2003 马哈蒂尔谈世界变迁

2003  马哈蒂尔谈世界变迁

Mahathir's speech on a changed world

马哈蒂尔·穆罕默德  来源：IVIEWS 2003年6月20日 59条评论
https://www.islamicity.org/2075/mahathirs-speech-on-a-changed-world/

 

马来西亚已变

独立46年来，我们经历了诸多变化。从一个仅限于马来半岛的国家，到沙捞越和沙巴自愿加入，我们发展成为马来西亚。马来西亚人口从最初的500多万增长到如今的2500万。

马来西亚的基础设施发展速度飞快。其中包括连接半岛南北、东西的高速公路。沙巴和砂拉越的主要道路尚未建成高速公路，但比英国统治时期要好得多。机动车几乎可以到达全国所有城镇和村庄。

农村地区焕然一新，铺设了柏油路，学??校、诊所、电力和供水都已到位。

城镇发展迅速，摩天大楼拔地而起，甚至在昔日的橡胶和棕榈油种植园也拔地而起。首都吉隆坡以其双子塔和吉隆坡塔而闻名。布城作为行政首都，拥有气派而尊贵的办公大楼。苏丹阿都沙末大厦曾是马来西亚首都的地标建筑，如今已被布城的精美建筑所取代，这些建筑反映了马来西亚的文化和进步。

得益于第一任首相东姑阿都拉曼·普特拉的政策，马来西亚的多种族人民和平和谐地生活在一起。不同种族之间的经济财富差距正在缩小。土著水稻种植户和渔民的子女如今已成为专业人士、高级政府官员、教授、军队将军和商界百万富翁。

马来/土著企业高管的才能从他们被大型外国公司选为高管可见一斑。

马来西亚国家石油公司（Petronas）是一家全资国有企业，由马来经理、高级管理人员和非马来人共同管理。Petronas从一家通常在国内运营的国家石油公司，发展成为一家业务遍及全球32个国家的跨国石油公司，在全球范围内勘探、生产和销售石油和天然气。Petronas还涉足大型石油化工行业。

Petronas是全球500强企业之一，利润曾一度位居榜首。

还有更多马来人成为国内外成功的商人、实业家和大型企业的管理者。马来承包商不仅在本国，还在许多国家修建道路和建筑。

显然，许多马来人和其他土著在经商方面拥有与其他族群同等的才能。他们能够并且已经展现了自己的能力。

他们的精神和自信体现在他们准备独自环游世界、攀登珠穆朗玛峰、从大陆游48公里到兰卡威岛、成为羽毛球冠军等等。

马来统治者成功地发展了马来西亚，并受邀为其他国家提供各种行政和发展方面的建议。

如今，马来西亚因其在国际事务中发挥的作用而闻名于世。马来西亚以独特的方式应对1997-1998年金融危机的能力也得到了认可。

世界已变

但世界本身也已变。喷气式客运和电信技术的进步使世界变得非常小。如今，世界各国都成了近邻。没有什么可以隐藏或保密的。

不干涉独立国家内政的概念已被间接或直接介入的概念所取代，包括外国势力参与改变某些国家的政府。如有必要，将为此使用武力。

东欧共产主义阵营的崩溃使世界变成了单极世界，获胜的资本主义阵营将只允许在世界范围内实行资本主义自由市场和自由民主制度。

全球化已被引入，这是西方国家为加强其对世界经济的控制而设计的。

显而易见，欧洲人希望再次控制世界。虽然起初这种控制是间接的，但如今他们开始入侵和统治某些国家，表面上是为了这些国家的安全，但实际上是为了掠夺这些国家的财富。

自二战结束以来，东亚经济快速增长。从日本开始，韩国、台湾、香港和东南亚也迅速发展。但现在关注的焦点是中国，它放弃了中央计划经济，接受了有限的

自由市场体系。在很短的时间内，这个贫穷的共产主义国家就变成了一个富裕的国家，并有可能拥有强大的军事力量。

这一发展令中国的近邻和宿敌——日本和韩国——感到恐惧。

西方国家对中国成为一个拥有强大军事实力的经济大国感到不安。

由此，国际环境变得非常紧张，对包括马来西亚在内的所有国家都充满挑战。欧洲人也表现出想要重拾昔日强悍生活方式的意愿。

英国统治时期马来人的历史可以为我们了解欧洲人的性格提供很多指导。

我们曾被三个欧洲民族殖民。450年来，我们一直处于他们的殖民统治之下。现在，我们和其他亚洲人面临着再次被他们殖民的可能性。

需要了解欧洲人

因此，我们需要充分了解欧洲人，这关乎我们的命运，我们的生活将取决于我们如何与他们以及他们的同胞互动。这里所说的欧洲人包括那些移民到美洲、澳大利亚和新西兰并建立新国家的人。他们通常被称为白人或西方人。但许多人确实是白人，许多生活在西方的人并非欧洲人。欧洲人是欧洲各国的人民。这就是为什么我称他们为欧洲人，甚至不称马特·萨利赫为欧洲人。英国人说“实话实说”（call a spade a spade）。任何事物都应以真名称呼。因此，在这次演讲中，我将称呼欧洲人为欧洲人。

我并非反欧洲。我有很多朋友和熟人是欧洲人。我羞于批评欧洲人，因为我认识的人会感到受伤。对我们友好的欧洲国家也会感到受伤。他们的媒体当然会谴责我是种族主义者。但我认为，揭露欧洲人的身份非常重要，必须冒这个险。

所有欧洲人都有相同的起源和文化，即基于希腊和罗马文明。他们非常聪明、勇敢，并且拥有永不满足的好奇心。他们永不满足于现状，总是渴望改进，使其更加完善，无论出于何种目的，都更具生产力。无论是工具、制度还是意识形态，他们都在不断改进。

有时，他们为了追求进步而疯狂地破坏事物，并带来恶果。但他们并未因此而却步，而是继续努力改进自己或他人拥有的一切。

不幸的是，他们也非常贪婪，喜欢用武力夺取他人的领土和权利。在他们两千年的历史中，为了夺取领土、扩张全球势力，战争从未停止。

起初，他们的掠夺范围仅限于欧洲。但当他们掌握了远航技术后，他们的掠夺和战争扩展到了世界各地。中国人、阿拉伯人和印度人更早到达东南亚，但他们并没有为征服这一地区而战。但当欧洲人到来时，东南亚的领土，如同非洲、北美洲、南美洲、澳大利亚和太平洋岛屿的领土一样，被他们用武力夺取，意图将这些领土据为己有，攫取财富，压迫、诋毁，甚至进行种族灭绝。

由于他们喜欢发动战争，侵占他人领土，他们的主要兴趣在于研发和生产更有效率的武器。所有武器都被改造成致命武器，以便在战争中取得胜利。

中国人发明了炸药，并用它们制造噪音来驱赶“蛟龙”，阻止它们在日食期间吞噬日月。或者，在节日期间，人们用它们来燃放爆竹。但当欧洲人接触到中国的炸药时，他们首先想到的是如何利用它们将炮弹射得更远。

从那时起，许多武器被发明出来用于远距离杀戮。炸弹、火箭、导弹、核弹头等等，都随着大炮的出现而出现。如今，他们拥有的核武器足以毁灭整个世界，但他们仍然不满足。

他们仍在研发威力更大、效果更佳的核弹头。在世界历史上，只有欧洲人投掷过原子弹，仅用两颗原子弹就能摧毁城市，造成最多的人员当场死亡。

汽车发明后，不久之后装甲车也应运而生。飞机催生了轰炸机和战斗机。商船则催生了军舰和潜艇。所有这些都在不断改进，以便更有效地杀伤更多人。

如今，数十亿美元被用于研发更先进的武器，为战争机器提供武器，训练军队备战，即使在没有敌人的情况下也做好战斗准备。

他们时刻准备着，不惜捏造谎言，发动战争，杀害儿童、老人、病人以及任何人，并将这些人视为纯粹的附属品，绝不允许他们成为他们实现目标的障碍。

在欧洲人眼中，战斗和杀戮的技能是光荣的。他们中的勇士被授予“骑士”的尊称。他们时不时地会发动攻击，扩张其主人或领主的领地。正因如此，自古以来，他们的村庄和城镇都被石墙和宽阔的护城河环绕。

对他们来说，所有分歧都必须通过实力较量来解决。胜者为王，有权独揽大权。败者则一无所有。这也是他们解决工人和雇主之间分歧的方式。工业行动的胜利者将得到他想要的一切。

欧洲的历史就是战争史，也是实力较量的历史。当他们与非洲、美洲和亚洲的非欧洲人接触时，他们立即发动战争，试图夺取当地居民的领土，建立新的国家和帝国。

他们毫无仁慈或善意。当地居民被驱逐，毫无悔意地被杀害。

许多部落因他们的袭击而灭绝。对他们来说，种族灭绝是最终的解决办法。

事实上，他们应该同情当地居民，因为他们自己也曾被驱逐出自己在欧洲的故土。但当他们到达他们所谓的“新世界”，也就是当地居民的旧世界时，他们却将当地居民赶出自己的土地，并夺取了所有财产。任何反抗的人都会遭到攻击、杀害或奴役。

为了尽可能地夺取领土以建立新的帝国，欧洲人内部发生了争斗。当地人常常被迫参与战争和掠夺。

他们之间的敌意日益加深，因为他们都想扩张领土，建立帝国，成为世界上最强大的国家。为此，他们发动了席卷全球的更大规模的战争。

第一次世界大战于1914年爆发，并于1918年结束，当时超过2000万来自各个帝国的人民和士兵丧生，价值数十亿美元的财产遭到破坏。

然而，他们并不满足。第一次世界大战结束仅仅20年后，他们又发动了第二次世界大战。这一次，欧洲人的破坏性暴力达到了顶峰。超过5000万来自他们帝国的人民和人民丧生。他们使用地毯式轰炸，将整座城市夷为平地，所有居民都被夷为平地。

最终，他们向日本广岛和长崎投下了原子弹，而这片土地并非欧洲国家。尽管这些核弹为他们带来了胜利，但欧洲人仍然震惊于核武器的威力以及其辐射，这些辐射在原子弹投下多年后仍可能杀死受害者。

欧洲人担心彼此之间会爆发核战争，他们的人民会被核武器杀害，他们的国家会被核武器摧毁。出于这种恐惧，他们达成了一项国际协议，以控制核武器的生产、试验和在战争中的使用。

但其中一些国家拒绝签署《不扩散核武器条约》。他们继续研究、开发和试验各种用于炸弹和弹头的新型核武器。

欧洲人在皈依基督教之前就憎恨犹太人。成为基督徒后，他们指责犹太人，因为一个犹太人背叛了基督，投奔了罗马人，并被钉死在十字架上。

因此，直到二战结束后，欧洲人仍然压迫移民到他们国家的犹太人。他们每年都会进行大屠杀和宗教裁判，大肆屠杀犹太人。解决犹太人问题的尝试在二战期间达到顶峰，当时有六百万犹太人被杀害。

但二战结束后，犹太人仍然留在欧洲。为了迫使犹太人离开欧洲，他们占领了巴勒斯坦阿拉伯人的领土，建立了以色列国。他们不仅夺取了巴勒斯坦阿拉伯人的土地、房屋和农场，还把阿拉伯人赶出了他们的土地，也就是后来的以色列国。

从那时起，西亚就再也没有过和平的日子。巴勒斯坦人试图夺回自己的领土，却遭到了欧洲人的反对。相反，他们支持以色列占领更多巴勒斯坦土地并杀害巴勒斯坦人。

巴勒斯坦儿童投掷石块，遭到以色列军队的枪击，儿童被杀。但欧洲人并没有谴责以色列，反而谴责了巴勒斯坦人的自杀式爆炸袭击。

2001年9月11日美国遭袭事件，支持以色列，却被当作借口。

盎格鲁-撒克逊欧洲人重蹈覆辙，重蹈覆辙，暴力相向。

他们打击恐怖主义的策略是攻击穆斯林国家和穆斯林，无论他们是否有罪。

他们通过各种毫无根据的指控，对穆斯林国家发动袭击，使用大规模杀伤性武器，屠杀平民，摧毁城镇。

美国和英国根本不关心世界对其行为的谴责。他们本国人民的反对也被置之不理。他们只想向世界展示他们的强大，任何挑战他们的人都会遭到他们的军事攻击。

我在这里所说的都是事实。我并非有意恐吓我们，让我们认真对待我们将要面临的危险。我想再次重申，我不是反欧洲主义者，也不是种族主义者。我无意制造对欧洲人的仇恨。但了解这个种族及其过去的活动至关重要，因为他们将在我们的生活、我们的种族、我们的宗教和我们的国家中扮演重要角色。如果不了解这些，我们将难以为自身安全做好准备并制定战略。

反对马来亚联邦和争取独立的斗争已经结束。我们不仅在独立后成功地治理了国家，而且还迅速发展了国家。我们许多人认为，一旦独立，我们将永远保持独立。

但今天我们面临的危险比20世纪中叶英国试图夺取马来土地建立马来亚联邦时更大。

我们面临的危险

今天，我们看到有人试图通过贬值我们的林吉特来让我们沦为乞丐。今天，我们看到列强如何攻击和占领弱国。联合国显然无力保护任何人。如果我们成为攻击对象，没有任何其他力量愿意保护我们。

在新的几十年和几个世纪里，我们将要面对的世界将见证欧洲人无数次试图以间接或直接的方式殖民我们。如果我们的国家没有受到攻击，我们的思想、文化、宗教和其他方面都将成为攻击目标。

在文化和社会领域，他们希望看到个人享有无限的自由。对他们来说，个人自由不容置疑。他们拒绝婚姻和家庭制度，反而将包括鸡奸在内的自由性行为视为一项权利。他们正式承认男女之间的婚姻。我们所谓的乱伦在他们看来并不严重。

穆斯林禁止改变宗教的禁令，以及与他们不同的法律，都将受到质疑。他们的媒体将被用来诋毁我们的一切实践。非政府组织将被颠覆，以要求审查欧洲人不喜欢的一切，修改并最终拒绝那些被认为剥夺个人权利的行为。

他们将强迫我们接受的文化和价值观将是享乐主义、对快乐的无限追求、对基本欲望（尤其是性欲）的满足。我们的生活方式必须与他们的生活方式相同。亚洲价值观在他们那里并不存在。

我们的经济体系必须遵循他们构想的自由市场体系。政府不能介入或制定规章制度来帮助弱者。平衡不同种族之间的发展问题并非自由市场的责任。自由市场是大国、强国和资本富豪们独占一切。

一个国家的国民不能享有特殊待遇。外国公司必须可以自由进入任何国家，与当地企业和银行竞争。他们的巨型企业很可能会吞并当地的小型企业，而我们将成为他们麾下的雇佣工人。据说一切都取决于实力，而不是与那些经验丰富的大型企业进行不平等和不公正的竞争。其结果是，他们将完全控制每个国家的经济。

如果有人拒绝世贸组织提出的自由市场体系，他们将遭受旨在摧毁其经济的惩罚性措施。欧洲人通过世贸组织引入了基于规则的贸易，即所有国内外贸易都必须遵守他们制定的世贸组织规则。任何不遵守这些规则的国家都将面临各种制裁，以摧毁其经济。

尽管西方阵营和东方阵营之间的冷战仍在继续，但世界经济得以复苏。20世纪60年代、70年代和80年代，世界经济取得了显著发展。

相对而言，当时的世界和平，没有威胁。随之而来的是，旅行和飞行的习惯逐渐兴起，以及喷气式飞机的制造，为世界上许多国家的经济做出了贡献。

百万

大量游客和商务旅客涌入世界各地的机场，迫使机场逐年扩建和增加客运量。波音、洛克希德和空客等公司研制出更大、航程更远的客机，并生产和销售了数百架。豪华酒店在世界各地拔地而起，为包括发展中国家在内的人们创造了大量就业机会。

微芯片（即微型电路）的发展彻底改变了制造业。微芯片使计算速度提高了数千倍，促成了计算机的发明，使其不仅用于计算，还用于通过语音、文字和图像将信息传递到世界各个角落。

对微芯片的需求迅速增长，包括马来西亚等发展中国家在内的许多国家都建起了生产微芯片的工厂。一些国家财富的增长导致对包括汽车在内的制成品的需求激增，许多从农业转向制造业的国家也实现了快速发展。

马来西亚实现了GDP连续10年超过8%的高速增长。似乎没有什么能阻止马来西亚在2020年成为发达国家。

我们的政策是促进邻国繁荣。这不仅仅是施舍或帮助他人的愿望。事实上，当邻国繁荣时，我们也会繁荣，因为我们能够增加与他们的贸易。另一方面，当邻国陷入困境时，这些问题就会蔓延到我们国家。显然，促进邻国繁荣是一种开明的利己主义政策。这项政策给我们带来了诸多益处，促进了地区稳定和经济增长。

二战后的世界确实非常繁荣。但欧洲人试图通过改变商业、政治和社会规范的体系和实践来改善现状，使其变得更好、更公平。

曾经如此成功的日本，如今却成了这些新体系的受害者。迄今为止，日本人仍无法重振其疲软的经济。

马来西亚原本发展势头强劲，却遭到了那些声称有责任约束政府的流氓货币交易员的攻击。结果，马来西亚乃至东亚地区的经济增长停滞不前，甚至出现倒退。迄今为止，经济仍未恢复到之前的水平。

