Malaysian PM urges Muslims to unite against 'Jewish domination'
Megawati applauded Mahathir attack on Jews
The Europeans killed 6 million Jews out of 12 million, but today the Jews rule the world by proxy. They get others to fight and die for them.
Yes, and the trolls will always be among us. In a world where people and countries are increasingly willing to use religion as a means to incite violence and oppression, now we have a head of state demonstrating his lack of tolerance and understanding.
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Thursday told a summit of Islamic leaders that "Jews rule the world by proxy" and the world's 1.3 billion Muslims should unite, using nonviolent means for a "final victory."
His speech at the Organization of the Islamic Conference summit, which he was hosting, drew criticism from Jewish leaders, who warned it could spark more violence against Jews.
Mahathir — known for his outspoken, anti-Western rhetoric — criticized what he described as Jewish domination of the world and Muslim nations' inability to adequately respond to it.
Even if this Jewish domination myth were true, it certainly wouldn't be due any secret dark Jewish cabal bent on world domination. Like anything else, success generally comes from hard work and sacrifice. If Muslims cannot understand that, then that is their loss. Why insist on dragging another group down to your level, except out of pure jealousy that your own fellow believers do not seem to possess the same sort of drive to succeed?
What is truly disturbing is how other heads of state in the Islamic world are willing to buy into this myth, if for no other reason than it is politically popular among the masses. This sort of demagoguery will do nothing to further the cause of peace and prosperity.
The Indonesian President, Megawati Soekarnoputri, joined a standing ovation for her Malaysian counterpart, Mahathir Mohamad, after he called on Muslims to consider Jews as their enemy, it has been revealed.
All 57 leaders at a Conference of Islamic Nations summit applauded the comments, which have renewed regional tensions ahead of next week's APEC leaders' conference. Among them were several key figures in the post-September 11 world, including Ms Megawati; the Afghan President, Hamid Karzai; President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan and Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia....
Dr Mahathir told the meeting of Islamic leaders in Malaysia on Thursday that "Jews rule this world by proxy".
He accused Jews worldwide of "getting others to fight and die for them" and called on Muslims to fight back with their brain and brawn....
An Indonesian Government spokesman, Marty Natalegawa, expressed support for Dr Mahathir's statement and declined to condemn his remarks about Jews ruling the world.
Playing the "Jews rule the world" card sure beats the hell out of taking responsibility for your own problems, eh?
Until and unless leaders of the Islamic world stop pressing the self-serving "Jews rule the world" myth, what hope can their be for peace between Israel and the Islamic world? If leaders like Mahathir could drop the demagoguery, perhaps they could realize that they could learn a lot from Israel, and there is much that Israel would willing share. Of course, playing the demagogue certainly is a lot less work, and most of the Muslim world has shown a pronounced aversion to taking anything but the path of least resistance.
