The president of Indonesia -- the world's most populous Islamic country with some 225 million Muslims -- today (August 21, 2014) called the actions of Islamic State (IS) militants "embarrassing" to the religion and urged leaders of the world to unite in tackling extremism, according to the AFP (Agence-France Presse) website.
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the scale of the slaughter wrought by the extremists in overrunning large swaths of Iraq and Syria and the level of violence being used was appalling.
"It is shocking. It is becoming out of control," he said, a day after IS released a video showing a masked militant beheading U.S. reporter James Foley, provoking worldwide revulsion.
He added, "Indonesia is not an Islamic State. We respect all religions." He urged international leaders to work together to combat radicalization.
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