随着美国欺诈和商业犯罪行为的曝光，经济复苏变得更加艰难。那些股价无缘无故上涨的网络公司纷纷倒闭。之后，安然、世通、安达信以及其他数十家大小企业被发现存在会计舞弊行为。

当犯罪分子劫持客机时，“劫机”一词便成了家喻户晓的话题。劫机事件的高峰出现在恐怖分子劫持客机并将其用作导弹摧毁纽约世界贸易中心时。这惊恐万分，令美国和其他地方的游客和商务旅客惊恐不已，导致客运量降至30%以下。

这导致酒店和其他与旅游相关的行业大幅下滑。几乎所有美国航空公司都破产了，损失高达数千亿美元。

对恐怖分子的追捕使世界变得紧张不安。炸弹在世界许多地方爆炸。阿富汗和伊拉克遭到袭击，叙利亚和伊朗也面临类似的威胁，除非它们更换政府。

因此，第二次世界大战结束后30年的繁荣与和平就此终结，因为有人试图改善原本运转良好的局面。随着世界经济发展模式的改变，随着对财富的狂热追求，随着对世界上众多贫困和苦难的漠视，随着对四处掠夺领土的纵容，所有先前取得的进步都被摧毁了。

如今，将世界经济恢复到1997年水平的可能性已变得渺茫。这不可能实现，因为当权者不去试图安抚世界，而是一心想使用武力来实现其目标。

民主有缺陷

在政治上，所有国家都必须实行自由民主。我们承认，民主是人类有史以来最好的政府制度。但它并非没有缺陷。对于那些不了解民主局限性的人来说，统治者很可能是软弱或腐败的政府。有时，实行自由民主会导致无政府状态。

民主依赖于民众的支持。这种支持可以通过候选人或政党善于治理和发展国家来获得。但民众的支持也可能因为种族主义、故意的误解而获得。

宗教解读，或通过贿赂选民。

与此同时，选民也可以利用种族主义、宗教禁令，或为自己或团体索要贿赂。如此一来，组建政府的赢家将不再是那些合格且有能力的人，而是那些种族主义色彩浓厚、曲解宗教或腐败的人。由这样的人执政将毁掉国家，而那些有能力且廉洁的政党将会失败。

欧洲人强迫发展中国家接受民主的初衷或许是好的，他们并非有意损害发展中国家的利益。他们或许认为民主会像帮助自己国家一样帮助发展中国家。但他们忘记了自己花了很长时间才理解并从这一制度中获益。

在一个新兴民主的发展中国家，权力斗争导致了数百个政党的形成。如果选民被数百个政党分裂，一个强有力的政府就不可能形成。不会有一个政党能够获得足够的代表来组建一个强有力的政府。

政权更迭

我们马来西亚成功地实践了民主。但欧洲人却不高兴。他们希望看到政府频繁更迭，这样就不会稳定，发展也无法实现。他们的新口号是“政权更迭”。由于这并没有发生，我们的国家仍然保持和平与繁荣，他们就指责我们不民主、独裁。

他们凭什么指责我们的政府独裁？他们难道不是曾经的殖民者，他们的统治是独裁和压迫的吗？他们难道不是入侵一个弱国，屠杀无数平民，才夺取了政权吗？他们实现政权更迭的方式是民主的吗？先照照镜子。欧洲人的问题在于，他们自以为有权评判自己的观点。

但他们的批评可能另有目的。因为我们不民主，所以他们干涉我们的内政也是情有可原的。这个国家会有很多人受到他们观点的影响，谴责政府。其结果将是国家动荡，无法发展，人民将受苦受难。

他们会谴责这种指控。他们没有恶意，也没有图谋阻碍任何人的进步。他们只是批评。但我们绝不能忘记，他们的批评，即使毫无根据，也被用来为他们对一个国家的攻击和占领辩护。

第一个谈论政权更迭的人是以色列总理阿里埃勒·沙龙。阿拉法特必须被一位他们能接受的领导人取代。今天，欧洲人谈论着许多国家政权更迭的必要性。不要以为我们不会成为攻击目标。他们之前候选人的失败让他们感到失望。他们会再次尝试。

这就是我们现在和将来都将面临的外部环境。感谢真主，迄今为止，我们成功地捍卫了我们的自由和独立。这是因为我们谨慎行事，能够避免落入他们设下的陷阱。

国内挑战

国内环境同样充满挑战。凝聚不同社群的努力尚未完全奏效。新一代人由于选择根据种族就读不同的学校而产生了分歧。

为了凝聚不同种族的学生，增强人民和国家的竞争力，政府引入了英语学习，并用英语教授科学和数学。家长们对此表示欢迎，但各政党一如既往地试图将这一问题政治化。

我们还计划为所有社群提供国民服役，目的是拉近年轻一代的距离。国民服役的性质尚未最终确定，但愿上帝保佑，我们将在2004年实施。

伊斯兰教在马来西亚绝大多数人民的生活中扮演着重要的角色。马来西亚的穆斯林都是逊尼派，都是伊玛目沙菲益的追随者。因此，他们应该团结一致，彼此之间不应发生争执。

不幸的是，在争取独立的斗争中引入民主制度后，那些受过宗教教育的人为了追求高位和权力，脱离了巫统的主流，成立了“马来亚伊斯兰党”（Party Islam Se Malaya），即泛马来亚伊斯兰党（Pan Malayan Islam Party，简称PMIP）。现在，这个政党被称为“伊斯兰党”（PAS），这是“马来西亚伊斯兰党”（Party Islam Malaysia）的不恰当缩写。

事实上，为了争取支持，伊斯兰党故意曲解了伊斯兰教义。随着时间的推移，他们的解读变得越来越牵强和极端。他们从指责巫统成员是异教徒而不是穆斯林，发展到宣称真主会像他们自己的党魁一样使用粗言秽语，并且真主是暴徒或帮派。

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伊斯兰党领导人对伊斯兰教义的解读有很多，这些解读违背了伊斯兰教的真正教义。马来西亚的穆斯林陷入了混乱，无法团结。他们的分裂削弱了穆斯林的力量，而此时穆斯林正需要团结起来自救。

为了克服这个问题，最好的办法是让人民，尤其是年轻人，掌握正确的伊斯兰教义，使他们能够抵御错误的教义。

不幸的是，这些错误的教义在孩子们还小的时候就被灌输，在幼儿园和人民宗教学校，有时甚至由国民学校的宗教教师灌输。我们看到，当这一代人成熟时，他们盲目地相信这种对伊斯兰教的错误解读。

他们不懂感恩，不懂感恩，喜欢诬告其他穆斯林，听信某些人的胡言乱语，并与其他穆斯林为敌。他们现在已经到了试图用武力推翻民选政府、恐吓民众、抢劫杀人的地步。

因此，政府必须采取行动，阻止这些错误教义在学校和其他机构中传播。政府之所以援助人民宗教学校，是因为家长们喜欢把孩子送到这些学校，相信他们能更好地了解宗教。

但由于这些学校教授的并非真正的宗教，而是违背伊斯兰教义的教义，政府无法再援助这些学校。如果我们支持任何违背伊斯兰教义的行为，政府和政府中的穆斯林领导人都将犯下罪孽。

我们没有关闭学校，我们只是不提供援助。那些继续援助的人将承担罪孽，因为这些学校并非宗教学校，而是伊斯兰党的灌输中心。

政府将监督所有偏离伊斯兰教义的行为，并在国家学校提供学习正确伊斯兰教义的设施，以确保新一代不仅能够拒绝错误的伊斯兰教义，而且能够明辨善恶、是非。

另一个挑战我们的内部问题是经济和财政管理。为此，我们制定了一项政策和战略，需要人民之间的理解与合作。我们不能像那些已经富裕起来的人一样，因为我们还是一个发展中国家。

在我们目前的发展阶段，我们只能拥有某些设施。当我们的收入增加时，我们应该愿意为使用的更好、更昂贵的设施支付略高的费用。我们中的一些人要求一流的设施，但却只愿意支付三等价位的费用。如果我们想要一流的东西，就必须支付一流的价格。

现在，我们已经成为一个城市人口多于农村人口的国家。吉隆坡超过一百万居民产生的垃圾，两年内足以将整座城市掩埋在垃圾山之下。

我们必须清除这些垃圾。露天倾倒垃圾会污染空气，产生恶臭，引发非典等疾病，滋生老鼠和昆虫，污染地下水，最终流入河流，引发其他问题。露天焚烧会产生烟雾和有毒气体，污染大气。

为了保护人民免受这些污染，政府准备斥资超过15亿令吉建造最先进、最安全的焚化炉。它比日本等发达国家的大多数焚化炉都要先进。

在日本，普通的焚化炉非常清洁，可以建在居民区中心。居民们把焚化炉用作休闲娱乐、游泳俱乐部和其他活动的场所。没有人对此提出抗议。人们为焚化炉支付了高昂的费用。

我们计划建造一座最先进的焚烧炉，比日本和其他发达国家的许多焚烧炉更清洁，并将其建在远离居民区的地区。这样一来，就不会产生会污染空气的粉煤灰，从而保障人民的安全。

但是，这个国家比发达国家贫穷十倍，却因为据称会产生有毒气体而抗议焚烧炉。我们变得如此傲慢，以至于比我们富裕十倍的人所能接受的污染水平对我们来说都不够好。

尚不富裕

我们还不富裕。我们甚至无法享受与发达国家相同的标准。但我们现在要求的标准要高于发达国家。相信我，如果我们这样做，我们不会更加安全和健康，反而会因此而受苦。

在经济方面，我们的策略是量入为出，不过度借贷，并根据我们的财政能力和需求来管理我们的发展。

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我们希望确保成本具有竞争力的同时，生活水平不会过低。目前，我们人均收入约为4,000美元（15,200令吉），但凭借这些收入，我们在美国可以购买价值约9,000美元（34,200令吉）的商品和服务。

另一方面，许多国家的工资很高，但商品和服务的价格却高得多，导致生活水平实际上下降。

这些国家的人都是百万富翁，但实际上都很穷。在马来西亚，收入增长的速度超过了成本增长的速度。这意味着尽管物价上涨，我们仍然可以购买更多东西。

马来西亚的工资水平可能与发达国家相比较低，但这并没有导致我们的生活水平下降。在许多情况下，公共设施与发达国家相同，但使用这些设施的人的成本还不到发达国家的一半。

我们只需支付7令吉即可过槟城大桥。日本人支付500令吉使用较短的桥梁。

我们可以提高工资，但如果工资增长与生产力增长不匹配，我们将失去竞争力。这样一来，就不会有新的投资，现有的投资可能会转移到其他国家。

就业机会将减少，许多人将失业。在这种情况下，由于工人数量超过了就业机会，工资不可能再上涨。

有些人认为可以通过罢工来提高工资。欧洲就是这么做的。但如果我们研究一下就会发现，欧洲的经济增长速度不如我们，失业率也比我们高。

他们发放失业津贴。只有在失业人数较少且经济增长良好的情况下，才能发放这种津贴。但当经济低迷、政府收入减少时，失业人数就会增加，需要更多的资金来支付救济金。这将对政府财政产生不利影响。

此外，由于失业津贴的存在，许多工人选择不工作或隐瞒工作。这大大加重了政府的负担，以至于政府现在不得不坚持要求必须完成某些工作才能领取津贴。换句话说，“失业津贴”是不可持续的。

马来西亚没有失业津贴。如果工人不工作，他的家人就必须供养他。失业者会为此感到羞耻，不愿依赖家人，因此会寻求工作。然而，当失业的毕业生过多时，政府会为他们提供工作机会，并向他们发放临时津贴。

我们需要自己的方法和策略。我们不能盲目地效仿欧洲的做法。但有些马来西亚人喜欢效仿欧洲的做法，有些人已经很富裕了。他们不考虑国家的发展水平和我们的财政能力。他们喜欢我们挥霍无度、借钱。

如果政府为了赢得民心而答应他们的巨额支出要求，我们可能会变得像一些发展中国家一样，无力偿还外债，最终破产，并受制于国际机构。

还有很多内部问题需要处理。我就不一一赘述了。虽然我们在平衡不同种族之间的经济财富方面取得了一些成功，但在这个过程中，马来人和其他土著变得过于依赖政府，只能与政府打交道。没有政府，没有新经济政策，他们就会崩溃。这威胁着马来人和土著、马来西亚人民以及我们挚爱的国家的未来。

党员决定

巫统的命运

我们可以通过一个强大的政府来处理国内外问题。但党内、巫统内部的问题，政府无法解决。唯一能够解决的，是党和党员自己。

许多领导人和党员在长期的成功之后，已经失去了真正的精神，而是将自身利益放在首位。党内职位的争夺变得如此激烈，以至于党的利益、我们种族的利益和国家的利益都被置之不理。

巫统和马来人正因这种态度而变得软弱。自从巫统乌里玛分裂成伊斯兰党以来，我们看到巫统成员三次因为无法得到自己想要的东西而成立了分裂政党。重建该党需要付出巨大的努力和时间。

感谢真主，上次分裂的影响已不再像1999年大选那样对党产生影响。但仍然存在的威胁是，一些领导人和党员蓄意破坏党。

党内竞争是为了选出最佳候选人和最佳领导人，而不是为了争吵、生闷气和寻求解脱。

报复，这可能会给党和国家斗争带来损失。懂得民主的人会在竞选结束后团结一致，支持胜选的候选人，共同确保斗争的成功。

由于党内竞争不健康，而且常常导致分裂，我们一直未能在区部和最高理事会层面进行竞争，尤其是在选举临近的时候。

但就大选而言，无论我们是否愿意，候选人都必须被选出。当一位候选人被选中时，未被选中的候选人可能会试图确保候选人失败。他们忘记了候选人失败就是政党失败。但他们的态度是，宁愿看到政党失败、反对党获胜，也不愿看到党内同事获胜。记住，一旦他们被选中，他们也会成为这种态度的受害者。

目前，这种态度并不普遍。但它指向一个危险的方向。如果更多的人采取这种态度，政党失败的原因并非反对党强大，而是因为巫统成员间接地与反对党勾结。事实上，这是对党、宗教、种族和民族斗争的背叛。

我们必须接受，我们终将退休，将我们的任务移交给下一代。如果党员和领导人无法更新，如果新成员和领导人得不到接纳，党就无法继续斗争。

我对此心怀感激，因为公主党的成立得到了认可，公主党和妇女组之间的合作也十分紧密。但在支部和部门层面，有些人不愿接纳新成员，尤其是那些有资格的新成员，因为他们害怕失去职位。这种态度必须消除。否则，党将与现有的老党员和领导人一起消亡。

作为我国政府的骨干力量，巫统面临的挑战来自国外、国内以及党内。如果我们不知如何应对这些挑战，如果我们缺乏正确的精神和政治意愿，巫统辉煌的历史将会消逝，巫统将步其他国家那些已不复存在或失去权力的民族主义政党的后尘。

坚守伊斯兰教义

面对这些挑战，我们必须做好哪些准备？我已提到伊斯兰教在马来人生活中的作用。在增强马来人的力量和抵抗力方面，没有什么比伊斯兰教更具有影响力。

但重要的是，我们要坚守真正的伊斯兰教义，这些教义都是积极向上、富有建设性的，它们成就了我们的先知穆罕默德，它们也为早期穆斯林带来了巨大的成功，使他们能够将穆斯林的疆域扩大到几乎全世界，并维持了1300年之久。

如果我们仔细研究，就会发现伊斯兰教义强调善良和高尚的价值观。我们被要求诵读“Iqra”（求知）。我们被劝诫要成为伊斯兰的兄弟，无论党内、党外还是国外。

我们被告知要信守承诺。我们被要求努力工作，学习各种有助于提升国防的技能，以及更多积极和建设性的技能。我们还被嘱咐要拒绝邪恶和消极的事物。

如果我们坚持所有这些美好的价值观并付诸实践，并在面临挑战时参考它们，如果真主愿意，我们就会成功。

伊斯兰教不会让我们失望。真主并没有注定穆斯林的命运总是悲惨的。《古兰经》证实，真主不会改变任何群体的命运，除非该群体努力改变自己的命运。真主也明确指出，一切不幸都是我们自己造成的，只有好运来自他。

因此，我们目前的厄运不可能完全来自真主。这种想法来自那些只知道呼吁和祈祷求助，却从未认真尝试过拯救和改善自身命运的穆斯林。如果我们故意选择住在火山脚下，那么当火山爆发，房屋倒塌砸在我们头顶，我们死去时，不要责怪真主，也不要认为这是命中注定。

巫统并非一个普通的政党

巫统并非一个普通的政党。巫统是执政党。在马来西亚，巫统扮演着非常重要的角色。如果没有巫统及其斗争，我们的国家就不会在1957年独立，也不会像现在这样稳定和成功。这一点是所有人——包括马来人、华人、印度人和马来西亚各部落——以及外国人——都承认的。

