The White House announced plans on Sunday for President
Barack Obama to bring world leaders together in Washington to coordinate
a global fight against home-grown extremism.
On Feb. 18, Obama will meet with local and foreign
lawmakers to “highlight domestic and international efforts to prevent
violent extremists and their supporters from radicalizing, recruiting,
or inspiring individuals or groups in the United States and abroad to
commit acts of violence,” the White House said, with specific references
to the violence in Paris, a recent hostage situation in Australia and an attack on Canadian Parliament in a statement. All of the attacks mentioned have been connected in some way with the Islamic State terror group.
Dubbed the “Summit on Countering Violent Extremism,” the
meeting is meant to educate American leaders and their counterparts
abroad on ways of integrating law enforcement, mental health and
religious leaders to curb violent activity.
The announcement comes just days after more than 2,000 people were killed
by islamist militant group Boko Haram in Nigeria, and armed gunmen
stormed the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris,
inciting three days of bloodshed that ended with 17 dead.
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