Malaysia PM offers full help to 39eliminate39 Daesh

11/21/2015 6:48:11 PM

(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) Malaysia's prime minister has usedhis opening speechatthe 27th ASEAN Summittolashout at those who commit extremism and terrorism saying thatMalaysiawas ready to provide any help towards eliminating a "new evil that blasphemed Islam".

Premier Najib Razakbegan his speech Saturday in Kuala Lumpur by referencing those who lost their lives inrecent terror acts in Paris Beirut Sinai Mali and the southern Philippines.

He then noted that it was worth examining why anyone should be misguided enough to follow Daesh's perverted ideology.

“What is their motivation?" he asked according to state news agency Bernama."Let us be clear -- it’s an utter travesty of a religion of peace justice and moderation."

Speaking asthe 2015 ASEAN chairman toleaders from across Southeast Asiaheunderlinedthat military might alone would not be enough to defeat those who are bent on causing war mayhem death and desolation and despair.

“It is theideology propagatedbythese extremiststhat is thecauseof thissadistic violence and in this timeoftragedy we must not lose sightof thefactthat theideology itself mustbe exposedas theliethat it is -- andvanquished.

“For it is not Islamic. It cannot be” he underlined.

Touching on the methods of those whokilled almost 200 people in Beirut and ParisNajib said: “Suicide -- under any circumstances never mind suicide bombing that kills the innocents -- is a terrible sin.”

The perpetrators of such cowardly and barbaric acts do not represent any race religion and creed stated Razak nor should they be allowed to claim to do so.

“They’re terrorists and should be confronted as such with the full force of the law” he said callingfor vigilance against a threat he called "very real".

“The thoughts and prayers of us all -- Muslims Hindus Buddhists Christians and people of others faiths -- are with the people of Russia France Lebanon and Mali as well as with the families of last month’s bombing in Ankara and with the people of Syria and Iraq whose suffering has endured for so long” he said.

“We pray that a more moderate and peaceful world will one day consign such outrages and murderous ideologies to the past” he said adding thatMalaysia isready to provide any help towards eliminating what he described as this new evil that blasphemed Islam.
By Prem Kumar

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