因此，巫统各级党员和领导人肩负着沉重的责任。只有我们每个人都具备必要的价值观、知识和技能，才能肩负起并成功履行这一责任。

没有个人或团体

顺利地建立起来。巫统有很多问题。感谢真主，到目前为止，我们已经成功地处理了大部分问题。

未来我们党将面临更多问题和挑战。巫统能否成功应对这些问题和挑战，很大程度上取决于我们作为党员和领导人的素质。

事实上，群体的成功将为群体中的每个成员带来成功和利益。另一方面，个人的成功并不能保证群体的成功。

更糟糕的是，个人的成功可能会给群体带来不幸。巫统作为一个重要的群体，如果受到损害，将给马来人、马来西亚人、伊斯兰教和国家带来不幸。因此，巫统中的每个成员都必须努力为群体，即巫统带来成功，而不是为了个人利益而进行不必要的斗争。作为穆斯林，我们必须懂得牺牲的意义，必须愿意为群体的成功做出牺牲。

在战争中阵亡的人，今生将无法品尝胜利的果实。我们并非要求巫统参战并牺牲生命。我们只是要求巫统优先考虑党的成功。只有党的成功才能造福我们，而不是个人的成功。

在民主制度和政党中，机会有限且偶然。它们并非我们奋斗的理由。请记住，我们奋斗是为了我们种族、宗教和祖国的荣誉和进步。身居高位是为了让我们的斗争取得成功，而非我们奋斗的目标。

如果我们自己没有获得这个高位，但那些获得高位的人成功地实现了我们的目标，我们也不应该失望。我们种族、宗教和国家的成就也将由我们分享。我们也会获得荣誉和高度评价。相反，如果因为我们不体面的斗争而削弱了党，我们可能会失去一切。

党员必须做出牺牲

正因如此，巫统党员必须做好牺牲的准备，才能获得诸多利益。扪心自问，我们是否真的一无所获，就因为我们不是支部领袖、区部领袖、最高理事会成员、选举候选人、国会议员、部长或首相？

答案是，我们每个人都有所收获。正因如此，我们才能停止个人斗争，确保党的成功。破坏党的人不应该留在党内。党内叛徒比公开宣称的敌人更危险。

不要背叛党和我们自己的种族。

其实，反对党并不强大。他们无法击败巫统。但巫统可以击败巫统。我无需赘述。我们都知道。反对党没有赢。只有巫统输了。

如果我们对党、对宗教、对种族的忠诚不被私利所削弱，巫统就不会输。没有任何一个政党像巫统一样，在恢复种族荣誉方面取得如此巨大的成功。

马来人从被殖民和压迫的种族，如今被视为一个取得了巨大成功的种族，并成为世界许多人的榜样。巫统为马来人、土著、马来西亚人民和马来西亚做出的贡献显然非常巨大。不要让我们的个人失望再次摧毁我们种族的荣誉。

请允许我重申，我们——巫统、马来人和土著——的斗争尚未结束。我们还有很多事情要做。仅仅为了确保继续保持独立和自由，就需要持续不断的巨大努力。更何况我们想通过成为一个发达国家的发达民族来彻底恢复我们的荣誉呢？

我再说一遍，巫统并非一个普通的政党。巫统是统治这个挚爱国家的政党的骨干和主要推动者。如果巫统强大，那么国民阵线就会强大，马来西亚政府就会强大，马来西亚也会强大。一个软弱的巫统会给我们所有人带来灾难。

这是我最后一次正式为巫统大会致开幕词。如果我耽搁了太多时间，请您原谅。我真心希望回报巫统，它给了我机会去实现我的想法，即恢复我的种族和人民的荣誉，帮助他们和我的国家进步。我是否成功，并非由我来评判。人民和历史将评判和决定我的服务是好是坏。

我非常珍视巫统、马来人、其他土著以及马来西亚人民的支持，我感激并感谢他们所有人。我恳请您原谅我在领导这个神圣政党期间所犯下的错误和过失。

感谢真主，感谢他给了他微不足道的仆人这个机会。我祈求他保护我的种族免受不良品质的侵害，使他们成为一个成功和受人尊敬的民族，完全服从我们神圣宗教的一切

教诲我们，要让他们努力工作，这样您才能保护我们的人民，让他们获得成功，成为穆斯林乌玛的榜样，成为那些服从您所有训诫的人民的榜样，噢，阿拉，阿敏。

怀着沉重而喜悦的心情，我谨以此祈祷，宣布巫统第54届全体大会正式开幕。

较早的评论：
尼日利亚的BASHIR BARAU说道：
我出生在尼日利亚，但Mohathir博士的这篇文章改变了我的想法，让我豁然开朗。我会再读一遍，重新规划我的未来。非常感谢，愿您继续保佑我。
2013年1月12日
MAGARET EMMS（来自NO DOUBLE STANDARD PLEASE）说道：
马来西亚真可耻！我的意思是，你们所谓的歧视性新经济政策，竟然把非穆斯林和原住民当成齐米对待。我们西方的政府虽然不是穆斯林，但对所有人都一视同仁，不分宗教、种族或信仰，一视同仁。为Ben点赞，因为他告诉了世界真相！
2005-08-02
来自澳大利亚的LAURIE BURGESS说：
这篇文章真是可耻。一个人和一个政府，如此腐败暴虐，执掌政权，令人作呕。这篇文章，无论出自作者本人，都值得认真思考。
2004-08-24
来自马来西亚的NAZRUL说：
对于那些相信马来西亚实行种族隔离的人，请亲自来这里看看。思考并形成自己的观点。
2004-07-21
来自澳大利亚的BEN CHONG说：
你知道吗，马来西亚目前是世界上唯一实行种族隔离的国家。不信的话，去看看就知道了。问问那里的少数非穆斯林华人和印度人就知道了。不幸的是，所有穆斯林占多数的国家惯用的伎俩就是恐吓少数卡菲尔（异教徒），迫使他们屈服。在穆斯林军队的支持下，伊斯兰民兵在20世纪60年代肆虐，焚烧、抢劫（以及强奸华裔妇女）无辜少数华裔的财产，并杀害他们，迫使他们屈服于臭名昭著的“新经济政策”。这项政策实施了30多年，至今仍在实施。可笑的是，只有大多数穆斯林人口支持这项政策。即使在今天，卡菲尔在马来西亚境内表现出的任何流言蜚语或不满情绪，几乎都会立即导致穆斯林政客威胁他们，并提醒他们5月13日（那天警察和军队罢工，穆斯林民兵组织肆意屠杀无辜的卡菲尔华裔男女老少平民）。这种歧视性政策的运作方式是向勤劳的华人（齐米）征税，无论贫富，然后将这些税金以施舍和补贴的形式分配给穆斯林，无论贫富。今天，所有公共服务机构都由穆斯林担任，公共奖学金只提供给穆斯林，交通运输执照也发给穆斯林，高等公共机构的席位也只留给穆斯林，等等。穆斯林就是马来人，而所谓的马来人不过是来自印度（例如马哈提亚博士）、沙特阿拉伯（例如外交部长赛义德·阿尔巴尔）、爪哇、苏里威西、亚齐等地的穆斯林移民。土著（原住民）或他们所称的 orang asli 只受到粗略的关注，他们正在积极地皈依伊斯兰教。抛开虚伪。访问马来西亚，与非穆斯林交谈。就像在《动物庄园》中一样，在这里，有些人比其他人更平等。 Marhathia博士应该更仔细地研究一下《联合国宪章》。
2003-09-13
来自马来西亚的AFIFI说道：
assalamualaikum……
首先……我非常感谢Mus兄弟，因为他很热衷于回复我的信息……我接受他的第二种意见……在这里，我认为马来西亚人或世界上其他穆斯林应该避免……使用巫统、伊斯兰党、安华·易卜拉欣这样的词来形容马来西亚穆斯林……因为…… ...我认为这只会使情况变得更糟...毕竟这只是一个政党...他们不是天使...但到目前为止，我认为他们努力将马来西亚打造成一个理想的伊斯兰国家....我们应该研究或讨论如何将乌玛视为一个整体，我们也应该聚集我们的“力量”，以便未来生活得更好..此外，现在的穆斯林太弱了，无法自助，一直指望欧洲人来帮助他们...真主啊...必须做点什么...马来西亚自己已经开始使用金第纳尔作为货币与其他伊斯兰国家进行贸易，媒体称马来西亚和伊朗将在 12 月底左右实施它...我期待它成为现实，并希望其他穆斯林国家能够支持并效仿...本周左右还将举行“在布城举行的世界伊斯兰学者（乌莱玛）会议”...也许会有一项可以实施的决议..让穆斯林的未来更加光明...Alhamdulillah 因为我的国家已经尝试过了我希望穆斯林世界能够更加强大……其他穆斯林也能这样做……愿真主保佑我们。
2003-07-07
来自马来西亚的MUZ说道：
Asslamualaikum，
亲爱的Afifi，我的兄弟，我有没有说过，我很高兴看到我的同胞兄弟们信仰崩塌？从过去的历史来看

奥里说过，没有任何种族或任何人能够永远掌握政治权力。这包括马来人。我自己的种族。

如今，华人和印度人在经济和教育方面更加强大，因为他们比马来人付出了更多努力才能取得成功。真主是公平的……任何奋斗更多的人都会得到更多。我再重复一遍——任何人，无论他是不是穆斯林、马来人，因为真主对所有人都是公平的。

我们不应该过多谈论你的种族。穆斯林的义务是服务于伊斯兰教，无论他是什么种族。伊斯兰教不是巫统，伊斯兰教不是伊斯兰党。这意味着——伊斯兰教就是伊斯兰教！而且我不是伊斯兰党或巫统——我是一名穆斯林，正在观察和思考我们的领导人所做的事情。巫统或伊斯兰党并不总是正确的。他们是政客，那么我们就知道今天的政治是怎样的了。他们互相说坏话。对于好事……他们只是试图掩盖，有时他们不承认。我们不能说巫统好或伊斯兰党更好……因为他们都是政客！让我们向真主祈祷，愿马来西亚乃至全世界的所有穆斯林都能再次团结一致。

无论如何，我感谢真主今天赐予马来西亚的恩赐。
2003-07-05
来自加拿大的MOHAMED FARAH说：
不以史为鉴的人注定要重蹈覆辙。看来人类
又陷入困境，贪婪的人掌控了一切。
2003-07-04
来自马来西亚的AFIFI说：
Assalamualaikum……对于马哈蒂尔的演讲，我没什么可说的，我认为马哈蒂尔……只是表达了他对当今世界，尤其是穆斯林世界和马来世界所发生的事情的看法。
在这里，我只想就马来西亚的Nazli和Mus对演讲的评论发表我的看法。1)..Dr.去年，马哈迪曾试图要求伊斯兰党加入巫统。我认为他可能想要停止伊斯兰党和巫统之间的争吵，进一步加强该国的伊斯兰教，但是...伊斯兰党不同意加入。2）对我来说，作为马来人，我知道他所说的马来人的消极态度是完全正确的......因此，除了马哈迪博士之外，还有谁想纠正马来人的态度，因为他是他们的领导人......马来人需要听取欧洲人的意见吗......我不这么认为......3）关于马来西亚的教育，作为一名学生，我认为......现在已经走上正轨。关于奖学金或在马来西亚深造的资金。我认为这不是问题，因为马来西亚政府已经在预算中提供了一大笔钱，以满足国家经济的需求，因为马来西亚仍然是一个发展中国家。4）我不知道纳兹利怎么说。马哈迪没有想过要培养马来企业家，他已经想了很多，我不想谈论它...但如果你问马来西亚人关于 PNB、petronas、proton 的事情，他们知道所有这些都是“马来人”的...然而马来人不能只是等着得到政府的帮助。他们还必须努力提高自己..当然政府不能总是喂他们吃奶..5）我讨厌穆兹先生这么说..马来人会崩溃..我想问他..他喜欢这样吗？他怎么能这样？我们能想象一个穆斯林……乐意看到另一个穆斯林垮台吗？（……不过，我想在这里说的是……马来人对其他种族过于宽容……其他种族也欣赏马来人……大多数非马来人尊重并爱戴他们的总理。6）马来西亚也正在遵循伊斯兰教义，但需要时间来落实，否则对非穆斯林来说就不公平了。
2003-07-04
来自美国的RIAZ SURTI说：
马哈蒂尔总统的评论很有启发性。我喜欢他提出的国家应该量入为出的观点（许多其他国家都衰落了）。此外，我也喜欢伊斯兰教对本国公民和邻国采取的平衡和善意的态度。最后，我喜欢他警告人民即将到来的某些危险。我很高兴读到这篇文章。
2003-07-02
来自英国的SHARIF说：
好文章。Alain Jean-Mairet，你到底怎么了？我们现在都知道你是犹太复国主义者，所以承认吧。与其像往常一样无视事实，不如读读Uri Avnerny和Noam Chomsky的书。事实上，你应该从鸵鸟心态中清醒过来，面对现实。
2003-07-02
来自马来西亚的MUZ说：
Assalamualaikum，
在第一页和第二页，用“Nas-ra-ni”（这个词在《古兰经》中可以找到——请查证）代替“欧洲人”这个词更准确。并非所有欧洲人都是坏人，《古兰经》中也提到Nas-ra-ni要从各个方面摧毁穆斯林——我们可以和他们做朋友，但必须非常小心，不要落入他们的陷阱。
在第三页，
关于民主制度的事实是正确的。所以……如果现行的民主制度会让我们走向毁灭，那就让我们思考并研究一下我们伟大的哈里发（阿布·巴卡、奥马尔、奥斯曼和阿里）时期的“正义与发展”（Syu-Ra）制度。你会找到答案，哪个制度最好！
关于伊斯兰党，
伊斯兰党并不像你说的那么糟糕，巫统也不像你想的那么糟糕。他们都是政客……哪一个更好？……如果你想要答案，那就研究一下“正义与发展”（Syu-Ra）制度吧！
对于马来人来说，
马来西亚现在发生的事情并没有完全遵循伊斯兰教义，马来政府对其他种族不公平……现在，其他种族，比如华裔/印度裔，正在崛起。

经济实力日益强大，甚至超过了马来人。总有一天，马来人会因为其他种族遭受的不公平待遇而崩溃。为什么？因为真主对所有人都是公平的！
2003-07-02
来自马来西亚的纳兹里说道：
马哈迪关于西方的言论在某种程度上是正确的。然而，他对马来人、穆斯林、多种族群体以及马来西亚的所作所为，还有很大的改进空间。
1. 为什么他不能支持在现有的狭义伊斯兰教法下，为马来西亚的穆斯林群体实施伊斯兰刑事法？他一直以穆斯林领袖自居。难道他不能运用他“天才”的头脑，找到一个最明智的方法来实施这项法律吗？如果他这么做了，伊斯兰党的问题就迎刃而解了。
2. 为什么他总是把马来人持续的消极态度归咎于他们？难道他就不能想想办法，制定一个建设性的计划，在中学和小学阶段增加一些以培养正确态度为重点的科目吗？
3. 非马来人不满的主要原因在于最近推行的“都市政治”（Metrocracy）教育政策。难道他不能确保每个决定深造的人都能进入符合自身兴趣的大学，并帮助所有需要经济援助的人——无论他们是否需要！？
4. 他难道不能充分利用不同种族的人力资源，为国家发展做出贡献吗？
5. 他难道不能想想如何寻找和培养马来企业家，以平衡他与非马来人的股权吗？

……以及其他诸多问题！

最后，他擅长筹备所有基础设施建设，但在国家建设方面却失败了。
2003-07-02
来自孟加拉国的纳兹穆尔·阿赫桑（NAZMUL AHSAN）说：
这种言论会给发展中国家制造替罪羊。缺乏教育是落后的根源。如果我们总是谴责撒旦，将我们的恶行归咎于撒旦，那么情况只会变得更糟。我们应该先挑自己的毛病，然后再挑别人的毛病。无论哪个国家，邻国都有一种本能，那就是趁着邻国动乱不顺风顺水。我们没必要走得太远。日本对邻国的所作所为，我们最近就有先例。
2003-07-02
来自美国的 MAHBOOB HASAN 说：
马哈蒂尔博士是当今穆斯林世界唯一一位有远见和勇气阐明事实的领导人。他的演讲非常精彩……这是一篇必读的文章。
2003-07-01
来自美国的 KHAN 说：
这篇文章太棒了！
2003-06-30
来自美国的 YADI KON 说：
大家好。我非常欣赏总理的演讲。我希望所有第三世界国家的领导人都能收到这位诚实无畏的人一生难得的讲话。读到这里，我禁不住泪流满面。这个世界正在走向错误的方向。为什么其他种族停滞不前，让欧洲人（包括美国人）主宰一切？我们生死一次，让我们活得有尊严。我只是敬畏真主。我们穆斯林和其他人必须在为时已晚之前捍卫我们与生俱来的权利，否则我们所有人都将付出高昂而昂贵的代价。欧洲人正在带领人类走向自我毁灭。几个世纪以来，他们一直对其他种族施暴，并且从那时起就一直在使用分而治之的制度。我的兄弟姐妹们，请醒醒吧，不要被利用。每当他们关起门来的时候，他们都会团结起来，为非洲人、亚洲人、拉丁美洲人和南美洲人谋福利……即使在上次伊拉克危机期间，法国人也在为自己的利益而玩游戏，而不是因为同情伊拉克人民。我会为下一代保留这份演讲的副本，我会确保尽可能多的人阅读它。为了人类的生存，我们需要像马哈蒂尔兄弟这样的领导人。任何不这样做都是不文明的。请告诉我在哪里可以得到法语的抄本。我来自法语国家，但住在美国。我希望这篇演讲能在那里发表，让我的人民阅读。愿真主保佑他，赐予他祝他健康长寿，免受恶人的侵害，并在来世赐予他至高无上的天堂。AMINA
2003-06-30
来自加拿大的 JALEELA RAFEE 说：
我欣赏他敢于说出真相的勇气。
2003-06-30
来自美国的 DEWSON INJEASI 说：
虽然马哈蒂尔关于欧洲人种的说法是正确的，但他本人就是个种族主义者。欧洲人屠杀并赶走了他们征服的土地上的原住民，这是事实，马来人也是如此，事实上，马来人几乎在马来人之前就使马来半岛的原住民部落（现在被称为尼格利陀人的部落）灭绝。我认为马来西亚是一个非常成功的国家，需要继续发展。
2003-06-29
来自索马里的 J.A 说：
真主保佑。如果有人想知道真相，就应该读一读。wasalamu aleykum
2003-06-29
来自马来西亚的 NURAINI 说：
我的国家并不完美，我接受一些人在评论中提出的一些批评。其他批评我持矛盾态度，但对于一些批评，比如我们（马来人）与原住民和非穆斯林的团结，我必须提出质疑。尽管这并非没有种族间差异。

