Barack Obama: '' the West is not at war against Islam '

"Muslim communities have a responsibility to push the lie that we are engaged in a clash of civilizations and that America and the West are at war against Islam."

How to effectively counter violent extremism? The White House meeting in Washington sixty governments to discuss the issue. In the background, the fight against radical groups like Islamic State (EI), which has attracted to its ranks many Western youth.

Barack Obama calls for a comprehensive, non-military, to combat this ideology that he said '' perverted Islam. '' And US President called on Muslims to be at the forefront of this battle: 'Muslim communities, including intellectuals and religious leaders have a responsibility to push not only wrong data interpretations of Islam, but also the lie that we are somewhere engaged in a clash of civilizations, that America and the West are at war against Islam. ''

An estimated 20,000 foreign fighters in over one hundred countries have joined the ranks of the Islamic state in a month. Of these, 4,000 would come from Western Europe. For the US Secretary of State John Kerry, '' the rise of violent extremism is the first challenge of the youth of the 21st century, the fundamental struggle of our generation. ''