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Article: Jordan's king reaches out to Jews, hits radical Islam.(PAGE ONE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- September 22, 2005
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Byline: Julia Duin, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Jordan's King Abdullah II told a gathering of American rabbis yesterday that Jews and Muslims are irrevocably "tied together by culture and history" and that he is willing to take radical measures to combat Muslim extremists.
"We face a common threat: extremist distortions of religion and the wanton acts of violence that derive therefrom," the king said. "Such abominations have already divided us from without for far too long."
Criticizing al Qaeda terrorists Osama bin Laden and Abu Musab Zarqawi for "abuses of our faith," the king, speaking at a heavily guarded lunch meeting at the Ritz-Carlton in ...