尽管存在误解，但我们是一个不分种族和宗教、守望相助的民族。我猜米尔斯先生指的是原住民（马来人和土著人）相对于最初的华人和印度人移民（碰巧他们大多数都不是穆斯林）的特殊地位。我要指出，虽然这种优惠政策白人无法理解，但我相信如果你问美洲原住民或澳大利亚原住民，他们会理解的，因为如果没有他们，马来原住民早就在我们先辈和血脉相连的土地上陷入经济和政治贫困。问问那些土地被偷走的美洲原住民，我们给予马来人特殊地位的政策是否合理。在我们独立时，移民们甚至同意了这一点——他们允许我们这样做，作为交换，我们给予他们所有人公民身份。他们对此没有质疑，就像我们也没有质疑他们作为我们兄弟公民的权利一样。在我们国家，很少有人会说任何侮辱他人宗教的话。在海外，我们彼此吸引，马来西亚人与马来西亚人之间，尽管从种族角度来看，马来西亚的马来人应该与印尼马来人吸引，马来西亚的华人应该与华人吸引。我的国家有些事情我不认同，但正因如此，我比任何外国人都能理解地热爱它。而且我并非唯一一个有这种感觉的人。
2003-06-29
来自美国的G.LYKINS说：
马哈蒂尔博士的评论让我读起来非常痛苦，但不幸的是，这些评论有其道理、必要，而且太真实了。我们的世界已经变得太狭小、太危险，以至于我们无法不面对真相。我祈祷西方能够觉醒自我意识。
2003-06-29
RUBEN MILLS FROM BIG BULLSHIT 说：
英国人说“实话实说”。任何事物都要直呼其名。那么马哈蒂尔应该知道他是印度穆斯林。我不明白，一个开创了种族隔离式歧视性新经济政策、歧视非穆斯林30多年、至今仍在继续的人，怎么会说些胡话！
2003-06-28
MARLENE 说：
首相的讲话有一定道理，但也存在很多前后矛盾之处。
推断只有“欧洲人”才是好战分子，仿佛这是一种遗传特征，这简直荒谬。不幸的是，这是人类自古以来的共同特征。我猜首相忘了珍珠港事件，或者忘了马来西亚现在很可能只是日本的一个省，除了那些好战的“欧洲人”。

可能是在迎合大众，但错失了良机。

2003-06-28
来自美国的 ROB M 说：
非常有启发性。有助于更好地理解穆斯林世界如何看待西方（欧洲）世界，尤其是我国。虽然很少有美国人会同意首相对欧洲种族的评价，但这番观点引人入胜，我从未在美国听到过这样的表达。
2003-06-27
来自美国的 S.C. WEAVER 说：
我觉得文章中的一切都令人悲伤，但却是事实。
2003-06-26
来自加拿大的 MOHAMED RIAZ 说：
非常诚实，信息量很大。我希望马哈蒂尔先生能够详细阐述如何抵抗欧洲的入侵，或者避免被吞噬。他正确地指出，欧洲的入侵不仅会以物质形式出现，还会以文化、学校、宗教以及其他许多隐蔽的方式出现。现在马来西亚民众知道是怎么回事了吗……还是他们已经被卷入其中，却浑然不知？
2003-06-26
来自泰国的 MITCH 说：
研究一下他，你就会明白什么是伟大的领导力！
2003-06-25
来自新加坡的 SHAHARI AHMAD 说：
这相当准确地描述了欧洲/美国的隐藏议程。
2003-06-25
来自马来西亚的 MAT 说：
人们必须明白，马哈蒂尔的总理任期即将结束，所以他会在十月退休前留下任何痕迹。我并不完全同意他最近的演讲，也不完全同意他之前的演讲，因为作为一名穆斯林民主党人，我反对他的大部分独裁政策。

我同意，在他的任期内，尽管他贡献甚微，但他为我国带来了许多发展，华人应该得到更多赞誉。他的政党是个骗局！腐败、徇私舞弊等等接踵而至，马来西亚现在最令人担忧的情况是，他试图培养另一个独裁者，因为他规定不选举下任副总理，这意味着下任总理将亲自挑选他的副总理。民主就这样了，不是吗？媒体被他掌控（TV1 注意这里），公开演讲是禁忌，除非你在自己家里，互联网是监控器等等。

至于他的世界观，我非常同意他的一些观点，但是嘿！事已至此，我们必须应对。不要用你那薄弱的警卫来纵容你的党员，当真正的威胁来临时，他们就会分崩离析。以世界公民的身份思考，世界就会认可你。
2003年6月25日
来自美国的萨伊德·S说道：
阿兰-让·迈雷先生，

我们又看到一篇发人深省的文章。我们感谢马哈蒂尔先生的努力。简而言之，我相信

我认为这篇文章的许多事实都值得称赞。西方文明总体上对人类文明做出了巨大贡献，这得益于它借鉴了东方文明，尤其是穆斯林文明。这一点无人可否认；否则，人们需要查阅世界各地图书馆的历史书籍。此外，欧洲人确实在各大洲造成了最大的破坏。这里提出的问题是：哪些欧洲人？答案是：殖民时期的欧洲人。我认为，如今的欧洲，除了英国以外，在处理世界事件时都相当理性。没有人能如此确定它今后的意图。
迈雷先生，
我推荐一位作家供您阅读，以便您核实您关于世界历史的事实。诺姆·乔姆斯基是一位美国学者，他肯定能证实马哈蒂尔的一些事实。话虽如此，我是一名穆斯林，移民到美国是为了享受美国带来的好处，包括像我现在这样自由地表达自我。我爱她，我选择她作为我永恒的家园；然而，没有人能够否认欧洲人过去的成就，更不能说其他种族是完美的。

2003-06-24
来自瑞士的阿兰·让-迈雷说：
哈迪先生：
一个诚实的人不能把美军对阿富汗和伊拉克的干预称为“暴行”。相反，尽可能客观地审视事实表明，美国竭尽全力将其行动集中在真正的军事目标上，而伊拉克人则一再试图混入民众之中，以便尽可能多地制造平民受害者，因为对于一个为了在民众中维持恐怖和尊重而例行施以酷刑的政权来说，这很正常。哈迪先生，这些人正是您现在所捍卫的。

如果我们统计一下欧洲、非洲、亚洲和其他领导人造成的惨痛伤亡和苦难，我不太确定我们能否找到证据来支持你所谓的欧洲人最坏的论点。

把对马哈蒂尔先生的批评者与萨达姆·侯赛因的态度相提并论简直是疯了。萨达姆·侯赛因杀害的穆斯林比美国杀害的还要多。如果每次有人谴责美国霸权行径时，美国就发动战争，那么它首先会摧毁美国。西方是言论自由（Droits de l'homme）的圣地。马哈蒂尔先生使用的所有论点实际上都来自西方。你也能在美国找到对美国过去和现在外交政策最激烈（受过良好教育）的批评者，其次是欧洲。马哈蒂尔先生对局势的描述是先入为主且带有偏见的。他试图把事情说得很糟糕，为此他不得不在历史问题上耍花招（讲述特定事实，总是用同样的眼光），以至于任何知情人士都不会认真对待他。他所做的就是宣传，他想取悦民众普遍存在的反西方情绪，因为他知道这种情绪存在于民众中，他想通过转移公众对他自身缺点的注意力来取悦民众。
愿真主帮助我们所有人，让我们都能自立。
2003-06-24
来自印度（古吉拉特邦）的 SOHEL 说：
文章中的一切都是真实的。
2003-06-23
来自美国的 MUHAMMAD HADI 说：
关于之前的帖子，我认为 Alain Jean-Mairet 先生试图掩盖欧洲人持续不断的暴行，而你却说“批评过去毫无意义……”。

统治全球的愿望在西方人心中根深蒂固。阿富汗和伊拉克战争并非历史遗留问题。即使是小孩子也能理解西方在这些暴行中所暗藏的帝国主义阴谋。我并非说普通西方人也参与其中。但如今，没有人能够否认西方统治精英的思维模式，他们会不择手段地满足全球企业体系“钱生钱”的逻辑，而这又是西方独有的恶毒设计。

这位评论员认为马哈蒂尔毫无勇气可言。我倒要问问，在中东或亚洲，哪位领导人敢于公开批评美国，因为他们若无其事地将遭受与那位残暴的伊拉克独裁者（反正他对美国来说已经毫无用处）相同的命运？事实上，一位亚洲国家领导人拒绝国际货币基金组织的贷款，或公开反对欧洲人的压迫，都需要勇气。无论你是否意识到这一点，都无关紧要。

欧洲人谈论自由、不受谴责等等，其“幼稚的傲慢”毋庸置疑，而普通西方人则被少数媒体大亨灌输的观念所蒙蔽。

最后，我恳请穆斯林们设法提升自身的知识水平，并利用一切合适的资源自力更生。愿真主保佑我们所有人。

2003-06-23
来自美国的赛义德·汗说道：
马哈蒂尔博士的演讲非常精彩。他是一位真正的世界领袖。政府

其他地方的做法如果能听取并践行他的想法，就会有所改善。
2003-06-23
来自马来西亚的努莱尼（NURAINI）说：
第一页和第二页本不该有争议——它们都是事实，而且以一种引人深思的方式呈现。但对于非马来西亚人来说，请注意，虽然第三页也包含真相，但它是用标准的巫统政治辞令表达的——伊斯兰党（PAS）没那么糟糕，巫统本身也有一些缺点。事情并非如此黑白分明 :)
2003-06-23
来自美国的穆罕默德·哈迪（MUHAMMAD HADI）说：
大家好，祝大家平安！

我想，像马蒂尔·穆罕默德这样的领导人就应该发表这样的言论。我希望第三世界的穆斯林（和非穆斯林）人民能够意识到资本主义和自由市场经济的邪恶阴谋，它无视任何生命价值和道德伦理准则。

据我观察，穆斯林国家正与世界银行、国际货币基金组织等“八爪鱼”纠缠不清，尤其是巴基斯坦、孟加拉国、印度尼西亚等人口稠密的穆斯林国家。

我希望土耳其现任领导人能够认真听取我的讲话，找到让土耳其在加入欧盟之外再次强大起来的方法。他们应该努力与穆斯林国家加强合作，增加贸易往来。埃尔多安先生最近确实访问了马来西亚。我希望这种趋势能够持续下去。

如果穆斯林政府不改变盲目遵循国际货币基金组织和世界银行处方的政策，那么大多数人民将任由本土和西方超级富豪摆布。到那时，我们所有的伦理、道德和人生价值观都将被彻底摧毁，以至于没有任何抵抗力量能够存在。

但他们在计划，真主安拉也在计划。愿真主在穆斯林中兴起坚定、敬畏真主、高瞻远瞩的领袖，以维护生命准则和人道精神。
2003-06-23
来自瑞士的阿兰·让-迈雷 (ALAIN JEAN-MAIRET) 说道：
作者实际上在重复他所说的“欧洲人”所犯的错误。他假装了解情况，拥有正确的解决方案，并能够应用它们，实际上却把更多的时间花在批评他人上，而不是揭露他如此自信于自身品质的动机。这种幼稚的傲慢确实是西方经常犯的错误。但至少在这里，它受到了公开的批评。评论家们认为说出这些话需要勇气，这是一种错觉：在西方，批评无处不在；谴责通常被认为是极其错误的，权力的行使是公众不断反思的对象。

如果你无法将过去的经验结晶为真正的智慧，那么批判过去毫无意义。世界需要的不是新的无所不知的领导者。无论他们提出什么建议、做什么（是的，即使是先知），最终都是错的。世界需要的是一种反思的机制，将我们最好的知识和技能应用于当前的具体情况，一种将过去已知的错误中和的机制。我们已经犯了太多错误。我们至少应该努力避免重蹈覆辙。
2003-06-23
来自澳大利亚的R说：
这是一篇由一位优秀领导者撰写的优秀文章。他直言不讳，敢于表达自己的想法。这一点必须得到尊重。
2003-06-23
来自美国的ARD说：
感谢Islamity刊登这篇文章，其中包含了我对欧洲文化的诸多见解，而欧洲文化也正是我自己的文化。对你们的许多读者来说，我的文化很容易与“资本主义”、“帝国主义”、“享乐主义”等联系起来。但请特别注意马哈蒂尔博士对欧洲人的描述：“他们永不满足于现状，总是想改进，使之变得更好、更高效，无论出于何种目的。任何事物，无论是工具、制度还是意识形态，都经过他们的不断改进。”

共产主义是欧洲文化的产物，它试图取代主流社会制度，但最终失败了。它的缺陷导致了它的消亡。但我们中的许多人仍在继续致力于引入新的思维方式、信仰方式和组织方式。我们并不满足于今天的我们。我承认我们在非欧洲国家侵略者所犯下的危险和破坏性行为——马哈蒂尔博士对此进行了准确的记录——与此同时，我也为我文化中永不停歇的精神和活力感到自豪。 1933年，欧洲人阿尔弗雷德·科日布斯基（Alfred Korzybski）在其著作《科学与理智》（第521页）中，将欧洲文化描述为“我们所谓的文明，处于幼稚的非社会化水平，建立在自私、‘感官’满足、强权、残酷竞争、贪婪等等之上……商业主义，即‘供求规律’，作为副产品，也源于幼稚的世界观。”我们中的许多人，冒着个人风险，致力于通过改进科学、教育、通讯等手段的应用，来改变你我所谴责的欧洲人的行为。

等等。伊斯兰教通过提供类似这样的评论平台，进一步推进了这一目标。
2003-06-23
来自加拿大的 MANNA 说：
看到一位领导人敢于说出真相，即使这意味着冒犯当权者，也令人感到欣慰。更令人欣慰的是，他敢于以自己的宗教信仰为指导。最重要的是，这位领导人是一位穆斯林，并且自豪且无所畏惧，这让我对我们穆斯林的未来充满希望。愿真主赐福这位好医生。iviews，感谢您分享这篇精彩的演讲。
2003-06-22
来自美国的 KAMRAN JAMEEL 说：
我赞同马哈蒂尔博士的观点。在他的领导下，马来西亚的成功证明了他政策的正确性。我希望看到马来西亚在伊斯兰国家的领导地位中发挥更大的作用，以便广大穆斯林都能从他的领导和清晰的思路中受益。

我也希望他能更加宽容地对待反对意见，无论这些反对意见来自他自己的党内还是其他党派。
2003-06-22
来自阿联酋的穆罕默德·法齐说道：
愿真主保佑马哈蒂尔兄弟，宽恕他的错误。我自豪地称他为一位领导者，他身上体现了伊斯兰教义中一些非常优秀的品质。

他的评论富有洞察力，表明真主赐予他知识和智慧。在穆斯林领导人似乎放弃伊斯兰教作为解决自身弊病的良方的时代，这位领导人却从伊斯兰教中寻求解决方案。即使真相不受欢迎，他也会讲真话。伊斯兰教教导我们，面对暴君说真话是一种良好的品格，而马哈蒂尔兄弟正是这样做的。

