Saudi FM: Terrorism divides Muslim world

[Solomon2]

Saudi FM: Terrorism divides Muslim world

Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah (C) chairs the opening of the 42nd Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of the Organization of Islamic Corporation (OIC), at Bayan palace in Kuwait City on May 27, 2015. (AFP)

By Staff writer | Al Arabiya News
Wednesday, 27 May 2015

Acts of terrorism and the practice of Islamic extremism aim to divide Muslim world, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Wednesday at a meeting of Organization of Islamic Cooperation countries (OIC) in Kuwait.

“We have been committed in confronting the challenges of extremism and violence,” Jubeir said in one of the meeting’s opening statements.

“Terrorism, extremism and sectarianism aim to divide the Muslim world,” he added, citing the current conflict in Yemen as a “reflection of the suffering of the global Muslim community.”

Saudi Arabia is leading an Arab air campaign against Houthi militias in Yemen who are fighting to seize parts of the country and overthrow Yemeni President Abdrabbu Mansour Hadi.

In his opening statements, Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah said the Arab coalition had “responded to the Yemeni president's request to restore legitimacy.”

Sheikh Sabah defended the Saudi-led airstrikes against Yemen's Houthi rebels and their allies after they "threatened our security and stability and captured power by force".

Al-Sabah also called for combating the spread of militant organizations such as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria group and condemned the ISIS-linked suicide bombing on Friday that killed 21 worshipers at a mosque in al-Qadeeh village in Saudi Arabia, a statement by the OIC said.

"We must take a serious stand on the sectarian malady that has been shaking the structure of our nation and fragments it," the emir told foreign ministers and representatives from the 57-member OIC at its annual meeting.

"This fanaticism is the most dangerous to the existence of our nation ... We are all losers in this conflict, and the winner is the one who wants to inflame this destructive strife for their own objectives ..."

On the Syrian crisis, Sheikh Sabah said the four-year-long war could “only be solved through diplomatic channels” as the humanitarian crisis escalates.

The OIC is convening over 50 foreign ministers from the Muslim world to form Islamic-world strategy on combatting terrorism, violent extremism and hate speech in a meeting set to run from May 27-28 in Kuwait.

Entitled “Shared Vision in Promoting Tolerance and Denouncing Terrorism,” it marks the 42nd OIC Foreign Ministers Meeting.

The first day of the session also included a speech by OIC Secretary General Iyad Ameen Madani.

Issues to be discussed include engaging civil society across the Islamic world as a counterweight to extremism, exploring the unique role the Muslim world can play in discrediting extremist ideology, establishing counter-measures against the rising wave of Islamophobia and empowering demographic groups most vulnerable to radicalization including youth.

According to a press release, OIC Secretary General Iyad Ameen Madani said: “Terrorism has posed daunting challenges to the security and stability of OIC Member States and the global community alike. Vicious groups like ISIS, Boko Haram, Al Shabab, Al-Qaeda and the Taleban operate in violation of Islamic principles and even threaten the survival of some Member States.

“But we must look beyond just the security paradigm in our efforts to combat terrorism and extremism. Sustainable long-term solutions require stronger civil society engagement, the need to utilize religiously sound counter-messaging and to address socio-economic challenges like unemployment that extremist recruiters exploit.”

He also added: “We must also address the extremist narratives and vitriolic hate speech that inspire both anti-Muslim aggression in countries like Myanmar and the targeting of religious minorities in Muslim-majority countries.”

Ministerial level meetings on the Mali peace process, the situation in Somalia and the humanitarian plight of the Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims will be held.

Last Update: Wednesday, 27 May 2015 KSA 20:57 - GMT 17:57

Solomon2 comment: I note some movement away from the claims of the Saudi-sponsored 2008 Inter-religious Dialogue, which asserted "Islam has viable solutions", terror was always the fault of the victim, and the sufferings of peoples could never be an excuse to liberate them. Perhaps most importantly, the idea that Muslims should transfer their loyalties to non-state "Islamic organizations" is completely absent.

 

[TheFlyingPretzel]

Saudi FM: Terrorism divides Muslim world

Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah (C) chairs the opening of the 42nd Session of the Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) of the Organization of Islamic Corporation (OIC), at Bayan palace in Kuwait City on May 27, 2015. (AFP)

By Staff writer | Al Arabiya News
Wednesday, 27 May 2015

Acts of terrorism and the practice of Islamic extremism aim to divide Muslim world, Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said on Wednesday at a meeting of Organization of Islamic Cooperation countries (OIC) in Kuwait.

“We have been committed in confronting the challenges of extremism and violence,” Jubeir said in one of the meeting’s opening statements.

“Terrorism, extremism and sectarianism aim to divide the Muslim world,” he added, citing the current conflict in Yemen as a “reflection of the suffering of the global Muslim community.”

Saudi Arabia is leading an Arab air campaign against Houthi militias in Yemen who are fighting to seize parts of the country and overthrow Yemeni President Abdrabbu Mansour Hadi.

In his opening statements, Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah said the Arab coalition had “responded to the Yemeni president's request to restore legitimacy.”

Sheikh Sabah defended the Saudi-led airstrikes against Yemen's Houthi rebels and their allies after they "threatened our security and stability and captured power by force".

Al-Sabah also called for combating the spread of militant organizations such as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria group and condemned the ISIS-linked suicide bombing on Friday that killed 21 worshipers at a mosque in al-Qadeeh village in Saudi Arabia, a statement by the OIC said.

"We must take a serious stand on the sectarian malady that has been shaking the structure of our nation and fragments it," the emir told foreign ministers and representatives from the 57-member OIC at its annual meeting.

