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2004-04-11 05:24 | User Profile
Dr Mahathir speech
In his speech, Dr Mahathir called on Muslims to use brains as well as brawn to fight Jews who, he said, "rule the world by proxy".
The OIC brings together 57 nations home to one billion Muslims
He told the leaders of the Islamic world that 1.3 billion Muslims could not be "defeated by a few million Jews".
"This tiny [Jewish] community has become a world power. We cannot fight them through brawn alone. We must use our brains as well," he said.
Jews, said the Malaysian prime minister, had "invented socialism, communism, human rights and democracy" to avoid persecution and gain control of the most powerful countries.
He added that "the Jews" were "beginning to make mistakes" and Muslims could have "windows of opportunity... in the future".
The Malaysian prime minister also condemned what he called irrational terrorist attacks motivated by anger and suggested the Arab world should negotiate for peace.
Dr Mahathir, who has used such conferences to make scathing attacks on the West in the past, bows out as prime minister in a week's time after 22 years in office.
His speech was defended by several Muslim leaders.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai praised those parts of Dr Mahathir's speech that concentrated on the need for education and development in the Islamic world, and said he did not consider it anti-Semitic.
"Dr Mahathir spoke of the inhibitions within the Islamic world and that those inhibitions must go away and I entirely agree with that," said the Afghan leader.