愿真主赐予他丰盛的祝福，也愿我们拥有那些寻求真主及其使者指引的领导人。
2003-06-22
来自英国的塔尔哈·艾哈迈德说道：
穆罕默德·穆罕默德，如同任何一位伟大的领袖一样，虽然优点众多，但也有缺点。他对当前世界局势的评估非常准确，他对真正伊斯兰教义的呼吁也非常明确。但我不得不说，他攻击他人的方式，主要是针对伊斯兰党，以及他对安瓦尔·易卜拉欣的间接攻击，令人遗憾。我出生在远离马来西亚的孟加拉国，现在生活在西方，但由于我的家庭传统，我有幸了解马来西亚、马哈蒂尔、安瓦尔·易卜拉欣和伊斯兰党。事实上，安瓦尔是我叔叔和父亲的好朋友。我认为我非常敬佩的穆罕默德·穆罕默德博士，因为他渴望维护真正的伊斯兰教义，并希望看到伊斯兰教取得胜利，因此他需要重新思考他对伊斯兰主义者的看法，以便他自己的观点能够占据主导地位，并实现他希望看到伊斯兰教取得胜利的梦想和愿望。除了他在国内政治中将党派置于个人思想和愿望之上之外，他的演讲堪称一位伟大领袖的演讲，他洞悉挑战，并找到了出路。
愿真主保佑我们所有人，赐予我们知识，宽恕我们所有的罪孽，哪怕是最大的罪孽！马萨拉姆。
2003-06-22
来自巴基斯坦的穆吉塔巴·艾哈迈德说：
好吧，马哈蒂尔博士说的大部分内容都切题，甚至是正确的。但在阅读了他对资本主义为满足物质欲望而进行的掠夺的评估后，我们很希望我们的好博士能启发我们，如何战胜随之而来的、受国际货币基金组织和世界贸易组织启发的新殖民主义。请问有什么想法？
2003-06-22
来自波黑的KLGIRL70说：
一位伟大领袖的精彩演讲！值得我们所有人深思。我在 http://www.pmo.gov.my/WebNotesApp/PMMain.nsf/fsMainPM 上也找到了他鼓舞人心的演讲集。

愿上帝保佑马哈迪博士，请继续写作。笔比剑更有力量！:)
2003-06-22
来自加拿大的 R.ISHAQ 说：
祝马哈迪博士和所有读者一切顺利！
现在，他是所有伊斯兰国家领导人的领袖！我希望他们读到他的文章，并效仿他！
先生们，你们无需躲藏！
团结起来，你们就是力量。
Wa Salaam
Rauf。
2003年6月22日
来自美国的迈克尔·阿卜杜勒-哈基姆说道：
Assalaamu 'alaikum，
我感谢真主，他让我看到了这个世界生活中的种种弊端。我要告诉你们，要践行《古兰经》，真主会保护我们免受任何所谓超级大国的侵害。请教导你们的男女信徒学习《古兰经》，真主会保佑我们，并赐予我们所需的帮助，让我们能够保护自己。我很高兴读到马哈蒂尔兄弟的演讲，他的观点非常正确。
2003年6月22日
来自加拿大的姆迪安·马兹布迪说道：
愿真主保佑马哈蒂尔博士以及像他一样，敢于直言，不惧怕任何强大真主的人。
我们需要像他这样的领导人，这样世??界和人类才能安然无恙。

Abu Saad
2003-06-21
来自美国的TAPIWA说：
As salam u alaykum。非常好的演讲，alhamdulilah。这位兄弟明辨是非，除了真主之外无所畏惧，我们所有人都应该如此。希望我们都能从他的演讲中汲取教训，回归《古兰经》和圣训，如果真主愿意的话。
2003-06-21
来自巴基斯坦、居住在加拿大的ISHTIAQ MUHAMMAD说：
马来西亚总理的分析非常出色。我认为这样的演讲和文章应该继续发表。
2003-06-21
来自美国的SRDALBIZU说：

太聪明了！只有了解自身历史的人，才能为即将到来的心理、道德甚至肉体上的战争做好准备。而战争总是来自一个群体：白人。
2003-06-21
来自印度的F.M.QURESHI博士说：
感谢您开明的演讲。其他所谓的穆斯林领导人需要从您基于事实的阐述和深刻的思考中获得启发。在当今的单极世界，只有您才能说出真相。非常感谢。令人深切担忧的是，欧美所谓的民主国家正一心想通过对第三世界国家采取侵略姿态和战争贩子行径来毁灭世界。看来，中东国家以及其他第三世界国家被欧洲人（美国人）殖民以获取经济利益的日子已经不远了。
2003-06-21
来自加拿大的NASREEN RAHMAN说：
我完全同意马哈蒂尔博士的演讲，他说得非常正确。
2003-06-21
来自澳大利亚的阿里说：

关于欧洲的评论是正确的，我完全同意。然而，马哈蒂尔的激进姿态只是为了使他针对伊斯兰运动的讨伐合法化而做的幌子。他比那些明显的美国傀儡更危险。
2003-06-21
来自加拿大的阿克巴尔·汗说：
As-Salaam-U-Alaiykum，

ALHUMDULILLAH！

这位亲爱的穆斯林兄弟，对我读过的近50年来西方殖民历史、目标和西方人行为的真相进行了最精彩的总结！这位医生描述“民主”弊端的方式也总结得非常到位！我们应该在讲真话的同时，尊重他的勇气和卓越！有一件事是肯定的：尽管西方一遍又一遍地试图用谎言塑造历史，现在他们又试图用谎言塑造未来的思想，但我知道，只要像您这样勇敢的兄弟们能够看到真相并继续宣扬它，希望就永远存在！无论人类如何努力掩盖真相，有一件事永远不会改变，那就是真相……我同意马哈蒂尔博士的观点，他不是种族主义者，或者诸如此类的人……他正在为人们打开大门，让他们去研究这篇演讲中概述的这些真相要点，以便人们能够真正地发现自己。诅咒黑暗更好，还是照亮光明更好？？？嗯，考虑到历史上美国或英国政府在讲真话方面很糟糕，很明显，纠正谎言是一回事，诅咒黑暗又是另一回事。这位博士勇敢地揭示了这个问题！

Wa-Salaam-U-Alaiykum。
2003-06-21
来自澳大利亚的MATHUSIN说：
说得好，其他人总是避而不谈。
2003-06-21
来自加拿大的ANAS说：
看到领导人有勇气站出来反对美国人和欧洲人，说出真相，真是令人欣慰。

马哈蒂尔博士加油！
2003-06-21
来自美国的AHMEDABUL说：
正如伊斯兰教先知穆罕默德（愿主赐福于他）告诉我们的那样，让我们??变得软弱的是对这个世界的热爱。愿真主指引我们所有人。阿门。

这是一次精彩的演讲。感谢iViews发布这篇演讲稿供大家欣赏。这是一次真诚的演讲，似乎发自内心。演讲中对所有穆斯林提出了真诚的建议。愿真主保佑马来西亚，保佑伊斯兰教和所有穆斯林，引导我们走上正路，让我们在两世再次获得成功。阿门。
2003-06-20

Mahathir's speech on a changed world

 BY: MAHATHIR MOHAMAD   SOURCE: IVIEWS JUN 20, 2003 59 COMMENTS 

https://www.islamicity.org/2075/mahathirs-speech-on-a-changed-world/

 

MALAYSIA HAS CHANGED

There have been many changes during the 46 years we have been independent. From a country limited to the Malay peninsula only, we have grown to become Malaysia with the voluntary accession of Sarawak and Sabah. The population of Malaysia has increased from just over five million to 25 million now. 

The rate of development of the infrastructure in Malaysia has been rapid. Among them are the expressways linking the North to the South and the West to the East of the peninsula. In Sabah and Sarawak the main roads are not yet expressways but are far better than during the British period. Motor vehicles can reach practically all the towns and villages throughout the country. 

The rural areas have changed with tarred rural roads, schools, clinics, electricity and water supply. 

The towns have grown rapidly with skyscrapers even in the former rubber and palm oil estates. Kuala Lumpur, the capital, is well known for its Petronas Twin Towers and the Kuala Lumpur Tower. Putrajaya has been built as the Administrative Capital with handsome and prestigious office buildings. The Sultan Abdul Samad Building which was before the landmark of the Malaysian capital has now been replaced by the handsome buildings of Putrajaya which reflect the culture and the progress achieved by Malaysia. 

The multiracial people of Malaysia live in peace and harmony, thanks to the policy of the First Prime Minister, YTM Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra. The disparities in the economic wealth of the different races have been reduced. The bumiputra padi farmers and the fishermen now have children who are professionals, high ranking government officials, professors, generals in the armed forces and millionaires in business. 

The skill of Malay/bumiputra business executives is evident from their being chosen as executive managers in giant foreign corporations. 

Petronas, a fully-owned government company, is managed by Malay managers and senior executives together with non-Malays. From a national petroleum company which normally operates within the country, Petronas is now a multinational petroleum corporation operating in 32 countries in the world, exploring, producing and marketing oil and gas worldwide. Petronas is also involved in large petro-chemical industries. 

Petronas is listed among the 500 biggest corporations in the world and had once been highest in terms of profits. 

And many more Malays are successful as businessmen, industrialists and managers of large successful companies within the country and outside. Malay contractors build roads and buildings in many foreign countries apart from their own country. 

It is clear that many Malays and other bumiputras have the same ability in business as other communities. They can and they have demonstrated their capabilities. 

Their spirit and confidence can be seen when they are prepared to sail round the world alone, climb Mount Everest, swim 48 kilometers from the mainland to Langkawi Island, become badminton champions etc. 

The Malay administrators succeeded in developing Malaysia so well that they are invited to advise other countries on various aspects of administration and development. 

Now Malaysia is well-known throughout the world because of the role it plays in international affairs. The ability of Malaysia to handle the financial crisis in 1997-1998 in its own way is now acknowledged. 

THE WORLD HAS CHANGED 

But the world has also changed. The advances in jet passenger transportation and in telecommunication technology have made the world very small. All the countries of the world are now close neighbours. There is nothing that can be hidden or kept secret. 

The concept of non-interference in the internal affairs of independent nations has been replaced by the concept of involvement indirectly or directly, including in changing certain governments by foreign powers. If necessary force will be used for this purpose. 

The collapse of the Eastern Communist Bloc has made this world a unipolar world, where the bloc which won, the capitalist bloc, will allow only the capitalist free market and liberal democratic system to be practiced in the world. 

Globalization has been introduced, designed by the Western countries to facilitate their control of the world economy. 

It can be seen clearly that the Europeans wish to control the world again. Although at first this control was indirect, but today they have begun to invade and rule certain countries, ostensibly for their security but in fact to exploit the wealth in these countries. 

The economies of East Asia grew rapidly since the end of World War II. Beginning with Japan; South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Southeast Asia grew rapidly. But the focus of attention is now China which dropped the Centrally Planned economy and accepted a limited free market system. In a very short space of time this poor Communist country has become a rich nation with the possibility of having a powerful military force. 

This development has frightened China's close neighbours and the old enemies of China; i.e. Japan and South Korea. 

The Western countries feel uncomfortable about China becoming a big economic power with a powerful military competency. 

With this, the international climate has become very tense and challenging for everyone including Malaysia. And the Europeans have demonstrated a desire to return to their fierce old ways. 

The history of the Malays during the British period can give us a lot of guidance regarding the character of the Europeans. 

We have been colonized by three European races. For 450 years we have been under their colonial rule. Now we and other Asians face the possibility of once again being colonized by them. 

NEED TO KNOW EUROPEANS 

Because of this we need to know the Europeans well for our fate, our life will depend on how we interact with them and people of their origin. Here Europeans include those who migrated and set up new nations in America, Australia and New Zealand. They are often called white men or Westerners. But many are white and many who live in the West are not Europeans. The Europeans are people of the nations of Europe. That is why I call them Europeans, not even Mat Salleh. The English say "call a spade a spade". Call anything by its real name. And so in this speech I will call the Europeans, Europeans. 

I am not anti-European. I have many friends and acquaintances who are Europeans. I am embarrassed to criticize Europeans because those whom I know will feel hurt. The European countries which are friendly towards us will feel hurt. Certainly their media will condemn me as a racist. But I consider exposing who the Europeans are has become so important that the risk must be taken. 

All Europeans have the same origins and culture i.e. based on the Greek and Roman civilizations. They are very clever, brave and have an insatiable curiosity. They are never satisfied with what they have and always want to improve on them, to make them better, more productive for whatever purpose. There is nothing, whether instrument or system or ideology which is not continuously improved by them. 

Sometimes in their frenzy to improve everything they damage things and bring about bad results. But they are not deterred and they continue to try to improve things which they have or which other people have. 

Unfortunately they are also very greedy and like to take forcibly the territories and rights of other people. Their 2,000-year history is full of endless wars to seize territories and enlarge their power worldwide. 

At first their seizure was limited and confined to Europe. But when they mastered the skills of long distance sailing they extended their seizures and wars throughout the world. The Chinese, Arabs and Indians reached Southeast Asia earlier but did not fight to conquer this region. But when the Europeans arrived, the territories of Southeast Asia, like the territories of Africa, North and South America, Australia and the Pacific Islands, were seized by force of arms by them in order to make these territories their own, to seize the wealth, to oppress and denigrate and to commit genocide. 

Because they like to wage war and seize other people's territories, their main interest is in the development and production of weapons to kill people more efficiently. There is no implement that is not modified to become lethal weapons, to give victory to them in war. 

The Chinese invented explosives and used them to make noise in order to chase away the "dragons" and stop them from swallowing the sun and the moon during eclipses. Or simply as firecrackers during festivals. But when the Europeans came across the Chinese explosives, the first thing that they thought of was how to use them to propel their cannon balls further. 

Since then many weapons were invented to kill from long distances. Bombs, rockets, missiles, nuclear warheads and many more followed the cannon. Today the nuclear weapons that they have can destroy the whole world, but still they are not satisfied. 

They are still researching and developing warheads which are more powerful and effective. In the history of the world only the Europeans have dropped nuclear bombs which destroyed cities causing the biggest number of people to be killed instantly merely with just two bombs. 

When they invented the motorcar, soon after the armored car made its appearance. The airplane resulted in bombers and fighter planes. Merchant ships resulted in warships and submarines. And all these are improved constantly in order to kill more people more efficiently. 

Today billions of dollars are being spent to develop more sophisticated weapons, supplying them to their war machines, training their forces for war, getting ready to fight even though there are no enemies presently or in the future which threaten them. And they have demonstrated that they are ready to invent false allegations in order to go to war to kill children, old people, sick people and just anyone and consider all these people as mere collaterals, which cannot be allowed to come in the way of the achievement of their objective. 

Fighting and the skills in killing are regarded as honorable by the Europeans. The champions among them are given the honorific title of "knights". Every now and then they would launch an attack to expand the territories of their Masters or Lords. That is why since ancient times their villages and towns are surrounded by stone walls and wide moats. 

For them all differences must be settled by tests of strength. Whoever wins is right and is entitled to take all for himself. The loser loses all. That is also the way they settle the differences between the workers and the employers. The winner in the industrial action will get what he wants. 

The history of Europe is the history of wars, the history of tests of strength. When they came into contact with non-Europeans in Africa, America and Asia, they went to war immediately in order to seize the territories of the local people, and to set up new countries and empires. 

They did not show any charity or kindness. The local inhabitants were chased away and killed without compunction. 

Many were the tribes which were made extinct by their attacks. Genocide for them is the final solution. 

Actually they should feel sympathy for the local inhabitants because they themselves were expelled from their own countries in Europe. But when they reached what they consider the New World which is the old world for the inhabitants, they chased off the local inhabitants from their own land and seized all the properties of these people. Whoever resisted was attacked, killed or enslaved. 

In their attempts to seize as large a territory as possible to create their new empires, the Europeans fought among themselves. Often the locals were forced to take part in their wars and pillaging. 

The enmity between them increased because each of them wanted to expand their territories, to build empires, to become the most powerful nation in the world. Because of this they launched bigger wars involving the whole world. 

The First World War was launched in 1914 and ended in 1918 after more than 20 million of their people and soldiers from the empires were killed and billions of dollars worth of property was destroyed. 

Still they were not satisfied. Only 20 years after the First World War, they fought again in the Second World War. This time the destructive violence of the Europeans reached a peak. More than 50 million of their people and those of their empires were killed. They employed carpet-bombing to flatten whole cities with all the people. 

Finally they dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan, in a non-European country. Although these nuclear bombs gave victory to them, the Europeans were shocked at the power of nuclear weapons and the radiation which could kill the victims years after the bombs were dropped. 

The Europeans felt frightened that a nuclear war between them would break out and their people would be killed and their countries destroyed by nuclear weapons. Because of this fear they made an international agreement to control the production, testing and use of nuclear weapons in war.

 

 

But several of them refused to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. They continued to study, develop and test various new nuclear devices for their bombs and warheads. 

The Europeans hated the Jews even before they embraced Christianity. When they became Christians they blamed the Jews because a Jew had betrayed Christ to the Romans and was killed by crucifixion. 

Because of this, until after the Second World War, the Europeans oppressed the Jews who had migrated to their countries. Every year they carried out Pogroms and Inquisitions indulging in the massacre of the Jews. The attempt to resolve the Jewish problem reached a peak during World War II when six million Jews were killed. 

But after the Second World War the Jews were still in Europe. To force the Jews out of Europe, they seized the territory of the Arab Palestinians to create the state of Israel. Not only were the land, houses and farms of the Arab Palestinians seized, but the Arabs were chased out of their land which became Israel. 

Since then West Asia has never been at peace. The attempts of the Palestinians to get back their territory were opposed by the Europeans. Instead they supported Israeli's seizure of more Palestinian land and the killing of Palestinians. 

