Finally, he talks about Islam or exactly how he in the guise of his nation could help the U.S to counter Islamophobia.Sadly as one blogger correctly observed, he offered such help not during UNGA but behind the four walls of his hotel room to bunch of ruling coalition controlled media!
Instead of being proud of his offer, I read it with dread since his ruling coalition is bent on portraying the wrong face of Islam even among his fellow Malaysians. Islam, which is a universally accepted faith has been unfairly narrowed by his and his supporters. Incidents like the blanket ban on non Muslims from entering the mosque is one of many misdeeds they have done to Islam.
If what he means to counter Islamophobia by liberalising what is clearly forbidden in Islam while disallowing what is allowed then his offer should be rejected first by the Muslims in America. His and his underlings' version of Islam is not the Islam which the Prophet propagated more than 1400 years ago. If belittling the Prophet and his teachings is what they means by countering Islamophobia, then every Muslim not only in the United States but here in Malaysia have the responsibility to correct the misconceptions.
If they openly accuse the learned in Islam of being backward thus his offer should be rejected outright since it will only serve to tarnish Islam rather than helping to portray the true face of Islam. If what is reported here is true, for instance how could it serves to clear Islamophobia when the Muslims who hold power are above the law to commit anything their lust commands?
We won't forget easily unlike some
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