奧巴馬星期四結束反極端主義峯會

U.S. President Barack Obama will conclude a three-day conference on countering violent radicalism Thursday with a speech before representatives of more than 60 nations at the U.S. State Department.

During an address Wednesday before a group of community and religious leaders, Mr. Obama called on them to help fight "false promises of extremism" and reject the notion that "terrorist" groups represent Islam.

The Obama administration has been careful not to put the focus of this week's summit solely on Islamic extremism, but on all forms of extremism.

"They try to portray themselves as religious leaders, holy warriors," Mr. Obama said Wednesday at the White House. "They are not religious leaders, they are terrorists. We are not at war with Islam. We are at war with people who have perverted Islam.”

He also appealed directly to prominent Muslims to do more to distance themselves from brutal ideologies.美國總統奧巴馬星期四在國務院向60多個國家的代表發表講話，以此結束爲期三天的打擊暴力極端主義峯會。

奧巴馬星期三對一些社區和宗教領袖發表講話，要求他們協助揭露“極端主義的虛假承諾”，駁斥所謂“恐怖主義”組織代表伊斯蘭的說法。

奧巴馬政府一直非常注意不把本週峯會的焦點僅僅集中在伊斯蘭極端主義，而是針對所有形式的極端主義。

奧巴馬總統星期三在白宮說：“他們試圖把自己塑造成宗教領袖、聖戰鬥士。但他們不是宗教領袖，他們是恐怖分子。我們不是在跟伊斯蘭作戰，而是在跟歪曲伊斯蘭的人作戰。”

奧巴馬還直接呼籲知名穆斯林人士更加努力地與殘暴的意識形態拉開距離。