The throwing of stones by Palestinian children was met by bullets from Israeli forces which killed the children. But the Europeans did not condemn Israel. Instead the suicide bombings by the Palestinians were condemned by them. 

The Sept 11 (2001) attack on America which supported Israel was made an excuse for the Anglo Saxon Europeans to return to their old violent ways. 

Their strategy to fight terrorism is through attacking Muslim countries and Muslims, whether they are guilty or not. 

By making all kinds of baseless accusations they launched attacks against Muslim countries, using their weapons of mass destruction, killing civilians and destroying the towns. 

America and Britain did not care at all the condemnation of the world against their actions. Oppositions by their own people were ignored. They wish to show the world how powerful they are and anyone challenging them would be attacked by their military forces. 

What I say here is all true. It is not the intention to frighten us, so that we will take seriously the danger that we will face. Again I would like to repeat that I am not anti-European or racist. It is not my wish to create hatred for the Europeans. But it is very important that we know this race and their activities in the past because they will play a big role in our life and our race, our religion and our country. Our failure to know them will make it difficult for us to prepare and strategise for our own safety. 

The struggle against Malayan Union and for independence is over. We have succeeded not only in ruling our country well after independence, but also in developing our country fast. Many of us think that once we become independent we will remain independent forever. 

But today the danger that we face is greater than that which we faced in the middle of the 20th Century, when the British tried to seize Malay land to set up the Malayan Union. 

DANGERS WE FACE 

Today we see how an attempt was made to make beggars of us by devaluing our ringgit. Today we see how the big powers attack and take over weak countries. The United Nations is clearly unable to protect anyone. There is no other power prepared to protect us if we become the object of attack. 

The world that we have to face in the new decades and centuries will see numerous attempts by the Europeans to colonise us either indirectly or directly. If our country is not attacked, our minds, our culture, our religion and other things will become the target. 

In the cultural and social fields they want to see unlimited freedom for the individual. For them the freedom of the individual cannot be questioned. They have rejected the institutions of marriage and family. Instead they accept the practice of free sex including sodomy as a right. Marriage between male and male, between female and female are officially recognised by them. What we call incest is not regarded as serious by them. 

The injunction against changes of religion among Muslims, laws which differ from their laws will be questioned by them. Their media will be used to denigrate all that we practise. The NGOs will be subverted in order to demand for reviews of whatever is not liked by the Europeans, to amend and finally to reject what is considered as denying the rights of the individual. 

The culture and the values which they will force us to accept will be hedonism, unlimited quest for pleasure, the satisfaction of base desires, particularly sexual desires. Our way of life must be the same as their way of life. Asian values do not exist for them. 

Our economic system must follow the free market system conceived by them. Governments cannot be involved or have rules and regulations in order to help the weak. The problem of balancing the developments between the races is not the responsibility of the free market. The free market is about the big, the strong, the capital rich taking all for themselves. 

Nationals of a country cannot be given special treatment. Foreign companies must be free to enter any country to compete with local businesses and banks. The likelihood is that their giant corporations would swallow up the small local businesses, and we will become paid workers under them. Everything is said to depend upon merit and not the unequal and unjust competition with their big and experienced corporations. The result is that they will control every country's economy completely. 

If anyone rejects the free market system proposed by the WTO, they will be subjected to punitive action intended to destroy their economy. Through the WTO the Europeans have introduced rule-based trading, that is, all trade within and outside the country must be subjected to the WTO rules invented by them. Whichever country fails to follow these rules will be subjected to various actions, such as sanctions etc. in order to destroy the country's economy. 

Although the Cold War between the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc was still on, the world was able to recover. The 60s, 70s and 80s saw remarkable progress in the economy of the world. 

Relatively speaking the world at that time was peaceful and free from threats. With that the habit of traveling grew and flying as well as the manufacture of jet aircrafts contributed to the economies of many countries in the world. 

Millions of tourists and business travelers flooded the airports throughout the world forcing their expansion and increases in numbers yearly. Passenger jets which are bigger and able to fly further were developed and hundreds were produced and sold by companies like Boeing, Lockheed and Airbus. Luxury hotels were built worldwide, creating numerous jobs for people including those from the developing countries. 

The development of the microchip, i.e. tiny electric circuits, revolutionized manufacturing. The microchip enables calculations to be speeded up by thousands of time and made possible the invention of the computer, and its use not only in calculating but in transmitting information by voice, in writing and through pictures to every corner of the world. 

The demand for the microchips grew fast and plants to produce them were built everywhere, including in developing countries like Malaysia. The increasing wealth of some countries caused the demand for manufactured goods including motor vehicles to shoot up and many countries which switched from agriculture to manufacturing developed fast. 

Malaysia achieved high growth with GDP above 8% continuously for 10 years. There seems to be nothing to prevent Malaysia from becoming a developed country by 2020. 

Our policy is to prosper our neighbours. This is not just charity or a desire to help. The fact is that when neighbours are prosperous we will also become prosperous because we will be able to increase our trade with them. On the other hand when neighbours are beset with problems, the problems will spill over into our country. Clearly prospering your neighbour is a policy of enlightened self-interest. And this policy has brought a lot of benefit to us, contributing to regional stability and also the growth of the economy. 

Truly the world after World War II was very prosperous. But the Europeans tried to improve things by changing the systems and practices of commerce, politics and social norms so as to become better and more fair. 

Japan, which was so successful before, has become a victim of these new systems. Until now the Japanese cannot resurrect their ailing economy. 

Malaysia, which was growing so well, was attacked by rogue currency traders who claimed that they had a responsibility to discipline governments. The result is that the growth of Malaysia's economy and those of East Asia have been stunted and even reversed. Until now restoration to the former level has not succeeded. 

The restoration has become more difficult when the cheatings and commercial crimes in America were exposed. The dot com companies whose shares appreciated for no valid reason collapsed. After that the giant corporations like Enron, World Com, Arthur Anderson and tens of others big and small, were found to have cheated on their accounting. 

Hijack became a word on everyone's lips when criminals seized passenger aircraft. The peak in this hijacking came when terrorists seized passenger aircraft and used them as guided missiles to destroy the World Trade Centre in New York. This frightened the tourists and the business travellers so that passenger loads fell below 30% in the US and elsewhere. 

This has caused a tremendous decline in the hotel and other industries related to tourism. Nearly all American airlines became bankrupt with losses of hundreds of billions of dollars. 

The hunt for the terrorists has made the world tense and unsafe. Bombs explode in many parts of the world. Afghanistan and Iraq were attacked and Syria and Iran were similarly threatened unless they changed their governments. 

Thus the prosperity and the peace of 30 years in the world after the end of the Second World War has been brought to an end because of the attempt to improve on what was already working well. With the introduction of new approaches in the development of the economy of the world, with the frenzy to acquire wealth, with the disregard for the poverty and sufferings of so many in this world, with allowing the seizure of territories here and there, all the progress that had been made before has been destroyed. 

Now the possibility of restoring the world's economy to the level of 1997 has become uncertain. It cannot be attained because instead of trying to calm the world, the powers that be are bent on using force in order to achieve their objectives. 

DEMOCRACY HAS DEFECTS 

In politics all countries must practice liberal democracy. We admit that democracy is the best system of government ever invented by man. But it is not free from defects. For those who do not understand the limits of democracy, the likelihood is that governments which are weak, or corrupt will rule. At times anarchy will result from practicing liberal democracy. 

Democracy depends on popular support. This support can be obtained because the candidate or the party is skilled at governing and developing the country. But popular support can also be obtained because of racialism, because of deliberate misinterpretation of religion, or through bribing the voters. 

At the same time the voter can also make use of racialism, religious injunctions, or demand for bribes for self or group. With this the winner which forms the government will not be the qualified and able, but those with thick racialism, or those who misinterpret religion or those who are corrupt. Government by such people will ruin the country, while the able and clean party will lose. 

Maybe the intention of the Europeans to force the acceptance of democracy is good and they do not plan to damage the developing countries deliberately. They probably believe that democracy will help the developing countries the way it helped their own countries. But they forget the long period of time they took to understand and get benefits from this system. 

The struggle for power in a newly democratic developing country has caused hundreds of parties to be formed. A strong government cannot possibly be formed if the electorate is divided by hundreds of parties. There will not be a party which will get enough representatives to form a strong government.

REGIME CHANGE 

We in Malaysia have succeeded in practicing democracy. But the Europeans are not happy. They wish to see frequent changes of government so that there will be no stability and development cannot take place. Their new slogan is "Regime Change". Because this has not happened and our country remains peaceful and successful they accuse us of being undemocratic and dictatorial. 

Who are they to accuse our government as dictatorial? Aren't they the former colonialists whose rule was dictatorial and oppressive and have they not just invaded a weak country, killing many civilians in order to gain power over that country? Is their way of achieving Regime Change democratic? Look first in the mirror. The problem with the Europeans is that they award themselves the right to judge over their own views. 

But their criticism may have a hidden agenda. Because we are not democratic, then interference by them in our domestic affairs would be justified. There will be many people in this country who will be influenced by their views and condemn the Government. The result will be instability for the country and it will not be able to develop and the people will suffer. 

They will condemn this accusation. They have no ill intentions, no conspiracy to obstruct anyone's progress. They merely criticize. But we must not forget that their criticisms, even if baseless, have been used to justify their attack and occupation of a country. 

The first person to talk of a Regime Change is Ariel Sharon, the Prime Minister of Israel. Arafat has to be replaced by a leader acceptable to them. Today the Europeans talk of the need to have Regime Change in many countries. Do not think that we will not be targeted. They were disappointed when their former candidate failed. They will try again. 

This is the external environment which we face now and will face in the future. Allah be Praised until now we have succeeded in defending our freedom and our independence. This is because we are careful and able to avoid falling into the trap set by them. 

DOMESTIC CHALLENGES 

Within the country the environment is no less challenging. The efforts to bring together the different communities have not been fully successful. The new generation is divided because they choose to attend different schools according to race. 

In order to bring the students from the different races together and to make the people and the country more competitive, the Government has introduced the study of English and the teaching of Science and Mathematics in English. The parents accept well this move but as usual political parties try to politicize the issue. 

We also plan to have National Service for all communities with the objective of bringing the younger generation closer together. The nature of the National Service has not been finalized but God willing we will implement it in 2004. 

Islam plays an important role in the life of a great majority of the people of Malaysia. The Muslims in Malaysia are all Sunnis and followers of Imam Shafie. As a result they should be united and there should be no altercations between them. 

Unfortunately when democracy was introduced during the struggle for independence, the desire to gain high places to have power had influenced those with religious education to break away from the mainstream Umno in order to set up Party Islam Se Malaya, the direct translation of Pan Malayan Islamic Party, or PMIP. Now this party is known as PAS, an improper acronym for Party Islam Malaysia. 

The fact is that in the attempt to gain support for itself, PAS deliberately misinterpreted Islam. Over time their interpretation became more far fetched and extreme. From accusing Umno members as being infidels, not Muslim, they have reached the stage of declaring that God uses obscenities like their own party leader does and that God is a thug or gangster. 

There are many more interpretations of the teachings of Islam by PAS leaders which are against the true teachings of Islam. The Muslims in Malaysia have become confused and they cannot be united. Their split weakens the Muslims at a time when the Muslims need to unite to save themselves. 

To overcome this, the best way is to equip the people, especially the young people with the right teachings of Islam, in order that they can ward off the wrong teachings. 

Unfortunately these wrong teachings are implanted while the children are still small, in the kindergarten and the People's Religious Schools, and sometimes by religious teachers in the national schools. We have seen that when this generation matures they believe blindly this wrong interpretation of Islam. 

They do not know how to thank people and to be grateful, love to falsely accuse other Muslims and to hear the fitnah by certain people and they make enemies of other Muslims. They have now reached the stage of trying to overthrow the elected government by force of arms, to terrorise, to rob and to kill people. 

Because of this the Government has to take action to stop the spread of these wrong teachings in the schools and other institutions. The Government gave aid to the People's Religious Schools because parents like to send their children to these schools believing that they would become more knowledgeable about religion. 

But because it is not the true religion that is taught at these schools and instead teachings which are against the true teachings of Islam, the Government cannot give aid to these schools anymore. The Government and Muslim leaders of the Government would be committing a sin if we give support for anything that is against the teachings of Islam. 

We did not close the schools. We merely do not give aid. Those who continue to give aid will bear the sins because these are not religious schools but are indoctrination centres for PAS. 

The Government will oversee all deviations from the teachings of Islam and it will provide facilities to study the proper teachings of Islam in the national schools to ensure the new generation can reject not only the wrong teachings of Islam but can distinguish between what is good and what is bad and what is right and what is wrong. 

Another internal problem which challenges us is the management of the economy and our finances. For this we have designed a policy and strategy which requires understanding and co-operation among the people. We cannot behave like people who are already rich when we are still a developing country. 

At our present stage of development, we are able to have certain facilities only. When our income increases we should be willing to pay slightly more when the facilities we use are better and cost more. There are some of us who demand first class facilities but are prepared to pay only third class rates. If we want first class things we must pay first class prices. 

Now we have become a nation where more people live in urban areas than in the countryside. The more than one million inhabitants of Kuala Lumpur produce rubbish which can bury the city underneath a rubbish mountain in two years. 

We have to get rid of this rubbish. Dumping in open land will pollute the air, will cause bad smell, cause diseases such as SARS, breed rats and insects and poison underground water which will flow into the rivers and cause other problems. Open burning will pollute the atmosphere with smoke and toxic gases. 

To save the people from all these, the Government is prepared to spend more than RM1.5bil to build the most modern and safe incinerator. It is more modern than most of the incinerators in developed countries such as Japan. 

In Japan ordinary incinerators are so clean that they can be built in the middle of residential areas. The residents use the incineration plant as a place for recreation, swimming clubs and other activities. No one protested. The people pay a high rate for their incinerators. 

We propose to build a most modern incinerator, cleaner than many found in Japan and other developed countries and place it far from residential areas. The safety of the people is ensured because there will be no fly ash which will pollute the air. 

But the people in this country, which is 10 times poorer than the developed countries, protest against the incinerator because it allegedly will produce toxic gases. We have become so arrogant that the acceptable level of pollution of people who are 10 times richer than us is not good enough for us. 

NOT RICH YET 

We are not rich yet. We cannot even enjoy the same standards as the developed countries. But we now demand standards higher than the developed countries. Believe me if we behave in this manner we will not be more safe and healthy, but we will suffer from it. 

In economic matters our strategy is to live within our means, not to borrow too much, and manage our development according to our financial capacity and our needs. 

We want to ensure that while our costs are competitive, our standards of living will not be too low. Today our per capita income is about US$4,000 (RM15,200) but with this income we can buy goods and services worth about US$9,000 (RM34,200) in America. 

 

On the other hand, many countries where the pay is very high but the price of goods and services is much higher causing the standard of living to actually fall. 

All their people are millionaires but all are really poor. In Malaysia, incomes rise more than cost increases. This means that we can buy more although there is an increase in prices. 

The wages in Malaysia may be low compared to those in the developed countries but they have not caused our standard of living to fall. In many instances the public facilities are the same as in developed countries, but the cost to the people using these facilities is less than half for those in developed countries. 

We pay only RM7 to cross the Penang Bridge. The Japanese pay RM500 to use a shorter bridge. 

We can raise wages but if the increase is not balanced by an increase is productivity, we will become uncompetitive. With that there will be no more new investments and the existing investments may move to other countries. 

Job opportunities will be reduced and many will be unemployed. In this situation there cannot be any more increase in wages as the number of workers exceeds the job opportunities. 

There are people who believe that wage increases can be obtained through industrial action. This is what is done in Europe. But if we study we will find the European economy does not grow like ours and there is more unemployment than here. 

They pay unemployment allowances. Such allowances can only be paid if the number of unemployed is small and the economy grows well. But when the economy is down and government revenue decreases, that is the time when the number of unemployed people increases and more money is required to pay the dole. And this will affect adversely government finances. 

In addition because of unemployment allowances many workers choose not to work or to hide their jobs. This increases the burden of the government so much so that now the government has to insist that certain work must be done if the allowance is to be claimed. In other words "Unemployment Allowance" is not sustainable. 

In Malaysia we do not have unemployment allowance. If a worker does not work his family will have to support him. Ashamed about this and unwilling to be dependent on the family, an unemployed person would seek to work. Still when there are too many unemployed graduates the Government gives them exposure to work and pay them temporary allowance. 

We need our own approach and strategy. We cannot follow the European ways blindly. But there are Malaysians who like to follow European ways and those people who are already rich. They don't take into consideration the country's level of development and our financial capacity. They like us to be spendthrifts and borrow money. 

If the Government in the desire to be popular were to accede to their big spending demands, it is possible that we will become like some developing countries and will not be able to pay our foreign debt, become bankrupt and be under the direction of international agencies. 

There are many internal issues which have to be handled. I will not elaborate on them. Although we have succeeded a little in balancing the economic wealth between the different races but in the process the Malays and other bumiputras have become too dependent and can only do business with the Government. Without the Government and without the NEP they will collapse. This threatens the future of the Malays and the bumiputras, Malaysians and our beloved country. 

