- Muslims, Christians, Jews Unite leaders to denounce violence
Vienna main Muslim, Christian and Jewish leaders condemned violence by militants such as Islamic State (IS) at a conference supported from Saudi fortnights interfaith unusual display unit aims to promote tolerance and diversity. Islamic State has caused international alarm by capturing large areas of Iraq and Syria, declaring a "caliphate" Sunni straddling their borders and massacring those they deem apostates and infidels, as Shiite Muslims and Christians. "Some organizations that are affiliated with Islam are perpetrating actions in the name of jihad. This is not to Islam at all," said Abdullah Al Turki bin Abdulmuhsen, Secretary General of the Muslim World League. "That's why we deplore and strongly condemn this behavior, which we regard as against Islam," he told an audience, including the general muftis Muslims of Egypt, Lebanon and Jordan; Senior representatives of several churches, Rabbi David Rosen of the American Jewish Committee, and diplomats.
Nizar bin Obaid Madani, Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, denounced the emergence of factions in the Middle East "that use terrorism and violence in the name of religion. They are rampant. they kill and destroy everything. "Those who have embraced terrorism unfortunately attribute everything they do, every oppression they practice Islam. Islam has nothing to do with them," he said. The conference called for the fight against militants messages on social media used to attract recruits, and leadership courses in schools, places of worship and the wider community to disseminate the principles of diversity and tolerance. The conference was organized by the Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious King and Intercultural Dialogue (KAICIID), which is sponsored by Saudi Arabia.
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