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| West is not waging a war with Islam: Obama |
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama on Thursday said that the US and the West were not waging a war with Islam.
Speaking at the Summit on Countering Violent Terrorism in Washington, the US president reiterated his call for the world to stand up to violent extremism, saying extremists peddle a lie that there is a clash of civilizations.
‘Sectarian conflict magnets for violent extremism’
Addressing representatives of more than 60 nations attending the summit at the US State Department, Obama said the world is “united against the scourge of violent extremism and terrorism”, and that the international community must remain "unwavering" in fighting terrorists.
He said:They are not religious leaders, but terrorists.
He also said:“The Pakistani Taliban has mounted a long campaign of violence against Pakistani people which now tragically includes the massacre of more than a hundred schoolchildren and teachers,”.
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