The most powerful Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia vowed to curb out terrorism from the face of the earth. Prince Mohammed Bin Salman was addressing a group of officials from 40 Muslim countries gathered in the first meeting of an Islamic counter-terrorism alliance today.
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.
The alliance was announced in 2015 under the auspices of Prince Mohammed. The alliance groups largely, although not exclusively, Sunni-majority or Sunni-ruled countries. It excludes Saudi Arabia’s arch-rival, Shia-dominated Iran, as well as Syria and Iraq, whose leaders have close ties to Tehran.
The alliance meeting in Riyadh brings together Muslim or Muslim-majority nations including Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Afghanistan, Uganda, Somalia, Mauritania, Lebanon, Libya, Yemen, and Turkey.
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