MEMBERS DETERMINE 

UMNO'S FATE 

We can handle our foreign and domestic problems with a strong government. But the problem within the party, within Umno, cannot be resolved by the Government. The only ones who can is the party and the members themselves. 

Having been successful for so long many of the leaders and members are without the true spirit anymore, but instead they give priority to self-interest. The struggle for posts in the party has become so critical that the party's interests, the interest of our race and the nation's interest have been pushed aside. 

Umno and the Malays have become weak because of this attitude. Since the split of the Umno ulamas to form PAS we have seen splinter parties being formed thrice by Umno people who were not able to get what they want. A lot of effort and time have to be spent to rehabilitate the party. 

Allah be Praised, the effects of the last splintering no longer affect the party as it did during the 1999 elections. But the threat which still remains is the willingness of some leaders and members to sabotage the party. 

The contest within the party is in order to get the best candidate and the best leaders, not in order to quarrel and to sulk and to seek revenge, which can cause a loss to the party and the national struggle. Those who understand democracy will close ranks behind the successful candidate after the contest is over and together ensure the success of the struggle. 

Because contests within the party are not healthy and often cause a split, we have not been able to have a contest at the divisional and Supreme Council levels, especially when elections are near. 

But for the general elections, whether we like it or not, the candidates have to be chosen. When a candidate is chosen the one who is not chosen may try to ensure the candidate will lose. They forget when the candidate loses, the party loses. But such is their attitude that they are willing to see the party lose and the opposition win rather than see their colleague in the party win. Remember when they are chosen, they too will become victims of such attitude. 

At the present time this attitude is not widespread. But it points in a dangerous direction. If more people adopt this attitude, the party will lose not because the opposition is strong but because indirectly Umno members collude with the opposition party. In truth this is a betrayal against the struggle of the party, the religion, race and nation. 

We have to accept that the time must come when we have to retire and hand over our tasks to the succeeding generation. The party cannot carry on its struggle if there is no renewal of members and leaders, if new members and leaders are not accepted. 

I am grateful because the founding of Puteri is accepted and the co-operation between Puteri and Wanita is strong. But at branch and divisional levels there is some unwillingness to accept new members especially those who are qualified because of the fear of losing their posts. This attitude must be got rid of. If not, the party will die together with the present old members and leaders. 

The challenges facing Umno as the backbone of the Government of this country come from outside the country, within the country and within the party. If we do not know how to handle these challenges, if we don't have the right spirit and the political will the brilliant history of Umno will fade and Umno will follow the fate of those nationalist parties in other countries which no longer exist or which have lost power. 

UPHOLD ISLAMIC TEACHINGS 

Faced with these challenges what preparations must we make? I have mentioned the role of Islam in the life of the Malays. There is no influence greater than Islam in building the strength and the resistance of the Malays. 

But the important thing is that we cling to the true teachings of Islam, the teachings which are all positive and constructive, the teachings which had given success to our Prophet Muhammad s.a.w., the teachings which had given great success to the early Muslims so much so that they were able to enlarge the Muslim territories to include almost the whole world and to maintain it for 1,300 years. 

If we study closely we will find that the teachings of Islam stress good and honourable values. We are asked to read "Iqra" i.e. to seek knowledge. We are exhorted to be brothers in Islam, including in the party, outside the party, outside the country. 

We are told to keep our promises and undertakings. We are asked to work hard, to acquire all kinds of skills which can help upgrade our defence and many more which are positive and constructive. We are also enjoined to reject what is bad and negative. 

If we stick to all these good values and practise them and we refer to them when faced with challenges, God Willing, we will succeed. 

Islam will not disappoint us. Allah has not ordained that the fate of the Muslims will always be bad. The Quran has testified that Allah will not change the fortunes of any group unless that group strives to change its fortune itself. Allah has also clarified that all misfortunes are our own doing and only good fortunes come from Him. 

And so it is not possible that our ill fortune at present is all from Allah. It comes from Muslims who only know how to appeal and pray for help but never try seriously to save and improve our fortunes. If we purposely chose to live at the foot of a volcano, do not blame Allah or regard it as preordained when the volcano erupts, bringing down our house on the top of our heads and we die. 

UMNO NOT JUST ANY PARTY 

Umno is not just any party. Umno is the ruling party. In Malaysia Umno plays a very important role. If not for Umno and its struggle our country would not have become independent in 1957 and would not be stable and successful as it is now. This is admitted by everyone, by the Malays, the Chinese, Indians and the tribes in Malaysia and also by foreigners. 

Because of this the members and leaders of Umno at all levels have a heavy responsibility. This responsibility can only be shouldered and be implemented successfully if we all equip ourselves with the required values, knowledge and skills. 

There is no individual or group without problems. Umno has a lot of problems. Allah be Praised, up till now we have been able to manage most of these problems successfully. 

The future will bring more problems and challenges for our party. Whether Umno can manage these problems and challenges with success depends very much on the qualities which we have as members and leaders. 

In truth the success of the group will bring success and benefits to every individual member of the group. On the other hand the success of the individual does not guarantee the success of the group. 

Worse still the success of the individual can bring misfortune to the group. Umno as an important group, if it is damaged, will bring misfortune to the Malays, to Malaysians, to Islam and to the nation. Because of this every individual in Umno must strive to bring success to the group, i.e. Umno and not struggle unnecessarily for personal gain. As Muslims we must know the meaning of sacrifice, must be willing to sacrifice for the success of the group. 

In war, those who are killed will not taste the fruits of victory in this life. We are not asking Umno to go to war and be killed. We merely ask Umno to give priority to the party's success. Only the success of the party can bring benefit to us, not success as individuals. 

The opportunities in a democratic system and in a party are limited and incidental. They are not the reasons for our struggle. Remember our struggle is for the honour and progress of our race, our religion and our homeland. The high positions are for enabling us to make a success of our struggle and are not the objective of our struggle. 

If we ourselves do not get this high position but those who get are successful in achieving our objectives, we should not be disappointed. The success of our race, our religion, our country will be enjoyed by us also. And we too will be honoured and highly regarded. Instead if because of our unseemly struggle the party is weakened, we may lose everything. 

MEMBERS MUST SACRIFICE 

Because of that the members of Umno must be ready to make sacrifices in order to get a lot of benefits. Ask yourself if it is true that we have got nothing at all because we are not branch leaders or division leaders, members of the Supreme Council, election candidates or members of Parliament or Ministers or a Prime Minister. 

The answer is that we all get something. Because of that stop the personal struggle and ensure the success of the party. People who sabotage the party should not be in the party. The traitor within is far more dangerous than the declared enemy. 

Do not betray the party and our own race. 

Actually the opposition is not strong. They cannot defeat Umno. But Umno can defeat Umno. I need not elaborate. We all know. The opposition did not win. Only Umno had lost. 

Truly Umno cannot lose if our loyalty to the party, to our religion and to our race is not weakened by self-interest. There is no political party anywhere which has been more successful in restoring the honour of the race as Umno has. 

From being a colonised and oppressed race, the Malays are now regarded as a race which has succeeded so much as to become a model for many people in the world. The service rendered by Umno to the Malays, bumiputras, to Malaysians and Malaysia is clearly very great. Do not allow our personal disappointment to destroy again the honour of our race. 

If I may repeat, our struggle, Umno and the Malays and the bumiputras (indigenous people) is not over. There are still many things that we have to do. Merely to ensure continued independence, freedom, requires great effort continuously. What more if we want to restore our honour fully by becoming a developed people in a developed country. 

Umno, I repeat, is not just any party. Umno is the backbone and prime mover of the party which rules this beloved country. If Umno is strong then the National Front will be strong, the Malaysian Government will be strong and Malaysia will be strong. A weak Umno will bring disaster to all of us. 

This is the last time that I can deliver the speech to officially open the Umno General Assembly. I crave your pardon if I took too much time. I truly wish to repay the party which had given me opportunities to realise my ideas on restoring the honour of my race and people, to help to progress them and my country. It is not for me to say whether I have succeeded or not. The people and history will judge and determine whether my service was good or bad. 

I value very much the support of Umno, the Malays and other bumiputras and the people of Malaysia and I am grateful and I thank them all. I crave your pardon for the mistakes and wrongs that I have committed during the length of my leadership of this blessed party. 

Allah be Praised, for having given His insignificant slave this opportunity. I pray to Him to protect my race from the bad qualities and make them a people who are successful and honoured, who submit fully to all that our holy religion has taught us, to make them work hard, that You may protect and bring success to our people in order to become the model to the Muslim ummah, the people who submit to all your injunctions, Oh Allah, Amin. 

With this prayer, with a heavy heart yet with happiness, I declare officially open the 54th General Assembly of Umno.

Older Comments:
BASHIR BARAU FROM NIGERIA said:
I am a Nigerian by birth but this article by Dr.Mohathir changes my thinking and gives me an insight. I will read it again so that I will redesign my future. thanks alot and remain blessed.
2013-01-12
MAGARET EMMS FROM NO DOUBLE STANDARD PLEASE said:
Shame on you Malaysia! I mean the way you treat the non-Muslims and aborigines like dhimmis with your so-called discriminatory New Economic Policy. Our governments in the West though not Muslim is fair to all and treat everyone equally regardless of religion, race or creed. Thumbs up for Ben for telling the world the truth!
2005-08-02
LAURIE BURGESS FROM AUSTRALIA said:
What a disgraceful article. One man and one Government, so corrupt and tyrannical in its administration and clutch for continuing power, was a sickening spectacle. This article, from any one other than the author, may have merited some consideration.
2004-08-24
NAZRUL FROM MALAYSIA said:
For those who believes that malaysia runs aparteid, come here and see by yourself. Think and make your selfopinion.
2004-07-21
BEN CHONG FROM AUSTRALIA said:
Did you know that currently Malaysia is the only country in the world that practises aparthied. Don't believe me. Go check it out. Ask the minority non-Moslem Chinese and Indians there. Unfortunately, the usual modus operandi in all Moslem majority countries has been to terrorise the minority kafirs (infidels) into submission. The Islamic militias, backed by the Moslem military, went on a rampage in the 60s burning, looting (and raping of Chinese women) the property of innocent minority Chinese and killing them into submission to the infamous "New Economic Policy" which is still in force today after more than 30 years in operation. The joke is only the majority Moslem population is in favour of it. Even today any whisper or discontentment shown within Malaysia by the kafirs will almost instaneously result in Moslem politicians threatening and reminding them of May 13 (the day when the police and miltary went on strike and Moslem militia groups had a field day massacring innocent kafir Chinese men, women and children civilians). This discriminatory policy works by collecting taxes from rich and poor hardworking Chinese (dhimmis) alike and distributes them as hand-outs and subsidies to the rich and poor Moslems alike. Today, the entire PUBLIC service is Moslem, public scholarships are only given to Moslems, transport licenses are given to Moslems, places in higher public institutions are reserved for Moslems, etc. The Moslems are the Malays and the so-called Malays are but an assortment of Moslem immigrants from places like India (eg Dr Marhathia), Saudi Arabia (eg Syed Albar, the Foreign Minister), Java, Sulewesi, Aceh, etc. The aborigines (indigenous people) or as they call them the orang asli are but given cursory attention and are aggressively being converted to Islam. Cast aside the hypocrisy. Visit Malaysia, speak to the non-Moslems. Like in Animal Farm, here some are more equal than others. Dr Marhathia should look closer at the UN Charter.
2003-09-13
AFIFI FROM MALAYSIA said:
assalamualaikum...
first off all... i really appreciate to Bro. Mus coz keen to reply my msg... I accept his second opinion.. . here, i think the Malysian or other Muslim in this world should avoid.. to use word such as UMNO, PAS, Anwar Ibrahim to describe Malysian Muslim... coz. .. I think it only make the situation to become worse... after all it's only political party... they are not angel.. but so far I think they tried hard to make Malaysian an ideal Islamic country.... we should look or discuss how the Ummah can be be look as one, we also should gather our 'power' to live better in future.. futhermore Muslim nowaday are too weak to help themself, keep looking to the european to helping them... masyaallaah.. Something have to be done... malaysian itself have starting to use gold dinar as money to trade with other Islam country, the media said that MAlaysia and Iran will implement it around the end of dicember... i look forward it will become reality and hope that other muslim country will support and do the same... around this week also there will be held "The world Conference Of Islamic Scholars(ulama) at Putrajaya"... maybe there will a resoltion that can be implement.. to make the muslim future brighter... Alhamdulillah coz my country have tried to strenghten the muslim world i hope.. other muslim will do the same.... may Allah bless us
2003-07-07
MUZ FROM MALAYSIA said:
Asslamualaikum,
Dear Afifi my brother, Did I said that Im happy to see my own brothers with same faith collapse? From the past history stated that no race or anybody will got a political power forever. Its including Malay. My own race.

Chinese and Indian now days more stronger in economical and educational aspect because they have to struggle more than Malay to success. Allah is Fair... anybody who r struggle more will get more.I repeat again - Anybody, no matter he is Muslim,Malay or not because Allah is Fair to all.

We must not to talk much on what race u are. Muslim duty is to serve Islam regardless on what race.ISLAM is not UMNO,ISLAM is not PAS. That mean - ISLAM is ISLAM! And Im not PAS or UMNO - im a Muslim watching and thinking on what our leader has done . UMNO or PAS is not always correct. They are polictician then we know how about politic today. They said on bad things to each other. On good things... they just try to hide it and sometime they do not admit it.We cant say Umno is good or Pas is better... because they all politician! Let pray to Allah, hopefully all Muslim in Malaysia and the world will be united as one again.

Anyhow I thanks to Allah on what He gift to Malaysia today.
2003-07-05
MOHAMED FARAH FROM CANADA said:
He who does not learn from history is doomed to repeat it. It looks mankind is
in trouble again and the greedy are in control.
2003-07-04
AFIFI FROM MALAYSIA said:
Assalamualaikum..
nothing much to say about mahathir speech for me, I think Mahathir.. only express with he feel is right by what is happpened to the world today, especially the muslim world and malay world.
Here I just want to give my opinon on what Nazli and Mus both from Malaysian..had comment about the speech.. 1)..Dr. Mahathir have try to ask PAS to join UMNO, last year.. I think he may want to stop the quarrel between PAS and UMNO furthermore to enhance the ISlam religion in country but... PAS don't except to join. 2)For me, as Malay, I know what he said about Malay negative attitudes is totally right...Hence ,who else want to correct malay attitude beside Dr. Mahathir as he's their leader... do the Malay need to hear it from the european... I don't think so... 3) About education in Malaysia, I'm as student think that... it's now on the right track. Aboutscholarship or money to futher study in Malaysia. I think it can't be a problem,coz Malaysian Gov had provide a large ammount in it Budget that fit with the coutry economy as Malaysia is still a developing county.4) I don't know how can Nazli said that dr. Mahathir didn't think to develepoe malay enterpeneurs, he have done alot of think, I don't want to talk about it.. but if you ask Malaysian about PNB, petronas , proton, the know that all of this is "MAlay"..however the Malay can't just wait toget help from the gov. they also must try hard to improve themself..of couse the gov. can't always spoonfed them..5)I hate when Mr Muz saying that..the Malay will collapse.. I want to ask him..did he enjoy about it?. How can he be like that., can we imagine that a muslim..love to see another muslim to collapse:'(..How ever I want to state here that..Malay is too tolerant with other races..and the other races is appriciate with it..majority of the nonMalay respect, and love their PM.6) Malaysia also is on the way to follow ed what islam had taught but it need time to implement it, if not it will be unfair to nonmusl
2003-07-04
RIAZ SURTI FROM USA said:
The president Mahathir makes enlightening comments. I like how he states that the country should live within its own means (the fall of so many other countries). Also, I like the Islamic approach of balance and good will to your own citizens as well as to your own neighbors. Lastly, I like the fact that he warns his people of certain dangers that are coming. I am glad that I read this piece.
2003-07-02
SHARIF FROM UK said:
Excellent article. Alain Jean-Mairet, whats your problem? We all now you're a Zionist, so just admit it. Instead of ignoring the truth like you usually do, read books by Uri Avnerny and Noam Chomsky. In fact, take your head out of the sand and face the music.
2003-07-02
MUZ FROM MALAYSIA said:
Assalamualaikum,
On page One and Two, its more accurate when the words "European" replace by "Nas-ra-ni" (this word can be found in Al-Quran - pls. check) Not all European is bad and Nas-ra-ni has been mention in Al-Quran to destroy Muslim in every side - we can be friend with them but must very carefull not to felt down on their trap.
On page three,
The fact on democracy system is true. So... if current democracy system lead us to destruction then lets think and do research on Syu-Ra system during our great Chaliph.(Abu Bakar,Omar,Othman and Ali). U will find an answer on which the best system!
About PAS,
PAS is'nt bad as mentioned and UMNO is'nt bad as what u think. They all Politician..... which one better? ...If u want the answer, do the research on Syu-Ra system!
For Malay,
what happened in Malaysia now is not fully followed what Islam taught, Malay goverment is not fair to other race....Now, other races like Chinese/Indian gaining economical power and getting stronger day by day than Malay .One day Malay will collapse because of their unfair treatment to other races. WHY? . Because Allah is Fair to all!
2003-07-02
NAZLI FROM MALAYSIA said:
What Mahathir said about the west in a way is true. However, what he has done to Malay, Muslim, multiracial ethnics and Malaysia are a lot to improve.
1. Why can't he be supportive to implement Hudud's law for Muslim community here under existing Narrowed-Syariah law, as he is always claimed as Muslim leader. Can't he use his "genius" brain to find a wisest way how to implement it? If he did, closed PAS issues.
2. Why he keeps blaming Malay for their unchanged negative attitudes, Can't he think to come out with constructive plan which offer additional subjects focusing on developing right attitudes during secondary and primary schools ?
3. The main major issue that cause dissatisfaction among non-Malay is about educational policy which lately Metrocracy is introduced, can't he just plan to ensure everybody who decides to further their studies get a place at Universites, suitable for their interest and help everybody who needs help financially-regardless!?
4. Can't he fully utilizes the human resources from different ethnics to contribute in developing the country?
5. Can't he thinks how to search and develop Malay entrepreneurs to balance the equity holdings with Non-Malay?

