judaization
and repeated violations carried out by Israel in the occupied Holy
City of Al-Quds.

The Rabat Declaration believes that achieving the development
and progress in the OIC's member states confirms the need for
acquiring the new technologies of information and media.

It also stressed the need to use the media in fighting all forms of
intolerance, racism and hatred, given the role of media in promoting
the democratic building of societies and the values of citizenship,
spreading out the culture of human rights and the promotion of
mechanisms of good governance, upholding the behavior of transparency
and accountability.

The participants also confirmed the role of the Islamic media in
the firm and effective confrontation against the propaganda campaigns
seeking to harm the Islamic sanctities, spreading out hatred and
discrimination against Muslims, confusing between Islam as a religion
of peace and compassion, and the phenomenon of violence and
terrorism.