Saudi crown attacks extremists

Saudi ArabiaÕs Crown Prince Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz criticized what he called Islamist extremists and described their belief as deviation from Islam.

In his speech before the OIC conference in Putajaya city in Malaysia, Abdullah said that "the error stems from exaggeration which be itself leads to extremism and from extremism to terrorism," stressing that "Islam is a religion of tolerance and forgiveness."

He stressed the need not to allow what he called "a deviate group of terrorists to harm Islam and distort the image of Muslims."