Jordan's King Abdullah II
warned Tuesday of a "third world war against humanity", describing
the Islamic State group as "savage outlaws of religion" in the wake
of the Paris attacks.
During an official visit to Kosovo,
Abdullah said both Europe and Islam were under attack from the
"scourge" of terrorism that could strike anywhere and at any time.
"We are facing a third world war
against humanity and this is what brings us all together," he told a press
conference.
"This is a war, as I've said
repeatedly, within Islam," he said, stressing the high number of Muslim
victims of the Islamic State (IS) group.
Abdullah said groups such as IS
"expose themselves daily as savage outlaws of religion, devoid of
humanity, respecting no laws and no boundaries".
"So therefore we must act fast and
holistically to tackle and respond to the interconnected threats whether it is
in this region, Africa, Asia or in Europe," he said.
In France's
worst-ever terror attacks, IS gunmen and suicide bombers murdered 129 people in
coordinated onslaughts in Paris on Friday night.
Muslim-majority
Jordan is, like France, a member of the US-led coalition battling the group,
which controls swathes of land in its neighbours Iraq and Syria.
On Sunday, Abdullah said fighting
extremism was "our fight as Muslims against those who aim to turn our
societies and future generations towards fanaticism and extremism".
Jordan says it has taken in 1.4 million
Syrians fleeing the war there since it broke out in 2011, but the UNHCR puts
the figure at 600,000.
At least 250,000 people have died in more
than four years of conflict in Syria.
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