Abdullah II of Jordan, "Remarks by His Majesty King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein", European Parliament, Strasbourg (10 March, 2015)
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The world’s Muslims have a critical role in global understanding. Our faith, like yours, commands mercy, peace and tolerance. It upholds, as yours does, the equal human dignity of every person — men and women, neighbours and strangers. Those outlaws of Islam who deny these truths are vastly outnumbered by the ocean of believers — 1.6 billion Muslims worldwide. In fact, these terrorists have made the world’s muslims their greatest target. We will not allow them to hijack our faith.

— Abdullah II of Jordan on Islamic State

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "The world’s Muslims have a critical role in global understanding. Our faith, like yours, commands mercy, peace and tolerance. It upholds, as yours does, the equal human dignity of every person — men and women, neighbours and strangers. Those outlaws of Islam who deny these truths are vastly outnumbered by the ocean of believers — 1.6 billion Muslims worldwide. In fact, these terrorists have made the world’s muslims their greatest target. We will not allow them to hijack our faith." in the context of "Abdullah II of Jordan, "Remarks by His Majesty King Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein", European Parliament, Strasbourg (10 March, 2015)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Abdullah II of Jordan

About Abdullah II of Jordan

Abdullah II bin Al-Hussein Arabic: عبد الله الثاني بن الحسين‎, ʿAbdullāh aṯ-ṯānī ibn Al-Ḥusayn (born 30 January 1962) has been the King of Jordan since he ascended the throne on 7 February 1999 upon the death of his father Hussein.