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Malaysia’s new Prime Minister: “We will not do anything contrary to Islam”

Jun 5, 2018 8:57 am By Christine Douglass-Williams

Malaysia has just welcomed a new Prime Minister: 92-year-old Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

One of Mohamad’s first statements was a vow to “continue” to “safeguard Islam.” He said:

We will establish a Government that upholds the laws and the Constitution of the country and we will not do anything contrary to Islam.

He also gave the assurance…..

there would be no discrimination against any other religion in line with the demand of Islam that gave preference to justice.

The two promises are incompatible. Not to discriminate against infidels and fully to recognize religious pluralism will require Mohamad to abandon Islamic law and a constitution based on Islam.

Already the Ahmadis, “not recognized by mainstream Muslim scholars,” are complaining:

Indrawan Ahmad, a spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamat Malaysia…..said it was time to take Malaysia out of its “religious cocoon”.He said one problem with Malaysia’s Islamic administration was the dominance of Muslim scholars who are influenced by Wahhabi doctrine….harsh and forceful.”

Malaysia has become increasingly strict in its application of Sharia. In February, Malaysian police detained a popular Chinese rapper over “complaints that his latest music video featuring dancers wearing dog masks and performing ‘obscene’ moves insulted Islam and could hurt racial harmony.” Then a publisher was dragged to court for publishing a book by Irshad Manji for “confusing content that allegedly went against Islamic teachings.” An annual beer festival was also banned because it was “politically insensitive,” although police told the public that it was banned out of fear of a jihadi attack.

“Government will continue to safeguard Islam,” The Edge Markets, June 4, 2018:

PUTRAJAYA (June 4): Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today dismissed as untrue any view that the Pakatan Harapan (PH) Government will not safeguard Islam.

He said this was because Islam was the official religion of the country embodied in the Federal Constitution and the government would continue to be responsible in administrating the country without doing anything contrary to Islamic teachings.

“We know that there are many who claim that they supposedly protect Islam but we find that their actions are contrary to Islam.

“We will not hesitate to administer in accordance with Islam and will prove why their policies and stance are not in accordance with the true Islam.

“We will establish a Government that upholds the laws and the Constitution of the country and we will not do anything contrary to Islam,” he said in his speech at the breaking-of-fast of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) here.

Dr Mahathir, who is chairman of Bersatu, said the concept of such an administration could be easily accepted by other communities and religions because the government upheld the true teachings of Islam.

The Prime Minister also gave the assurance that there would be no discrimination against any other religion in line with the demand of Islam that gave preference to justice.

“Therefore, Insya-Allah (God willing), we will restore our country. We have identified ways to reduce the country’s debt so as not to burden people in the future,” he said.

Dr Mahathir said he did not expect PH to achieve an outstanding victory in the 14th general election, and described it as an outcome of the people’s support.

He said the people should be grateful that the transition of power took place smoothly without any crisis or riots, which could serve as an example for other nations.

Dr Mahathir said the transition of power in many developing countries, particularly Islamic nations, had occurred in a tense environment with riots and the victors had been unable to form a Government and carry on with their administration….

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Filed Under: Featured, Islamic supremacism, Malaysia, Sharia Tagged With: Bersatu, Pakatan Harapan Government, Putrajaya, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad


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  1. mortimer says

    Jun 5, 2018 at 9:15 am

    Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s promises to uphold Islam while defending human rights are mutually incompatible, because Islam is SUPREMACIST.

    Supremacism is per se incompatible with human rights, since there is a SUPREME group and an INFERIOR, SECOND-CLASS group.

    Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad should start looking for a unicorn and anyone who believes him is not living in reality. He is a professional liar and he knows it, even if journalists are too afraid to point it out to him.

  2. Jaladhi says

    Jun 5, 2018 at 9:16 am

    Malaysia’s Islamist PM is back! This is “moderate” Malaysia and its “moderate” prime minister!

  3. Ren says

    Jun 5, 2018 at 9:51 am

    Malaysia’s new Prime Minister: “We will not do anything contrary to Islam”

    Adhering to islam is admitting its creeds. A true muslim never does anything contrary to islam. He is willing to kill an persecute in the name of islam.

  4. Infidel says

    Jun 5, 2018 at 12:12 pm

    This OLD LECHEROUS COOT is a fanatic…

  5. Ray Jarman says

    Jun 5, 2018 at 3:08 pm

    From “Malaysia truly Asia” to “Malaysia truly islamia.” It seems that this once beautiful place to visit where Christians, Buddhists and the cult actually coexisted in relative peace if not in harmony is becoming another place to avoid.

  6. Older Canadian says

    Jun 6, 2018 at 7:15 am

    Another country has just bit the dust. One by one until all are enslaved and all are victims of their own actions and inactions.

    I am so sick and tired of this religious crap. It is time that people give up their stupid superstitions and handed down myths that gives them their ability to envision their superior status.

  7. Gjallarhornet says

    Jun 6, 2018 at 7:31 am

    “We will not do anything contrary to Islam”. Great. He opts for total incompetence then. Since islam hardly allows anything a modern state needs. What kind of schmucks would vote him in?

  8. Richard Courtemanche says

    Jun 6, 2018 at 4:57 pm

    What sort of energy and motivation can a 92-yr old have to make major changes in anything?

  9. Kaffir Jon says

    Jun 6, 2018 at 8:05 pm

    If my memory serves me correctly, when Dr Mahathir Mohamad was previously the Prime Minister of Malaysia he said, in relation to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, that it is an oppressive instrument by which the United States and other countries try to impose their values on Asians.

    At the time of his denouncement of the UDHR I was surprised. Now, of course it all makes sense to me. Devout Muslims would see the UDHR as un-Islamic and therefore wicked. As we know, the Koran specifies one set of rights to the “best of peoples”, the Muslims, and another set of “rights” to the kaffir and dhimmis.

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