Fayez, Mubaidin meet World League SG over fight against terrorism

By JT - Apr 05,2018 - Last updated at Apr 05,2018

AMMAN — Senate President Faisal Fayez and Secretary General of the Muslim World League Mohammad Ibn Abdulkarim Alissa on Thursday highlighted the importance of enhancing moderate religious discourse to fight terrorist and extremist ideologies.

Fayez said that campaigns aimed at distorting Islam and associating it with terrorism require Muslim scholars to combat the Western stereotype of Islam being a religion of killing and terrorism, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.

Also on Thursday, Interior Minister Samir Mubaidin and Alissa reviewed the main challenges facing Arab and Muslim nations in light of the latest regional and international developments.

Alissa said that Jordan enjoys a long experience in dealing with attempts to spread the deviated ideologies of terrorist organisations, praising the Jordanian model which is “appreciated and respected worldwide”.

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