Terror attacks such as those on APS, can not be rationalised: Kerry
Says in the fight against terror, there is "no room for anti-Semitism or Islamophobia"
US Secretary of State John Kerry gestures on January 23, 2015 during a speech at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos. PHOTO: AFP
DAVOS:
US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday that militant attacks such as the one on the Army Public School in Peshawar can not be rationalised.
"This kind of atrocity can never be rationalised," said Kerry adding that, "We can't change minds without knowing what's in them.”
On December 16, 2014, as many as seven militants stormed the Army Public School in Peshawar and killed around 150 students and teachers. There were over 1,000 students and teachers in the school at the time of the attack.
In an emotional speech on Friday on the horrors inflicted by extremist groups, Kerry said that in the fight against "terror", there was "no room for anti-Semitism or Islamophobia".
"Violent extremism has claimed violence at every corner of the globe and muslim lives most of all," Kerry said.
"There is no room for sectarian division. There is no room for anti-Semitism or Islamophobia," he added.
Kerry told an audience in Davos that he would visit Nigeria "in a couple of days" as part of a Washington push to counter extremist groups, including Boko Haram.
"In the weeks to come we... have to strengthen our efforts in Somalia, intensify our efforts to end violence in Nigeria, that's why I m going there in a couple of days," he said.
After the speech, a spokesperson for Kerry confirmed that he would be in Lagos on Sunday and meet with President Goodluck Jonathan.
US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday that militant attacks such as the one on the Army Public School in Peshawar can not be rationalised.
"This kind of atrocity can never be rationalised," said Kerry adding that, "We can't change minds without knowing what's in them.”
On December 16, 2014, as many as seven militants stormed the Army Public School in Peshawar and killed around 150 students and teachers. There were over 1,000 students and teachers in the school at the time of the attack.
In an emotional speech on Friday on the horrors inflicted by extremist groups, Kerry said that in the fight against "terror", there was "no room for anti-Semitism or Islamophobia".
"Violent extremism has claimed violence at every corner of the globe and muslim lives most of all," Kerry said.
"There is no room for sectarian division. There is no room for anti-Semitism or Islamophobia," he added.
Kerry told an audience in Davos that he would visit Nigeria "in a couple of days" as part of a Washington push to counter extremist groups, including Boko Haram.
"In the weeks to come we... have to strengthen our efforts in Somalia, intensify our efforts to end violence in Nigeria, that's why I m going there in a couple of days," he said.
After the speech, a spokesperson for Kerry confirmed that he would be in Lagos on Sunday and meet with President Goodluck Jonathan.