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Malaysia defends Jewish remarks
Friday, October 17, 2003 Posted: 9:20 AM EDT (1320 GMT)
Mahathir urged Muslim youths to abandon suicide attacks and took aim at Islam.
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia -- Malaysia's foreign minister has apologized for what he described as any misunderstandings over Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's assertion that Jews "rule the world", saying no offence from the remarks was intended.
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Malaysia defends Jewish remarks
Friday, October 17, 2003 Posted: 9:20 AM EDT (1320 GMT)
Mahathir urged Muslim youths to abandon suicide attacks and took aim at Islam.
Quote:We (Muslims) are actually very strong, 1.3 billion people cannot be simply wiped out. 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 themÂ
-- Dr. Mahathir MohamadÂ
PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia -- Malaysia's foreign minister has apologized for what he described as any misunderstandings over Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's assertion that Jews "rule the world", saying no offence from the remarks was intended.
Quote:"Please forget about anti-Semitism," Syed Hamid told reporters. "Islam has never advocated being anti anybody including the Jews."<img src='http://www.india-forum.com/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/rolleyes.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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