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BRUSSELS, April 22 (KUNA) -- US Secretary of State John Kerry Monday called
on the West to talk to "moderate Islam " and underlined that the majority of
Muslims are moderate.
"We hve to speak to moderate Islam and find ways to get moderate Islam to
fight and stand up for real basis of their religion rather than allowing it to
be hijacked by people who completely misinterpret and misapply it and diminsh
the voice of moderation that is there. The vast majority are moderate," Kerry
told a group of trainees of the European Commission in Brussels this afternoon.
"King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, Prince Ghazi of Jordan and and King
Abdullah of Jordan have engaged in this type of interfaith initiative and I
believe that we need to do more of that to push back against radicalisation,"
he stressed.
Kerry said "we are not going to solve this challenge of terrorism and
extremism and fight against terrorism if we don't manage to bring the people
to table."
He called for a new model of providing help in a public-private partnership.
"We have started to initiate this just recently in the last few days in a
higher level of engagement in the West Bank for the Palestinian to get back to
the table and open up peace talks," he added.
On his part, speaking at the same event European Commission President Jose
Manuel Barroso said the United States and Europe have been working very
closely together to fight terrorism in a resolute manner.
"This kind of crimes, violence against innocent people, are simply
unacceptable. There can be no justification at all," he added.
Kerry is in Brussels for talks with EU leaders and to attend a meeting of
NATO foreign ministers on Tuesday. (end)
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