King Abdullah II of Jordan called on every global nation, be it predominantly Christian or Muslim, to join in the fight against the terror group Daesh who are purporting to be Islamic extremists, because the fight has become “a third world war by other means.”

In an interview with CNN's Fareed Zakaria, his first since Islamic State militants burned alive a Jordanian pilot, King Abdullah II likewise agreed to President Barack Obama’s continued refusal to label the ISIS as “Islamic extremists.” He said Mr Obama was right on not using such terms. The terror group, the Middle East king said, “looks for legitimacy that they don’t have inside of Islam because they are outlaws on the fringe of Islam.”

The terror group, plainly, should just be labelled as extremists, King Abdullah II said. “I don’t know what these people are, but they definitely do not have any relation to our faith.”

Since the group is technically one without religion, King Abdullah II believed then that all religions on the world must unite to eradicate the extremists who vie for attention, supremacy and acceptance amidst their barbaric ways. “This is a this World War by other means, this brings Muslims, Christians, other religions together in this generational fight that all of us have to be in this together,” he said, stressing it is not just a Western fight.

He pointed out that the ISIS Daesh strategy is mainly on instilling intimidation. “They're always trying to intimidate, scare, put fear into people's hearts.” King Abdullah II believed it is the group’s “major weapon,” but then, he noted global nations mustn’t cave in to it.

He said the main goal of the extremists is to create hate between religions of the world. Global governments mustn’t fall into the trap, he warned. “There are the messages that we're all united together against this fight. That's what we have to concentrate on,” King Abdullah II said.