His Majesty King Abdullah on Thursday attended the Fifth Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions and delivered a speech in Astana.

King Abdullah has said that the actions of terrorists, or Khawarij, hurt Islam and its image more than anything else.

“We Muslims are facing a brutal attack by outlaws, Khawarij, who distort our faith to try to justify monstrous crimes,” the King said in remarks at the Fifth Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Thursday.

“Nothing treats our religion with more contempt and nothing hurts the Muslim people more than the actions of these elements,” the King added.

The King highlighted the Amman Message which underlined Islam’s call for respect to others, compassion, social justice, mercy, tolerance and consensus.

“This is the Islamic way. This is the path Jordan has taken,” the King emphasised.