The final statement broadcast on-air in New York City in the pre-9/11 era was
"The Malaysian Prime Minister must be eliminated."
"The Malaysian Prime Minister must be eliminated."
"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 [during the Holocaust].
But today the Jews rule the world by proxy. They get others to fight and die for them.
They invented socialism, communism, human rights and democracy so that persecuting them would appear to be wrong so they may enjoy equal rights with others.
With these they have now gained control of the most powerful countries.
And they, this tiny community, have become a world power."
Dr. Mahathir Mohamad,
Prime Minister of Malaysia,
1981-2003
The Home Affairs Ministry's Film Censorship Board has viewed the Zoolander and called it "definitely unsuitable".
A spokeswoman for the department said no official ban had yet been imposed but local distributors would be expected to exercise "discretion".
In the film Stiller plays brainless supermodel Derek Zoolander who is talked into killing the Malaysian leader.
The murder is to retaliate against plans to ruin the fashion industry by raising the minimum wage for workers in the country.
The film is due for release in the US on Friday, where it has been given a 13-rating.
But Malaysia's main cinema operator, Golden Screen Cinemas, said they had not picked up the rights to the film.
Malaysia has a history of banning or heavily editing films which it considers offend its political or religious sensibilities.
In 1994, the Oscar-winning Schindler's List was blacklisted, sparking criticism from US Jewish groups.
Steven Spielberg's animated epic The Prince of Egypt was barred so as not to offend the country's majority Muslim population.
Malaysia also outlawed the second instalment of Mike Myers' spoof secret agent Austin Powers.
The international man of mystery was withdrawn because the Censorship Board says The Spy Who Shagged Me contained too much sexual innuendo.
The ban applied to cinemas, television, video compact discs and video tapes.
Jews Rule The World
Says Malaysian Prime Minister
From correspondents in Putrajaya
Daily Telegraph - Australia
10-16-3
Jews rule the world, getting others to fight and die for them, but will not be able to defeat the world's 1.3 billion Muslims, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has told a major Islamic summit.
"The Europeans killed six million Jews out of 12 million. But today the Jews rule this world by proxy. They get others to fight and die for them," Mahathir said, adding, "1.3 billion Muslims cannot be defeated by a few million Jews." The veteran Malaysian premier, who has become notorious for his controversial speeches during his 22 years as leader of this moderate Muslim country, was addressing the opening session of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) summit.
He told the biggest gathering of Muslim leaders since the 2001 attacks on the United States that all Muslims were suffering "oppression and humiliation", with their religion accused of promoting terrorism. Acknowledging weakness and division in the organisation's ranks, Mahathir said they could at least take a common stand on the Palestinian struggle against Israel and it was time to plan a "counter-attack" against the enemies of Islam who treated Muslims with "contempt and dishonour".
He called on Muslims to emulate the Jewish response to oppression, saying the Jews had "survived 2000 years of pogroms not by hitting back, but by thinking". "They invented and successfully promoted socialism, communism, human rights and democracy so that persecuting them would appear to be wrong, so they may enjoy equal rights with others. "With these they have now gained control of the most powerful countries and they, this tiny community, have become a world power. "We cannot fight them through brawn alone, we must use our brains also," he said. "Of late because of their power and their apparent success they have become arrogant. And arrogant people like angry people will make mistakes, will forget to think. "They are already beginning to make mistakes. And they will make more mistakes. There may be windows of opportunity for us now and in the future. We must seize these opportunities."
Mahathir, however, who has in the past condemned Palestinian suicide bombers as "terrorists", appeared to suggest that it was time for an end to violence against the Israelis. "Over the past 50 years of fighting in Palestine we have not achieved any result. We have in fact worsened our situation."
He said the Koran "tells us that when the enemy sues for peace we must react positively. True the treaty offered is not favourable to us. But we can negotiate". He said he was aware that this proposal could not be popular and its opponents "would want to send more young men and women to make the supreme sacrifice. But where will all these lead to? Certainly not victory."
However, he did call on Muslims to match their studies of religion with attention to science and mathematics because "we need guns and rockets, bombs and warplanes, tanks and warships for our defence".
This was apparently a reference to what he sees as a broader assault on Muslims by the Western world in the guise of the war on terrorism. He said enemies of Islam "attack and kill us, invade our lands, bring down our governments".
Among the more than 30 Muslim leaders present for the summit are Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, Prince Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia and Megawati Sukarnoputri, the president of the world's largest Muslim country Indonesia.
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