Religious scholars draft counter extremism strategy

KHOST CITY (SW): A non-government institution called Cooperation for Peace and Solidarity (CPS) held a scientific conference attended by a number of religious scholars from Islamic countries in the south eastern Khost province.

They gathered to plan a strategy to counter prevailing extremism.

The two-day conference ended Thursday and nearly 300 civil society activists including women, religious scholars, tribal elders and government staffers attended it.

Officials at the institution said that their efforts in countering extremis have paid off so far.

Najib Sahel, Head of the CPS, told Salam Watandar that their objective is to prevent fanaticism and therefore they have drafted a strategy to be applied across the country.

He said that they invited popular influential religious scholars from a number of Islam countries to participate the conference and their views were exchanged regarding extremism and how to keep it at bay.

Dr. Mohammad Ahamad, an Egyptian religious scholar who attended the conference, said that countering extremism in Afghanistan is a quintessential step to be taken.

He went on to say that Islam invites its followers to peace. He said extremism, no matter where it is, always leads to destruction.

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