Events in far-off Norway, namely the horrific double-attack and massacre of innocents about one week ago, have elicited a response from the Malaysia government in what is officially described as a 'strong condemnation'. And for Malaysia's government, it is largely as advertised, a sternly-worded condemnation, but with a dollop of treacherous taqiyya thrown in for bad measure. From "Malaysia Strongly Condemns Norway Shooting, Bombing", [1] Bernama, 23 July:

KUALA LUMPUR, July 23 (Bernama) -- Malaysia strongly condemned the bombing of the government offices and shootings at a youth camp in Oslo and Utoeya, Norway yesterday, calling it a heinous crime.

In a statement, the Foreign Ministry expressed shock and sadness at the incidents and said that Malaysia sent its deepest condolences to the Norwegian government in its hour of bereavement.

As of now there were no Malaysians involved in the incident. The Malaysian Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden was monitoring the situation, it said.

"The government of Malaysia hopes the people responsible for this heinous crime will be brought to justice.

"Both the incidents have highlighted to the international community on the need to take the path to democracy and moderation, and the importance of strengthening cooperation in order to face any type of terrorism and violent extremism," the statement said.

I suppose Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian perpetrator of heinous crimes against civilians, is no less 'moderate' than Hamas, an organization befriended by Malaysia (and [2] quite popular with Malaysians) that, like Breivik, has also deliberately targeted civilians. Although to be truthful, there are differences between the two -- Breivik killed civilians in two instances, whilst Hamas has killed or attempted to kill civilians hundreds if not thousands of times. Of course, Malaysia has yet to condemn Hamas but a single time for any of their heinous crimes. What was that about 'the path to moderation' again?

Breivik is in fact no less 'extremist' or 'violent' than the very immoderate Islamic Republic of Iran, another entity with which Malaysia has enjoyed a [3] long and [4] close relationship with, Iran's notorious and long track record of state-sponsored terrorism having been studiously ignored by Malaysia all the while.

Yes, Malaysia has commendably damned the attacks in Norway and has publicly called for justice.  One can only hope that when Hamas or Iran predictably and inevitably commits their next atrocity against civilians, that Malaysia will call for justice as they have loudly done in this case. Perhaps one day, Malaysia's actions will actually reflect its own soaring rhetoric. One can hope, at any rate.