Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said no religion teaches
violence but much of the violence in the world now take place in the name of
religion.

Addressing the 17th conference of World Chief Justices here, Singh said those
who believe in God and religion and also those who are atheists and believe in
humanism must keep themselves away from any kind of crime or violence.

“However, today much of the violence is surprisingly being created in the
name of religion and against the principles of the religion,” he said.

Singh said the world is currently facing different kinds of threat and
terrorism and separatism are the biggest ones.

Singh said no one cannot remain oblivious to different kinds of threats,
organised conflicts and serious disturbances that the world is currently
facing.

“Terrorism, extremism and separatism are the biggest threats the world has
to deal with,” he said.

The Home Minister said with the advancement of technology, terrorism poses even
bigger threats all over the world.

“Thousands of innocent people are becoming victims of violence. Since
terrorism has engulfed different parts of the world, therefore, there is a need
for the world leaders to unite and fight this menace, which is a danger to the
humanity,” he said.

Singh said India is a victim of various kinds of terrorist activities including
cross-border terrorism.

He said since the wings of terror are spreading all over, therefore, it has to
be firmly and unitedly dealt with.

“As I have been saying, a terrorist is a terrorist and there cannot be two
different definitions of terrorist like a ‘good terrorist’ and a ‘bad
terrorist’. All terrorists are to be dealt with in the strictest possible terms
by all the nations of the world,” he said.

The Home Minister said cyber crime is another cause of concern which is posing
bigger threats with the advancement in information technology.

“International disputes of various kinds and dimensions coupled with the
everyday increasing stocks of armaments of mass destruction including nuclear
weapons are yet other forms of hazards that the world is facing today,” he
said.