Remember: to “paralyze the rise of Islam” is to create the pretext for offensive jihad. From AP, with thanks to Nicolei:
The leader of Malaysia’s Islamic fundamentalist party on Friday accused the United States of using its war on terror “to paralyze the rise of Islam” and seize control of oil reserves.
In his biggest speech since his party suffered a crushing defeat in general elections in March, Abdul Hadi Awang also accused Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s government of supporting US ambitions and undermining Malaysia’s sovereignty.
Opening the annual conference of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, Abdul Hadi launched a scathing attack on the US and its allies, describing them as “gangsters in the Persian Gulf,” and accused them of attacking Islam under the pretext of combatting terrorism.
“Now they are trying to … force Islamic countries to amend the teachings of Islam and remove jihad teachings from Islam so that the world is left only with a US version of Islam and not the teachings of the Prophet,” Abdul Hadi said.