July 18, 2012
Speak Up Against Extremism, counsels HRH Raja Dr. Nazrin Shah
By Rozanna Latiff (07-17-12) | news@nst.com.my
MODERATES in Muslim nations as well as a West contingency confront extremism arising not usually from a religious investiture though additionally among those who champion policies which can lead to violence.
Raja Muda of Perak Raja Dr Nazrin Shah pronounced yesterday moderates needed to speak up opposite terrorism as well as extremism, including opposite powerful members of a media as well as governments which upheld hardline unfamiliar as well as security policies which could lead to dispute abroad.
"In this regard, a rising of a Global Movement of Moderates by a budding minister (Datuk Seri Najib Razak) is an critical beginning in galvanising as well as uniting assuage voices of assent among people of all cultures as well as beliefs."
He pronounced this during a launch of 9/11 as well as a Attack upon Muslims, a pick up of essays by Tan Sri Munir Majid.
Originally published in a New Straits Times in a 4 years following a Sept 11, 2001 militant attacks in a United States, a essays depict how a US leadership's neo-conservative unfamiliar policy was eventually used to acknowledgement an open war upon Muslims.
It additionally highlights a suffering of Muslims thereafter without shortening a enormity of a 9/11 attacks or provident Muslims for unwell to contain a roots of terrorism.
Raja Nazrin pronounced a book offering profitable lessons upon a dangers of binary or "black-and-white" thinking."I hold Munir's target in essay this book is to build bridges in between a Muslim u! niverse as well as a West rather than to destroy them. It is as much about a dangers of anti-West sentiment hold by Muslims as it is about anti-Muslim sentiments hold by a West."
He pronounced a misunderstanding in between Muslims as well as a West arose from a disaster to promulgate effectively.
"Among a distortions in a West have been a marker of Islam as well as Muslims with assault as well as terrorism, a hypothesis which Islam is incompatible with democracy as well as a difficulty of a influence of convention as well as enlightenment with religion. Muslims additionally share responsibility. Giving Islamic appellations to militant movements as well as committing militant acts in a name of Islam opposite unarmed civilians have contributed to (Islam's) disastrous picture as well as bargain in a West."
Meanwhile, Munir, who is on vacation senior fellow, Southeast Asia International Affairs Programme during LSE IDEAS, pronounced there was no justification for acts of terror though a cause should be addressed to reduce a incidence. He added US President Barack Obama's some-more consultative unfamiliar policy had since some hope as distant as Muslims were concerned.
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