By KUNA,
Cairo : Arab Justice Ministers condemned Thursday all forms of terrorism and asserted importance of differentiating between terrorism and Islam.
The ministers, at the conclusion of their meeting here, called for the strengthening of cooperation between the Arab and countries around the world in the fight against terrorism.
They said that terrorism and Islam should not be linked together because Islam calls for forgiveness and rejects terrorism and extremism.
In a final communique, the ministers called for differentiating between terrorism and the legitimate right of people to fight occupation and aggression.
They said the killing of innoncent people was rejected by heavenly faiths, including Islam, and international conventions.
The ministers called for holding a special UN General Assembly session about international terrorism.
The ministers, meanwhile, urged countries who did not ratify the Arab anti-terrorism accord to do so as soon as possible.
They approved the Arab draft agreement on fighting money laundering and terrorism financing, and referred it to the interior ministers.
They have also approved draft agreements to fight corruption, transfer of prisoners and fighting cross-border organized crime.
The ministers blessed a draft agreement to confronting cyber crimes.