KERJASAMA NEGARA SERANTAU DALAM MENANGANI ISU GLOBAL - KUMPULAN 6

PRESIDENT OBAMA CALLS ON MUSLIM WORLD TO REJECT ISIS

     It is time for the world especially Muslim communities to explicitly, forcefully and consistently reject the ideology of al Qaeda and ISIL,” Obama said, using another acronym for ISIS Obama spoke just hours after the latest U.S. strikes against Islamic militant targets in Syria. The U.S. expanded its military campaign against ISIS on Monday from Iraq to Syria, and also hit an al Qaeda group that the administration said represented an imminent threat to the West.

      He took pains in his address to argue the U.S. was not at war with Islam, saying the administration rejects “any suggestion of a clash of civilizations.” He also cast the effort as multilateral. Tuesday’s strikes in Syria were joined by four other Arab nations, and Obama has gone to the U.N. looking for more support for the U.S. campaign. He noted that 40 nations have already joined the U.S. effort.

 

  “Today, I ask the world to join in this effort,” he said. Obama forcefully defended the use of force against ISIS in front of an audience that included many critics of the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. 

 

     He argued that Islamic terrorism has ravaged the Middle East, and that leaders must end the relentless sectarian conflict that terrorist groups exploit to gain power and influence and help stamp out terrorist networks.

 

     Obama told Muslim leaders that there should be no tolerance of religious clerics who preach a violent ideology, and that nations must move to block funding and support for groups that destroy. He also said Arab and Muslim countries had a responsibility to negotiate an end to sectarian violence, and devote resources to investing in their youth.

 

      The president also called on countries to support a new resolution targeting the flow of foreign fighters who travel to the Middle East to join terror groups like ISIS. Western leaders have warned those radicalized individuals could use their passports to return home and carry out attacks. In a rare move, Obama plans to raise the resolution at a meeting of the Security Council later Wednesday.