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' Mahathir Mohamad told a living in’’ Cooper said in ' 'associate dean of the Simon Jerusalem “Mahathir’s Jews but said he wasn’t sur--' summit of Muslim leaders is absolute an Los in Wiesenthal Center speech today Thursday that Jews ruled the prised invitation for more hate world and recruited others “to - “It is not new that in such Angeles said Mahathir has crimes and terrorism against statements in used forums there is always an fight and die for them” Jews That’s serious” he’s to die die to reach lowest “The Europeans killed 6 tough past prove attempt In Washington State wX on die West But he said common denominator which million Jews out of 12 milstill was in said is Israel bashing’ he lion but today the Jews rule Department spokesman Adam Thursday’s speech the wold by a widely respected & statesman in' Asia and the £ vf developing world said in a ? speech as he became chair-ma- n of die Organi zation of die Islamic Conference “They get others to fight ftand die for them” he said The speech drew immediate criticism from Israel and Jew- -' ish organizations which XX it could fan violence Jews but a standing ovation from the kings presi-- 5 dents sheiks and emirs XL ' including key US allies gathered in Malaysia’s sparkling new capital Putra-' FUTRAJAYA Malaysia i In a blistering attack (AP) -i- - W- ’ - ' -- ‘ proxy’’-Mahathi- r 57-nati- on XX-agains- t 3rX'' 3 ' Mahathir said die Islamic world had shone in science - " x! arts and military power when i 4 Europe was in the Dark Ages but weakened when religious vl: JX infighting replaced practical r ' : ' yleanungl4V' "n West pulkd far ahead in die Industrial Revolution Mahadiir said and Muslims still suffer from weak states T disputes over dogma and a yyl lack of! scientific and techno- logical expertise They cannot y ? 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Manauur saioiviusums naa achieved “nothing”in more !than50 years of fighting y ' Israel “They survived 2000 years of pogroms hot by hitting back but by thinking” Mahathir said “They invent- ed socialism communism human rights and democracy : ' so that persecuting them would pear to be wrong so that they can enjoy equal r rights with ottos” Mahathir said the world's 13 billion Muslims “cannot be defeated bya few million Jews’! but suggested the use of political and economic tac- tics instead of violence to " achieve a “final victory” “In today’s world we wield a lot of political economic and financial clout enough to make up for our weaknesses in military terms” he said Mahathir whose administration transformed 'Malaysia from a rubber-- and backwater into trad- the world’s nation has been long ing known for his blistering attacks on globalization US policy in foe Middle East and - 4 - - : : i V- ! : - " : 22-ye- ar 17fo-Iarge- st Israel f - But Malaysia is seen by Washington as a reliable — if prickly — ally cooperating in breaking terrorist networks in Southeast Asia Mahathir visited the White House last year Still he has remained a blunt opponent of the US-le- d attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq and repeatedly warned that the war on terrorism is becoming a war against Muslims Washington was angered by a speech he made in February in which he described the looming war against Iraq as racist Mahathir 77 has always seen himself as a champion of oppressed Muslims outside his own country During the 1992-9- 5 war in Bosnia he welcomed thousands of Bosnian Muslim refugees but expelled Christians who arrived with them despite ' anti-Isra- el - Dne troaD i v rj(0)irD(iQ X Ereli called Mahatir’s Ahmed Maher said it was “a shrewd and very deep assesremarks offensive and ir sment" matory “We view diem jvith “It is great to hear Prime the contempt and derisic Minister Mahathir speak so they deserve” he said US allies at the conference £ eloquently on die problems of the ummah (Muslim world) said they agreed with Mahathir’s assessment of the rZ and ways to remedy them” added Afghan President Muslim world’s predicament Hamid Karzai “His speech although they did not specifi- was an to a lot of cally address his comments us and that is what the Islamic on Jews £ ' world should do ” Egyptian Foreign Minister 1 3 f : 5 v eye-open- er sl |
