Islamic nations form coalition to fight ‘disease’ of Muslim extremism

The United States welcomed the announcement of the anti-terrorism alliance.

“Today, every Islamic country is fighting terrorism individually”.

“Pakistan and Saudi Arabia enjoy close, cordial, and brotherly relations”.

Pakistan, however, has counter-terrorism cooperation with Saudi Arabia.

Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam is welcoming the formation of a 34-nation, Saudi-led military coalition and says Lebanon has agreed to be part of it because the country “is on the front lines” of the fight against terrorism.

So while plenty of Arab and Muslim countries are bombing targets in various alliances, Saudi’s announced coalition this week appears to be the first time so many are coming together.

Saudi Crown Prince and Defense Minister, Mohammed bin Salman, told reporters on Tuesday that the campaign would “coordinate” efforts to fight terrorism in Iraq, Syria, Libya, Egypt and Afghanistan.

When asked if the alliance would deploy troops on the ground, Jubeir said “nothing is off the table”.

“We believe this effort by Muslim countries is a step in the right direction”, Davutoğlu said. All the group’s members are also part of the larger Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), which is headquartered in Saudi Arabia.

Iran is noteworthy for its absence, while numerous members already belong to the global coalition led by the United States, though they have hitherto played a limited role. However, more detailed specifics of the plan were still under discussion. But, such countries will have to go through a detailed process before joining the coalition.

“I haven’t seen the news yet”, she said.

He said that the country’s ambassador in Riyadh had been contacted for clarification.

A different Saudi-led coalition that is supporting Yemen’s internationally recognised government said on Monday night a planned truce with the country’s Shia rebels had been postponed for 12 hours.

But Saudi officials in turn rarely acknowledge the links between militant thought and their own faith’s propagation of intolerance towards others.

Ironically donations from wealthy Saudi’s who follows the orthodox Wahhabi Islam, has been for regarded as the main funding source of Islamic terrorist groups across the world.

Oman is not in the list of coalition according to the list published by Saudi Arabia’s official news agency SPA.

Riyadh describes the Lebanese militia Hezbollah and Iraq’s Hashd al-Shaabi Shi’ite militias, which have been accused of killing Sunni civilians but are all enemies of Islamic State on the battlefield, as terrorist groups. Jordan’s spokesperson Mohammed Moman said, “Jordan is always ready and actively participates in any effort to fight terrorism”.

Turkey is the only country in the new group that is also a member of NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.