Muslim Nations Pledge to Curb Militancy
Leaders from more than 50 Muslim countries promised to fight extremist ideology, saying they would reform textbooks, restrict religious edicts and crack down on terrorism financing.
Kings, heads of states and ministers closed a two-day summit in Islam’s holiest city, Mecca.
The Organization of the Islamic Conference nations also said that fatwas must only be issued by “those who are authorized,” an effort to curb edicts by clerics who denounce other Muslims and allow their killing.
Absentees included Syrian President Bashar Assad, hospitalized Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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