– PM: Extremism, religious intolerance and takfiri ideology have
spread over the past 40 years, and efforts to eradicate them must
continue and intensify.

– PM: There is no place for extremism or takfiri ideology in
Jordanian society. We have fought takfiri extremist groups throughout
the past decade and continue to do so.

– PM: This is not merely a security battle, but a battle of awareness
and ideas.

– PM: Diversity, cohesion and openness foster intellectual,
scientific, civilizational and cultural progress and build
distinguished societies, principles upon which the Hashemite Kingdom
of Jordan was founded.

– PM: All state agencies are working to apprehend the perpetrators
and ensure they receive the punishment they deserve.

Amman, Oct. 25 (Petra) — The Cabinet began its Sunday morning
session, chaired by Prime Minister Jafar Hassan, by reciting
Al-Fatiha for the souls of those killed in the terrorist attack in
Karak.

“We renew our condolences to our people in the beloved city of Karak
and to the families and relatives of the martyrs of the despicable
terrorist crime committed in Karak last Friday, and we pray for the
swift recovery of the injured,” Hassan said.

The prime minister said the attack claimed the lives of nine
Jordanians: Dr. Maher Adel Zureiqat, Ihab Nayef Halsa, Dr. Fadi Asim
Halsa, Dr. Khaled Mikhail Halsa, Dr. Asim Amin Burqan, Alaa Khalil
Masarweh, Marwan Khalil Khaitan, Dr. Mohammad Yousef Qassous and
Mazen Rasmi Qassous.

Hassan said that, unfortunately, extremism, religious intolerance and
takfiri ideology had begun spreading over the past 40 years,
stressing the need to continue and intensify efforts to eradicate
them at their roots.

He emphasized that there was absolutely no place for such ideologies
in Jordan or its society, noting that the Kingdom had fought takfiri
extremist groups throughout the past decade and continued to do so.

The prime minister stressed that confronting extremism was not merely
a security battle, but also a battle of awareness and ideas. He
warned that peoples and nations collapse when discord, fanaticism,
racism and extremism spread within their societies.

Hassan emphasized that diversity, cohesion and openness foster
intellectual, scientific, civilizational and cultural prosperity and
help build distinguished societies.

He said these principles were among the foundations upon which the
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan was established and which the Jordanian
people, under their wise Hashemite leadership, had upheld to ensure
that the Kingdom remained a beacon in the region.

The prime minister stressed that all state agencies were working to
apprehend the perpetrators of the terrorist attack and ensure they
receive the punishment they deserve.

//Petra// AJ