<p>Tunisia's President Kais Saied and Qatar will seek to promote dialogue between Muslims and the West to prevent anti-Muslim backlashes following extremist attacks, he said during a visit to Doha Sunday.</p>.<p>Saied told Qatar's news agency that Doha and Tunis proposed to hold a "Western-Islamic conference... aimed at achieving greater understanding and overcoming the obstacles that appear after some terrorist operations".</p>.<p>The initiative appeared to be at least partly in response to recent remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron that Islam is "in crisis" following a series of jihadist attacks in France.</p>.<p>Last month, the French leader also unveiled plans to defend his country's secular values against "Islamist radicalism", which sparked criticism from across the Muslim world.</p>.<p>Saied said the Western-Islamic conference's "aim is also to avoid confusing Muslims with those extremists who claim to be Muslims," the state-run news agency reported.</p>.<p>There is a "need to differentiate between Islam and its true purposes and terrorism, which has absolutely nothing to do with Islam", he added.</p>.<p>No further details of the proposed conference were given.</p>.<p>Saied and a large Tunisian delegation were in Qatar for a three-day state visit, during which the two sides also discussed the hot-button topic of conflict-hit Libya, according to the Qatari foreign ministry.</p>.<p>The ministry gave no further details of the meetings concerning Libya.</p>.<p>The visit came during a week of UN-led talks on Libya held in neighbouring Tunisia that were set to conclude on Sunday.</p>.<p>The political talks brought together 75 delegates selected by the UN to represent a broad range of constituencies in the latest efforts to end a decade of conflict in the North African country.</p>.<p>Observers have criticised the way the delegates were chosen and cast doubts over their clout in the country, where two administrations are already vying for power.</p>.<p>Qatar has played an active role in Libya, signing a security agreement with the UN-recognised Government of National Accord last month.</p>
<p>Tunisia's President Kais Saied and Qatar will seek to promote dialogue between Muslims and the West to prevent anti-Muslim backlashes following extremist attacks, he said during a visit to Doha Sunday.</p>.<p>Saied told Qatar's news agency that Doha and Tunis proposed to hold a "Western-Islamic conference... aimed at achieving greater understanding and overcoming the obstacles that appear after some terrorist operations".</p>.<p>The initiative appeared to be at least partly in response to recent remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron that Islam is "in crisis" following a series of jihadist attacks in France.</p>.<p>Last month, the French leader also unveiled plans to defend his country's secular values against "Islamist radicalism", which sparked criticism from across the Muslim world.</p>.<p>Saied said the Western-Islamic conference's "aim is also to avoid confusing Muslims with those extremists who claim to be Muslims," the state-run news agency reported.</p>.<p>There is a "need to differentiate between Islam and its true purposes and terrorism, which has absolutely nothing to do with Islam", he added.</p>.<p>No further details of the proposed conference were given.</p>.<p>Saied and a large Tunisian delegation were in Qatar for a three-day state visit, during which the two sides also discussed the hot-button topic of conflict-hit Libya, according to the Qatari foreign ministry.</p>.<p>The ministry gave no further details of the meetings concerning Libya.</p>.<p>The visit came during a week of UN-led talks on Libya held in neighbouring Tunisia that were set to conclude on Sunday.</p>.<p>The political talks brought together 75 delegates selected by the UN to represent a broad range of constituencies in the latest efforts to end a decade of conflict in the North African country.</p>.<p>Observers have criticised the way the delegates were chosen and cast doubts over their clout in the country, where two administrations are already vying for power.</p>.<p>Qatar has played an active role in Libya, signing a security agreement with the UN-recognised Government of National Accord last month.</p>