Published: 17 November 2015
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Confronting extremism, King Abdullah said, is ‘both a regional and international responsibility, but it is mainly our battle, us Muslims, against those who seek to hijack our societies and generations with intolerant takfiri ideology.’
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