terrorism conference in Riyadh. The conference brought together some 60 nations and international organizations from all over the world. Participating counterterrorism experts represented a wide range of cultures, religions, and political systems. They were immediately able to agree that terrorism has become the primary threat to international security in the 21st Century. They worked together to draft common and practical recommendations to fight terrorism and its causes. The resulting Riyadh Declaration called for fostering the values of tolerance, dialogue, coexistence, and understanding among cultures and rejecting the logic of the inevitability of conflict (the so-called clash of civilizations). It also called for harmonization between cultures by bringing them together, and rejecting any form of ideology that promotes hatred, incites to violence, or condones terrorist acts. --More 19 22 Local Time 16 22 GMT
