Two years ago, after visiting the Malaysia, Obama expressed his vision of fostering and deepening bilateral relations with the famously moderate country. Part of that vision was to allow Malaysians to travel visa-free to the U.S.
That may not be a good idea now, given the South China Morning Post report that “Malaysia risks turning into a hardline religious state, where adulterers are stoned to death and thieves have their hands chopped off” — that is, a hardline Islamic state.
The warning came from former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad as current premier Nijib Razak reportedly “courts Islamists to shore up support for his scandal-tainted United Malays National Organisation (Umno) party.”
Political expediency is a global peccadillo that seems to turn up any and everywhere in various forms, as politicians vie for the support of Muslim lobbyist groups and funding. What Mohamad warns about in principle is reminiscent of what the Obama administration and other Western leftists have been doing for votes, i.e. courting stealth jihadists and building partnerships with “unindicted co-conspirators”.
Of course, this is not to compare the acts of stoning adulterers to death in front of a crowd and chopping of hands for stealing to that of leading a civilization along the path of becoming an incubator of jihad terror and exposing citizens to random jihadist attacks. One is far more barbaric than the other, now, isn’t it?
“Mahathir fans fears of brutal punishments if Malaysia adopts strict sharia penal code”, South China Morning Post, June 27, 2016:
Malaysia risks turning into a hardline religious state, where adulterers are stoned to death and thieves have their hands chopped off.
The grim warning from former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, comes as current premier Najib Razak courts Islamists to shore up support for his scandal-tainted United Malays National Organisation (Umno) party.
“What is happening now is that Umno feels itself isolated because of what Najib has done. So in search of alliance, Umno is actually trying to win over PAS (Parti Islam se-Malaysia),” Mahathir said in an exclusive interview with South China Morning Post.
PAS wants to introduce the strict sharia penal code hudud, which punishes thieves by chopping off their hands. There’s a chance this could happen, according to Mahathir.
“To win over PAS, they support hudud. That is why hudud has been brought up in parliament. It was actually Umno which helped this movement to increase the power of the sharia court.”
The tiny neighbouring sultanate of Brunei began implementing hudud penalties in 2014, fanning fears in Malaysia of accelerated Islamisation.
Last month, the Malaysian government unexpectedly fast-tracked the tabling of a PAS-sponsored hudud bill in parliament, taking many by surprise…….

ich says
Obama is consistent on being wrong.
What a tool
Jack Everett says
Just keep supporting racist Trump while you can he has not said one thing right.
Don McKellar says
Hi moslem troll. How are you today?
linnte says
Perfect proof that Islam is unable to accommodate modern thinking. It’s 2016 and they still live in 630 AD. Western Muslims don’t even mention what SHOULD be a very embarrassing ideology. They ignore the reality of following Qur’an and Hadiths. Where is their loud protest against this barbaric law? And Malaysia is the largest Muslim population in the world? Coming to a neighborhood near you!
Kenneth Aldrich says
Indonesia is #1.
Don McKellar says
“Part of that vision was to allow Malaysians to travel visa-free to the U.S.”
Yes, a typical slippery Obama move, dreaming to improve the flow of moslems into the United States.
Angemon says
Indeed.
ElderlyZionist says
Mahathir Mohammed is himself a notorious Jew-hating Muslim supremacist, but the Salafis scare him. Maybe that’s because he’s technically-educated enough to understand that if the stone-agers get control, Muslims are doomed.
PissLam says
Mahathir is part of the Muslim Brotherhood. He is one of the principles behind the Ground Zero Mosque. He is not afraid of Salafis for sure. This is a power game with billions at stake. As you should know, those at the top of a Muslim country are able to control vast sums of money and power. His former politcal partner who became an adversary, Anwar Ibrahim was also a member of the Muslim Brotherhood.
You should expect the Muslims Brotherhood to be behind many of the politicians in Muslim countries. The MB and the Saudis pay huge sums to gain support from these politicians.
umbra says
It is true that this former PM of malaysia is a Jew hating creature. However, his present concern is not solely rooted in his concern with the well-being of malaysian society. Since last year, there has been a power struggle within UMNO which ended with najib’s (present PM) faction being victorious. A purged was subsequently carried out within UMNO. The losing faction was of course the one which this former PM sided with – his son was replaced within the UMNO leadership structure during this purge.
This former PM is trying to sabotage the present PM politically. Both individuals are awfully corrupt, but are also politically very islamic. In malaysia, islam and politics are inseparable.
ElderlyZionist says
That clarifies things. I must remember never to over-estimate the character of one of these clowns. Thanks for the correction.
umbra says
No problem.
PissLam says
You guys missed a very important fatwa announce by the Mufti of the state of Pahang, in Malaysia. Just a couple of days ago, he announced that non-Muslims who opposed Shariah should be treated as “kafir harbi”, meaning they could be killed for opposing Islam.
This is essentially a command to kill non-Muslims who oppose Shariah, in Malaysia.
http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2016/06/27/pahang-mufti-will-not-apologise-kafir-statement/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbi
Robert Spencer says
We missed nothing: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2016/06/malaysia-mufti-says-members-of-secularist-party-are-against-islam-should-be-killed