Dr M along with Erdogan, Imran Khan wants to change his perception of Islam
PETALING JAYA: Dr Mahathir Mohamad said he and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan discussed efforts to change negative perceptions of Islam at their recent meeting in New York, United States.
The prime minister said the talks were among the most inaccurate reports about Islam and its followers.
"They label Muslims all terrorists and so on, and this seems to be accepted by all over the world. Instead, Islam is not a violent religion," he said at a news conference broadcast live from New York.
Mahathir said they felt it was time for Malaysia, Turkey and Pakistan to begin their efforts to explain the true meaning of Islam to the world.
"So there will be no more confusion and we will not be accused of being a religion that promotes violence. This will be done in collaboration with our information departments, Pakistan and Turkey, ”he said.
He was commenting on Imran's announcement of the three countries' plans to create an English-language channel to highlight the positive image of Islam and correct the false information that had corrupted the religion.
Imran made the announcement after their meeting at a side event in conjunction with the 74th United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday.
The word 'spicy' is accepted abroad
Meanwhile, Mahathir believes leaders of other countries present at the UN have received criticism and criticism in his speech at the conference.
It included Malaysia's stand on Israel on Palestine and the global climate.
“Although the time was given me only 15 minutes, but I was up to 30 minutes, no one objected.
"Many people in the council seemed to agree with our views and our criticisms of Israel and Palestine, the changing world climate and many other things, including the question of trying to boycott palm oil," he said.
To the surprise of Malaysia, ECRL costs less
Meanwhile, Mahathir said foreign and private countries were amazed that Malaysia could reduce the cost of the East Coast Railroad (ECRL) project after negotiations with China.
He said while addressing the essence of the discussion with the party, who wanted to know the state and policy of the country.
"They also questioned our opinion of China, saying they were impressed with our ability to reduce the RM20 billion ECRL contract."
"It seems that other countries with similar problems are doing nothing, perhaps what we are doing is encouraging other countries in debt to China to try to reduce their debt," he said.
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