Higgins calls on moderates to unite and confront extremism

President Michael D Higgins has called on moderates in the Islamic and Western worlds to work together to confront extremism.

In a wide-ranging address to UN peace organisation Unesco, the president warned that ethical and comprehensive debate was the only way to ensure a shared, peaceful future.

“We must encourage moderate scholars of Islam and enlightened post-Imperial Western rationalists who draw water from the same well to work together,” said President Higgins.