Is the Malaysian PM, Mahathir Mohamad, an Islamophobe? Kidding! But…
Here he is making statements about Islam that if a non-Muslim made them would be deemed "Islamophobic".
ADDED: a separate report in the meeting says they decided the best way to catch up with the west is to focus on dealing with other Islamic countries and ignore the secular world. Way to go. Not.
Here he is making statements about Islam that if a non-Muslim made them would be deemed "Islamophobic".
"Today we have lost the respect of the world. We are no longer the source of human knowledge nor the model of human civilisation. For a long time in the 18th to mid-20th centuries Muslim countries were all dominated and occupied by European powers. We have now largely freed ourselves. But we have not done much better as independent nations. Indeed, some of us have regressed to the point of once again being dependent on our former colonial masters," said Mahathir, who is serving a second stint as prime minister after his previous term from 1981 to 2003.I do wonder who he means has "regressed to the point of once again being dependent on our former colonial masters". Who is he referring to?
ADDED: a separate report in the meeting says they decided the best way to catch up with the west is to focus on dealing with other Islamic countries and ignore the secular world. Way to go. Not.
