The Jordanian Queen Rania asked to stand firm against the “Islamic State”. The Muslim extremists would take the Arab world as a hostage, they warned.

Really clear words has found no Arab state man against the fanatics of the terrorist organization “Islamic State” (IS). Now a woman has shown how it goes.

Jordan’s Queen Rania used her speech at the Media Summit in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday to a settlement with the radical Islamists, who will now be discussed. The IS and other extremists tried to take the Arab world hostage and “the dark ages” due, Rania warned of 600 people.

“You grab our values and our common history to have their version of Arab history, their story, their heroes -. And the rest of the world listens to them,” complained the Queen. “But they are the vast majority of Arabs completely alien and hateful – Muslims and Christians alike.”

Appeal to Arabs:Queen Rania reached millions of followers on the Internet

Rania called on the Arabs and Muslims to use social media to spread a positive image of region and religion. “If we do not decide how our identity and our heritage should look like, the extremists will do it for us,” warned the monarch.

Rania itself is on Facebook and Twitter very active. In both networks, it has about 3.5 million followers each. The 44-year-old presents itself as a modern, emancipated woman on the side of her husband, King Abdullah II. Of Jordan. “I am mom and wife with a really cool day job”, she describes herself on Twitter.

About the social media is the message of the Queen has spread further since Tuesday. Many Arabs praise Rania ensure that they have the silent majority given a voice and at the same time called for more commitment against the fanatics.

But there is also criticism: Human rights activists point out that Jordan stoking religious intolerance and expression and freedom of belief restricts. It is forbidden to Muslims in the Kingdom, for example, to change religion.

In Jordan, the secret is rabidly against against Islamists. The government fears that the country could soon attack the IS already. Iraqi-Jordanian border crossings were meanwhile already in the hands of the jihadists. In several cities banners had appeared on the streets, where Jordanians cheered the terrorist militia.

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