Posted on 09/28/2004 10:59:30 AM PDT by presidio9
UNITED NATIONS Sept 27 - Malaysia has called for a stop in linking Islam with international terrorism.
"There is an urgent need to stop tarnishing the Muslim world with urgent stereotypes. We must cease associating Islam with violence, poverty and indignity," Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said at the 59th United Nations General Assembly here Monday.
These troubles had nothing to do with Islam nor exclusively in the domain of the Muslims, he said in his maiden speech as Prime Minister.
In his capacity as chairman of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) and chairman of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), Abdullah said, "the fight against terrorism cannot succeed through the force of arms alone."
To win the war on terrorism, he said, the world needed to address the root cause of the problem, "one of the most obvious of which is the unaccomplished missions of peoples struggling for independence and aspiring for sovereign states of their own."
"We must find a comprehensive and just solution to the problem of Palestine. We must allow the United Nations to take the lead role to stabilise the situation in Iraq."
Abdullah also noted with great concern the increasing tendencies to link the fight against terrorism with the campaign against proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
While Malaysia is fully and firmly committed to the cause of non-proliferation, developing countries had suffered as a result of restrictions imposed on access to peaceful uses of technology, equipment and material needed for economic development.
He called for a genuine dialogue among nations, using the UN as a forum, to wipe out bigotry and prejudices, and finding peace and building friendship between peoples.
"The time has indeed arrived for us to debunk, once and for all, the theory that there is a clash of civilisations," he said.
The Prime Minister regretted the breakdown of the multilateralism process, and urged for steps be taken to ensure that "never again should the United Nations be sidelined."
"The exercise of veto by the permanent members of the Security Council should be regulated so as to prohibit power from being used at the sole discretion of its holder.
"It is unjust that any one single country should be allowed the impunity of overruling at will the wish of the majority.
"This injustice can be rectified ... by making certain types of resolutions of the UNGA capable of setting aside a UN Security Council veto," he said.
"For Malaysia, the UN is crucial as guarantor of the sanctity of our existence as a sovereign nation, where the principles of international law are protected and safeguarded.
"Small nations like Malaysia do not have the military and other means to insulate themselves from invasion or occupation by big powers."
Abdullah said, "no sovereign nation should ever be subjected to the threat of military action by another ... If the law of the jungle were to apply, the small and the weak would certainly perish."
I don't know whether to laugh or cry.
Sure thing. Just as soon as muslims stop committing 99.9% of the terrorism.
We will when islamderthals stop blowing themselves up in schools and buses etc.
"We must cease associating Islam with violence, poverty and indignity."
No islam needs to stop perpetuating all of the above and join the modern world. Until then it's associated appropriately.
I've opted for the beating my head into a wall and screaming incoherent curses approach myself.
How many wars are currently being fought around the world and how many of them involve muslims?
Religion of Peace My Ass TM
We'll stop linking muslims with terrorism when muslims stop being terrorists. Nt all muslims are terrorists but virtually all terrorists are muslims. That's a fact of life. Or death.
"not all muslims are terrorists, but most all terrorists are
muslim"
There is a much more urgent need for Islamists to stop killing innocent people.
He must be directing that comment to the terrorists, ya think?
WEEELLLL.... now that Malaysia has solved all the world's problems, let's all put our pajamas in the hamper and go on with our lives! Yessir!!
*sarcasm off*
Here's a thought! How about stopping the terrorists from practicing Islam. Haven't seen alot of Mormon, Catholic, Jewish, Agnostic beheadings happening lately.
This is not a ZOT ping, but a call to witness knee buckling stupidity from the UN.
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Trying to separating Islam from terrorism is like trying to separate stink from sh*t. |
Then tell Muslims to stop being terrorists!
I read on a forum that this Prime Minister is being actively recruited for a cabinet position on Kerry's team.
blah blah blah blah............
A Christian missionary will knell and pray for you.
A Islamic missionary will make you knell and then chop off your head.
Suicide bomber identity crisis.
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