Saudis also call a conference on terrorism, but don't shy from its Islamic roots

Arab News:

Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al-Asheikh has stressed the importance of rallying all efforts from media and educational institutions to combat terrorism.

“The misuse of the religion by extremists is greatly damaging the image of Islam,” he said.

Such actions severely distort the image of Islam abroad, he said.

Those sinners attribute their inhuman actions to Islam when they claimed an Islamic State and Allah knows that the hypocrites are liars, said the grand mufti.

Al-Asheikh made these remarks during his weekly talk show while highlighting the importance of an international conference, opening in Makkah on Sunday, to discuss counter terrorism from a Muslim perspective.

Under Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman’s patronage, Makkah Gov. Prince Khaled Al-Faisal will open the conference, titled “Islam and the Campaign Against Terror.”

The Muslim World League (MWL) is organizing the event.

According to MWL Secretary-General Abdullah Al-Turki, the theme of counterterrorism was selected because of the deeply upsetting events taking place in the world as a result of terrorist acts falsely attributed to Islam.

He declared that combating terror is a religious necessity in Islam.

“The terrorist groups, their supporters, who declare society as a whole as infidel and kill innocent people as a religious act, are misguided groups that are not following the right Islamic path,’’ said Al-Turki.
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While they use some of the same language of Obama in describing the enemy and attempt to delegitimize their Islamic character, there is no doubting that Islam is at the heart of the matter.  I suspect the Grand Mufti probably carries a little more weight on the issue than Obama.