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Sunday, November 26, 2017
Saudi Arabia vows new Islamic alliance ‘will wipe terrorists from the earth’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSaudi Arabia’s powerful crown prince vowed to “pursue terrorists until they are wiped from the face of the earth” as officials from 40 Muslim countries gather in the first meeting of an Islamic counter-terrorism alliance.
“In past years, terrorism has been functioning in all of our countries… with no coordination” among national authorities, Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is also the Saudi defense minister, says in his keynote speech at the gathering in Riyadh.
“This ends today, with this alliance.”
The summit is the first meeting of defense ministers and other senior officials from the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition, which officially counts 41 countries and identifies as a “pan-Islamic unified front” against violent extremism.
— AFP
The Times of Israel Community.