Showing posts with label Islamic World. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Islamic World. Show all posts

Sunday, 21 May 2017

Trump Speech in Saudi Arabia: Islamic Extremism, Problematic Iran

At the Arab and Muslim leaders summit this weekend, attended 50 dignitaries, mostly Sunnis, Trump gave a speech in which he talked about common enemies: Islamic terrorism and Iran.

Trump recently completed a $350m (over the next 10 years) arms deal with Saudi Arabia, the biggest in U.S. history.

Wednesday, 17 May 2017

Putin Vows Support for Islamic World

He sent a message to the third meeting of the Russia - Islamic World strategic world group in Grozny, Chechnya (held there for the first time), which was later published by the Kremlin website. The message included the following statement:

"Today, many Muslim countries are facing serious challenges, including terrorism and violent extremism, growing ethnic and religious contradictions, economic and social difficulties. I would like to stress that the Islamic World can fully count on Russia’s support and cooperation."

He also said Russia would help search for peaceful means of resolving crises. "I am confident that by joining our efforts, we can do much to strengthen global security and stability, as well as to build a fair and democratic world order, free of any kind of intolerance, discrimination and military dictate," he stated.

Facebook Bans White Nationalist's Account Over Hate Speech

Facebook has joined other online platforms and has banned Christopher Cantwell's accounts. according to Facebook spokeswoman Ruchika Bud...