Muslim, Christian clerics say don't link Islam to terrorism

Leading Muslim and Christian clerics in the Middle East issued a statement Wednesday urging against linking Islam to terrorism, following a conference in Cairo on co-existence.The conference, hosted by the prestigious Sunni Muslim Al-Azhar institute, comes as sectarian conflict continues to ravage the region and after a spate of jihadist attacks on Christians in Egypt.Former president Barack Obama, who led an international coalition against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, had argued t