Former PM says justice, Western style, means talking human rights on one hand, and justifying the killing of thousands on the other.
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PETALING JAYA: Former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad today commented on the brand of justice the West promotes, saying they thought nothing about killing thousands of Iraqis, Afghans and Arabs but showed great outrage when 12 Frenchmen were killed by two Muslim terrorists in Paris this month.
“Are the Iraqis, the Afghans and the Palestine Arabs not of the human race? Is killing hundreds of thousands of them okay but not 12 Frenchmen?” he asked in his latest blog entry.
According to Mahathir, the West saw it as a “great mission” to come down hard on Muslim terrorists, and added cynically, “People should understand and appreciate. You are just being helpful.”
He also commented on how the West found it “intolerable” that two Muslims chose to kill their “tormentors” for insulting Islam, conveniently choosing not to take into account the 1.4 billion Muslims in the world who “accept their fate”.
He said, “Kill them. Then go after the others. Justice (Western style) will be done.”
In pushing his argument across, Mahathir did clarify that he did not condone the killings at Charlie Hebdo, yet neither did he see how “babies, the children, the sick and the old” deserved to die by the thousands at the hands of Westerners.
“But they were killed. Nobody demonstrated in sympathy with their families over their loss,” he said in reference to the demonstrations held in Paris after the brutal killings.
Implying the West was good at practising double standards, Mahathir said, “Might is always right. But don’t preach to us about human rights, about the right to insult people, about free speech and freedom of the press.”
Saying not much had changed when it came to how Westerners thought and acted, Mahathir said, “You killed the natives by the millions because you wanted their land.”
“You are still killing them so as to rid them of their bad leaders, so they will become democratic.”
PETALING JAYA: Former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad today commented on the brand of justice the West promotes, saying they thought nothing about killing thousands of Iraqis, Afghans and Arabs but showed great outrage when 12 Frenchmen were killed by two Muslim terrorists in Paris this month.
“Are the Iraqis, the Afghans and the Palestine Arabs not of the human race? Is killing hundreds of thousands of them okay but not 12 Frenchmen?” he asked in his latest blog entry.
According to Mahathir, the West saw it as a “great mission” to come down hard on Muslim terrorists, and added cynically, “People should understand and appreciate. You are just being helpful.”
He also commented on how the West found it “intolerable” that two Muslims chose to kill their “tormentors” for insulting Islam, conveniently choosing not to take into account the 1.4 billion Muslims in the world who “accept their fate”.
He said, “Kill them. Then go after the others. Justice (Western style) will be done.”
In pushing his argument across, Mahathir did clarify that he did not condone the killings at Charlie Hebdo, yet neither did he see how “babies, the children, the sick and the old” deserved to die by the thousands at the hands of Westerners.
“But they were killed. Nobody demonstrated in sympathy with their families over their loss,” he said in reference to the demonstrations held in Paris after the brutal killings.
Implying the West was good at practising double standards, Mahathir said, “Might is always right. But don’t preach to us about human rights, about the right to insult people, about free speech and freedom of the press.”
Saying not much had changed when it came to how Westerners thought and acted, Mahathir said, “You killed the natives by the millions because you wanted their land.”
“You are still killing them so as to rid them of their bad leaders, so they will become democratic.”
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