RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — US President Donald Trump is to urge the Islamic world to confront extremism in a highly anticipated speech Sunday to dozens of Muslim leaders in Saudi Arabia.
According to excerpts released by the White House, Trump will say the time has come for “honestly confronting the crisis of Islamist extremism,” calling on religious leaders to condemn extremist attacks.
But Trump, who has been accused of anti-Islamic rhetoric in the past, will also extend a hand by insisting that “this is not a battle between different faiths.”
“This is a battle between barbaric criminals who seek to obliterate human life, and decent people of all religions who seek to protect it. This is a battle between good and evil,” Trump will say.
A White House official had said Trump would be “very blunt in talking about the need to confront extremism,” pointing to “the fact that many in the Muslim world have not only not done enough, they’ve actively abetted this extremism.”
“America is prepared to stand with you,” Trump will say. “But the nations of the Middle East cannot wait for American power to crush this enemy for them.”
— AFP
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