Ali rejects depicting terrorists as “jihadists”
Director of the Center for Middle East Studies in
Paris (CEMO) Abdel Rahim Ali today said that he categorically rejects depicting
terrorists as “jihadists”. He also refuses describing Brotherhood as Muslims.
He pointed out that such extremists are not
jihadists, stressing that jihad in Islam is a noble act which differs from what
those terrorists do.
Ali also added that the Brotherhood is not a “Muslim”
but follows a political principle with an Islamic slogan to seize power.
He continued the Muslim not honored to be a
terrorist, adding, that we are all Muslims do not believe in Islamists or terrorism.
The seminar is organized on the sidelines of the G7
summit in Biarritz, a seaside town on the southwestern French Basque coast.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is attending the summit for the first
time.
Mariam Benrand, a political violence specialist at
the Arab and Islamic World Research and Studies Institute of the French
Ministry of Higher Education, participates in the seminar.
Renowned Middle Eastern affairs specialist Roland
Lombardi is also participating, along with renowned researcher Joachim
Veliocas.
The seminar is mediated by CEMO Executive Director
Ahmed Youssef.
