KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim stressed that western countries do not need to teach the Muslim world about the meaning of democracy, human rights and sustainable development.
He said the western countries on the other hand need to stop trying to control the international media, merely for the sake of highlighting inaccurate narratives regarding the war in Gaza, Palestine.
He said, the western countries also need to correct the narrative and admit that the unrest in Palestine started and lasted since 1948 and not because of the Hamas attack on Oct 7.
“We need to be clear and cannot be determined by the western countries that want to start the narrative (continuous attacks in Palestine starting since the military actions of Hamas) on Oct 7.
“The continuous destruction (in Palestine) happened since 1948, followed by the direct invasion of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in 1969. In fact, now the destruction continues, whether infrastructure or human and genocide. This is what happened,” he said while inaugurating the All-Malaysian Mosque Summit for Al-Aqsa and Palestine at the Kuala Lumpur Federal Territory Mosque here, Sunday.
Anwar also insisted that Malaysia remains committed to not allowing companies registered with Israel to enter and carry out any activities in the country.
He said that the previous government which strongly opposed Israel’s tyranny, still allowed direct trade with such companies in the country.
“That’s why under the MADANI Government, the decision was made unanimously by the Cabinet to stop all forms of direct trade (with Israel),” he said.