"This fanaticism is the most dangerous to the existence of our nation ... We are all losers in this conflict, and the winner is the one who wants to inflame this destructive strife for their own objectives ..."

On the Syrian crisis, Sheikh Sabah said the four-year-long war could “only be solved through diplomatic channels” as the humanitarian crisis escalates.

The OIC is convening over 50 foreign ministers from the Muslim world to form Islamic-world strategy on combatting terrorism, violent extremism and hate speech in a meeting set to run from May 27-28 in Kuwait.

Entitled “Shared Vision in Promoting Tolerance and Denouncing Terrorism,” it marks the 42nd OIC Foreign Ministers Meeting.

The first day of the session also included a speech by OIC Secretary General Iyad Ameen Madani.

Issues to be discussed include engaging civil society across the Islamic world as a counterweight to extremism, exploring the unique role the Muslim world can play in discrediting extremist ideology, establishing counter-measures against the rising wave of Islamophobia and empowering demographic groups most vulnerable to radicalization including youth.

According to a press release, OIC Secretary General Iyad Ameen Madani said: “Terrorism has posed daunting challenges to the security and stability of OIC Member States and the global community alike. Vicious groups like ISIS, Boko Haram, Al Shabab, Al-Qaeda and the Taleban operate in violation of Islamic principles and even threaten the survival of some Member States.

“But we must look beyond just the security paradigm in our efforts to combat terrorism and extremism. Sustainable long-term solutions require stronger civil society engagement, the need to utilize religiously sound counter-messaging and to address socio-economic challenges like unemployment that extremist recruiters exploit.”

He also added: “We must also address the extremist narratives and vitriolic hate speech that inspire both anti-Muslim aggression in countries like Myanmar and the targeting of religious minorities in Muslim-majority countries.”

Ministerial level meetings on the Mali peace process, the situation in Somalia and the humanitarian plight of the Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims will be held.

Last Update: Wednesday, 27 May 2015 KSA 20:57 - GMT 17:57

Solomon2 comment: I note some movement away from the claims of the Saudi-sponsored 2008 Inter-religious Dialogue, which asserted "Islam has viable solutions", terror was always the fault of the victim, and the sufferings of peoples could never be an excuse to liberate them. Perhaps most importantly, the idea that Muslims should transfer their loyalties to non-state "Islamic organizations" is completely absent.

Arabs need to sort their backyard out. Their utter lack of control over the Islamic ideology which they export and the religious zealots it is capable of producing has threatened to set fire to this entire region. Muslims, in particular the Arabs (because Islam originated from them and without their involvement no reform of Islamic thought will hold ideological sway), need to sit down, pool their resources and combat Islamic extremism not just by military force but also through literature and by exercising stringent control over the pulpit and the prayer leaders who man them.

Failure to do so may usher in a dark and ignorant age for Islam, one which may push back development in this region by decades. Closing the divide with developed countries thereafter may become a daunting undertaking if not a completely impossible endeavour.

 

[Solomon2]

Arabs...utter lack of control over the Islamic ideology which they export and the religious zealots it is capable of producing has threatened to set fire to this entire region -

That wasn't even acknowledged by the powers-that-be a few years ago. I don't think the Sauds ever acknowledged it until now.

I suppose some credit should go to the new Saudi king who expressed quite a different attitude to religion in his first speech: “There’s no strength except with God.” I think a ruler who is concerned whether he is on God’s side rather than whether God is on his side is a hopeful sign. Apparently none of the I-succeeded-in-what-I-attempted-therefore-Allah-is-on-my-side approach of ISIS.

 

[Aramagedon]

LOL Saudi is first supporter of terrorism in Islamic countries.

Must read:
From al-Masjid al-Haram to al-Masjid al-Aqsa…, Zafar Bangash, Crescent Magazine

 

[Solomon2]

LOL Saudi is first supporter of terrorism in Islamic countries.

Don't know whether the "first" moniker is merited but I did note the qualification:

“We must also address the extremist narratives and vitriolic hate speech that inspire both anti-Muslim aggression in countries like Myanmar and the targeting of religious minorities in Muslim-majority countries.”

So "hate speech" and targeting people on the basis of religion still isn't to be denounced in Muslim-minority countries like Israel and the U.S.A. Hate is still a weapon, but now it's only to be employed against non-Muslim targets OUTSIDE Muslim-ruled states.

So 2800, do the Sauds consider Iran a "Muslim-majority" state or not?

 

[Aramagedon]

Don't know whether the "first" moniker is merited but I did note the qualification:

“We must also address the extremist narratives and vitriolic hate speech that inspire both anti-Muslim aggression in countries like Myanmar and the targeting of religious minorities in Muslim-majority countries.”

So "hate speech" and targeting people on the basis of religion still isn't to be denounced in Muslim-minority countries like Israel and the U.S.A. Hate is still a weapon, but now it's only to be employed against non-Muslim targets OUTSIDE Muslim-ruled states.

So 2800, do the Sauds consider Iran a "Muslim-majority" state or not?

Saudis are Zionist they use these words to gain some acceptability. They are the first ally of Israel and USA.
They have destroyed 90% of Islamic sites in mecca and madina, house of prophet, house of Khadija (as) are some examples. While they have turned mecca into Las vegas with full of American wares and life style.

 

[Solomon2]

Saudis are Zionist they use these words to gain some acceptability. They are the first ally of Israel and USA.

I'm a Zionist. All too often the enemy of my enemy is also my enemy. Yet as far as the Sauds are concerned I suppose Israel is not currently at the top of their list of enemies.

 

[Shan-e-ibrahim]

When Pakistan was shouting this then you were busy visiting Las Vegas and funding the wahabis.
Now when your backyard is burning, suddenly you realized this. WOW!
Highly diplomatic and clever statement.