..and other many issues!

At last, he is good in preparing all the infrastructures but a failure in nation building.
2003-07-02
NAZMUL AHSAN FROM BANGLADESH said:
This type of speech will create scapegoats for the developing countries. Lack of education is the root of underdevelopment. If we always condemn Satan for our bad deed, then thing will get worse. We should find faults in ours first, then to others. Regardless of a country, a neighbor has a basic instinct of taking chance of the unrest of another neighbor. We need not go far to west. We have recent example of what Japan did to its neighbors.
2003-07-02
MAHBOOB HASAN FROM USA said:
Dr. Mahathir is the only leader in the current Muslim world who has the vision and courage to spell out the facts. Very impressive speech...a must read article.
2003-07-01
KHAN FROM USA said:
This article is awesome!
2003-06-30
YADI KON FROM USA said:
Greetings everybody.I was very pleased by The Primer Minister's speech.I wish that all third world countries leaders get a copy of this once in a lifetime message from a very honest and fearless human being.I could not hold my tears while reading it.This world is going in the wrong direction.Why others races stand still and let europeans (americans included) dictate everything.We live once we die once .Let's just live with dignity.i'm just fearful of ALLAH.We the muslims and other human being being have to stand up for our birth rights before it's late or we all are going to pay a very high and costly price. Europeans are leading humanity to self-destruction.They always have been violent toward others races for so many centuries and they have been using the system of divide and conquer ever since.Wake up my fellow brothers and sisters from being taken advantage of.whenever they are behind closed doors they stick together for the best use of africans,asians , latin and south americans,...Even during the last iraqi crisis,the french were playing game for there own interest but not because of sympathy for iraqi people.I'll keep copies of this SPEECH for the next generation and i'll make sure that as many people as possible will read it.We need leaders like brother Mahathir for the survival of the human race.Anything less would be uncivilized.Please would you direct me where i can have a transcript of it in french.I'm originally from a french speaking country but living in the USA.I'd like this speech to be published over there for my people to read it .May ALLAH BLESS HIM ,GIVES HIM A HEALTH AND LONGLIFE,PROTECT HIM AGAINST EVIL DOERS,REWARD HIM WITH THE HIGHESS JANNAH IN THE OTHER LIFE.AMINA
2003-06-30
JALEELA RAFEE FROM CANADA said:
I appreciate his courage to speak out the truth.
2003-06-30
DEWSON INJEASI FROM U.S said:
Although,what Mahathir sayed about the European race is true,he is himself a racist.The Europeans killed & chased away the indeginous people of the lands they conquered,that's true,so did the Malays,the Malays did infact made the indeginous tribes of the Malay Peninsula(the tribes now called The Negritos) before the Malays almost, extint.I think Malaysia is very succesful country that needs to keep developing.
2003-06-29
J.A FROM SOMALIA said:
maa shaallah.if anybody want to kwon the truth the should read it.wasalamu aleykum
2003-06-29
NURAINI FROM MALAYSIA said:
my country is not perfect, and i accept some of the criticism that some have pointed out in the comments. other criticism i treat with ambivalence, but some, like our (Malay) solidarity with our aborigines and non-Muslims, i must challenge. though not without inter-racial misunderstandings, we are a people who stick by each other, regardless of race or religion. i assume Mr. Mills refers to the special status of the natives (Malays and aborigines) compared to the originally immigrant Chinese and Indians (who incidentally happen to be non-Muslims most of them). I point out that although this policy of preference is not comprehensbile to white people, i'm sure if you asked Native Americans, or Australian aborigines, they would understand, as without them the native Malays would have long ago been economically and politically impoverished in the land of our own fathers and of our own blood. Ask the Native Americans whose land was stolen from them, whether our policy of the special status of Malays makes sense or not. It was even agreed with by the immigrants at the time of our independence - they allow us this, in exchange we give all of them citizenship. they do not question this, as we do not question their right as our brother citizens. ours is a country where few would say anything that would insult another's religion. when overseas, we gravitate to each other, malaysian to malaysian, even though in terms of race the malay malaysian ought to gravitate to indonesian malays and the chinese malaysian ought to gravitate to China chinese. there are things in my country i do not agree with, but for this, i love it more than any foreigner can understand. and i am not alone in this.
2003-06-29
G.LYKINS FROM USA said:
Dr. Mahathir's comments are very painful for me to read, but unfortunately warranted, necessary and much too much true. Our world has grown too small and dangerous not to face truth. I pray for an awakening of self-awareness in the west.
2003-06-29
RUBEN MILLS FROM BIG BULLSHIT said:
The English say "call a spade a spade". Call anything by its real name. Then Mahathir should know he is an Indian Moslem. I can't understand how a man who started the aparthied discriminatory New Economic to discriminate the the non-Moslems for more than 30 years and still going can talk cock!
2003-06-28
MARLENE said:
There is some truth in the prime minister's speech, but an awful lot of inconsistencies.
To infer only "Europeans" are warmongers like it was some genetic trait is absurd. It is unfortunately a common trait of mankind since the beginning of time. I guess the prime minister forgot about Pearl Harbor or that Malaysia could well now be a province of Japan except for those warmonger "Europeans".

Probably plays to the masses, but a missed opportunity.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2003-06-28
ROB M FROM USA said:
Very enlightening. Helpful in gaining a better understanding of how the Moslem world sees the Western (European) world, and our country in particular. Although few in America would agree with the Prime Minister's assessment of the European races, it's an intriguing view which I've never heard expressed in America before.
2003-06-27
S.C. WEAVER FROM USA said:
Everything in the article I felt was sad but true.
2003-06-26
MOHAMED RIAZ FROM CANADA said:
very honest and informative. i wish mr mahathir had elaborated a bit on how to resist, or not get devoured in, the european invasion he rightly says would come not only physically but in culture, in schools, in religion and in many other disguised ways. right now does the malaysian populace know how....or are they already sucked in but are blissfully unaware?
2003-06-26
MITCH FROM THAILAND said:
Study him, you will learn what great leadership is all about!
2003-06-25
SHAHARI AHMAD FROM SINGAPORE said:
A fairly accurate describtion of European/ American hidden agenda.
2003-06-25
MAT FROM MALAYSIA said:
People must understand that Mahathir is on the end of term in office as a PM, so he will leave any traces he can before he retired in October.I am not totally agree with this last speech and so were his speeches before, because as a Muslim Democrat I am opposed most of his autocratic policy.

I am agree that under his terms, he brought many development in our country although he did very little in that process, the Chinese should get the credits more.His party is sham!. Back to back corruptions, favoritisme and so on and the most alarming situation in Malaysia now is he trying to groom a another autocrat as he rule no election for the next deputy PM, that mean the next PM will hand pick his deputy.So much for the democracy, eh?.The media is handsomely in his hand(TV1 take note here), public speaking is no-no, unless you are in your own house, the internet is monitor and so on.

As his world view, I quite agree with some of his points but Hey! that the way it is, we have to deal with it.Don't pamper your party members with your's filmsy guard, the will break apart when the real threat come.Think as a world citizen and the world will recognize you.
2003-06-25
SAID S FROM USA said:
Monsieur Alain-Jean Mairet,

Here we are again, another article which is quite thought-provoking. We appreciate the effort on the part of Mr. Mahathir. In brief, I believe that the article deserves credit for many of its facts. The West in general contributed so much to human civilization based on what it leaned from the Eastern civilization esp. that of the Muslims. No one can deny this; otherwise, one needs to consult the historical books contained in libraries all over the world. Furthermore, the Europeans, especially, did in fact cause by far the most destruction on every continent. The question which proposes itself here is: which Europeans? Well, the answer is: the colonial Europeans. I think that Europe of nowadays with the exception of England is quite rational in its approach to world events. No one could be so sure of its intentions from here-on.
Monsieur Mairet,
Let me recommend an author for you to read for you to double-check your facts on world's history. Noam Chomsky is one American scholar who will definitely confirm some of Mahathir's facts. Having said that, I am a Muslim who migrated to the US for the good which she offers including the freedom to express oneself in such ways like what I am doing right now. I love her and I have chosen her to be my eternal home; nevertheless, no one could deny what the Europeans have done in the past, not to say that other races are perfect.

2003-06-24
ALAIN JEAN-MAIRET FROM CH said:
Mr. Hadi:
A honest man cannot call "atrocities" the intervention of the US troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. In the contrary, an (as) objective (as possible) exam of the facts shows that the US has made great efforts to concentrate their action on genuine military targets, whereas Iraqis repeatedly tried to mix among the population in order to make as many civil victims as possible, as it was but normal for a regime which had been used to routinely torture people, guilty or not, just for maintaining terror and respect among the population. These are the people you are defending right now, Mr. Hadi.

If we'd made a macabre count of bodies and sufferings caused by European, African, Asian, and other leaders, I'm not so sure that we would find evidences for your thesis that the Europeans are the worst ones.

To compare the critics of Mr. Mahatir to the attitude of Saddam Hussein is insane. Saddam Hussein killed more Muslims than the US ever will. If the US should run a war each time someone is condemning its hegemonic deed, it would have destroyed America first and foremost. The west is the very land of free opinion (Droits de l'homme). All the arguments used by Mr. Mahathir are actually coming from the west. It is in the US as well that you will find the most vocal (educated) critics of the past and present US foreign policy, and the next more vociferous are in Europe. Mr. Mahathir's picture of the situation is pre-digested and biased. He tries to make it sound very bad, and for that he has to make such acrobatics with history (telling of a specific selection of facts, always in the same light) that no informed person will take him seriously. What he is doing is propaganda, he wants to please the general anti-west feeling he knows is present in the population for diverting the public opinion away of his own shortcomings.
May Allah help us all, indeed, to stand on our own mental feet.
2003-06-24
SOHEL FROM INDIA (GUJURAT) said:
everything in the article is very true.
2003-06-23
MUHAMMAD HADI FROM USA said:
With respect to a previous post, I think Mr. Alain Jean-Mairet is trying to cover up the CONTINUOUS attrocities of the Europeans while you are saying "It is of no use to criticize the past....".

The wish to rule the globe is ingrained with the westerners. The war in Afganistan and in Iraq is not an event of the past. Even a child would understand the imperial design of the west in these attrocities. I am not saying common westerners are involved in these scheme. But today no one can deny the mind-set of the western ruling elite who would make no mistake to go any length to satisfy the money-for-more-money sequence of the Global Corporate system which is again a unique vicious design from the west.

This commentator does not see any courage on the side of Mahathir. Let me ask you which leader in the middle east or asia would dare to critisize USA openly when whitout any other reason they would suffer the same fate as the brutal Iraqi dictator (when he already was useless to US anyways) had faced. Indeed it requires courage for a asian-country leader to refuse IMF loan or to speak out against the opression of the Europeans. It does not matter if you reaslise it or not.

There should be no confusion about the 'childish arrogance' of the European talking about freedom, no-censure etc where as common westerners are fed with what a handful no. of media mogul wants them to percive.

At the end I ask the muslims to find ways to improve their know-how and exploit all the suitable resources to stand on their own feet. May Allah help us all.

2003-06-23
SAEED KHAN FROM USA said:
DR.Mahatir's speech was excellent.This man is a true world leader.Governments elsewhere would be improved by listening to and implementing his ideas
2003-06-23
NURAINI FROM MALAYSIA said:
there ought to be no quarrel about pages one and two - they're facts, and presented in a way that would make you think. but for non-malaysians, be advised that although page three also contains truth, it is couched in standard UMNO political rhetoric - PAS isn't as bad as that, and UMNO itself has a few faults of their own. it's not so black and white :)
2003-06-23
MUHAMMAD HADI FROM USA said:
Salam and Hello to all

I guess this is kind of speech that was due from a leader like Mahthir Mohammad. I wish that muslim (and non-muslim) third world people realize the vicious scheme of the Capitalism and Free Martket economy which diregard any life-value and moral or ethical code of life.

From my observation, I see that the muslim countries are getting more and more entangled with the octupus like World Bank, IMF etc. Specially the densly populated muslim countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh,Indonesia etc.

I hope the current leaders of Turkey would pay some heed to this speech and find ways to make Turkey strong againg irrespective of European Union membership. They should try to work more closely and increse commerce with the muslim countries. Mr Erdogan did recently visted Malaysia. I hope that this trend would continue.

If the muslim goverments do not change their policies of blindly following the prescription of IMF, World bank the majority of the people will be at the mercy of native and western super-rich people. And then all our ethical, moral and life values would be wiped out so that no resistance remains.

But they plan and Allah Suhanu Wa Taala plans too. May Allah bring among the muslims the determined Allah-fearing and far-sighting leaders to uphold the code-of-life and humanity.
2003-06-23
ALAIN JEAN-MAIRET FROM CH said:
The author is actually repeating the same mistakes than he says "Europeans" have done. He pretends to have grasped the situation, to have the correct solutions, to be able to apply them, and is actually spending more time criticizing others than exposing the motives of his being so sure of his own quality. This kind of childish arrogance is indeed a frequent mistake of the west. But at least here it is openly criticized. The commentators' impression that it needs courage to say such things are victims of a delusion: in the west, critic is omnipresent; censure is generally perceived as profoundly wrong, and the exercise of power is the object of a permanent public reflection.

It is of no use to criticize the past when you aren't able to crystallize its learning into real wisdom. What the world needs is not new all-knowing leaders. Those are eventually always wrong, whatever they propose and do (yes, even prophets). What the world needs is a structure of reflection where the best of our knowledge and know-how is applied to present and concrete situations, a structure where the known errors of the past are neutralized. We have done so many mistakes. The least we can do is to work hard not to make the same ones again.
2003-06-23
R FROM AUSTRALIA said:
This is a great article by a good leader. He said things as they are and was not afraid to speak what he thought. This must be respected
2003-06-23
ARD FROM UNITED STATES OF AMERICA said:
Thank you, Islamicity, for printing this article with so many insights about the European culture, which is my own. To many of your readers, my culture will be identified closely with "capitalism," "imperialism," "hedonism," etc. But please pay special attention to these phrases in Dr. Mahathir's characterization of Europeans: "They are never satisfied with what they have and always want to improve on them, to make them better, more productive for whatever purpose. There is nothing, whether instrument or system or ideology which is not continuously improved by them."

Communism, a product of European culture, failed as an attempt to replace the dominant social system. Its defects brought about its demise. But many of us continue to dedicate ourselves to introduce new ways of thinking and believing and organizing. We are not satisfied with who we are today. At the same time that I acknowledge our dangerous and destructive conduct as agressors in non-European lands -- accurately documented by Dr. Mahathir --, I am also proud of the restless spirit and vitality in my culture. In 1933, the European Alfred Korzybski, in his book Science and Sanity (p. 521), characterized European culture as "our so-called civilization, being at an infantile asocial level, based, as it is, on selfishness, 'sense' gratification, might, brutal competition, acquisitiveness, etc. ... Commercialism, the 'law of supply and demand', as a by-product, also follows from infantile world-outlooks." Many of us, at some personal risk, dedicate ourselves to transform the European behaviors that you and I deplore through improved application of science, education, communication, etc. Islamicity furthers that objective by providing vehicles for comment like this one.
2003-06-23
MANNA FROM CANADA said:
It is very reassuring to see a leader who is not afraid to say the truth even if it means stepping on the toes of the powers that be. It is even better to see one who is not ashamed to draw on his religious guidance to direct him. Best of all, to have this person be muslim and proud and unapologetic gives me great hope for our future as muslims. May Allah reward the good Doctor. iviews, thank you for sharing this phenomenal speech
2003-06-22
KAMRAN JAMEEL FROM USA said:
I share the views of Dr. Mahathir. The success of Malaysia under his leadership attests to the soundness of his policies. I would have liked to see Malaysia play a stronger role in the leadership of Islamic countries so that the Ummah at large could benefit from his leadership and clear thinking.

I would also like to see him become more tolerant of opposition, whether it comes from within his own party or other parties.
2003-06-22
MUHAMMAD FAWZI FROM UAE said:
May ALLAH bless brother Mahathir, and forgive his mistakes. He is one I am proud to call a leader, he embodies some very good characters that Islam teaches.

His comments here were insightful, and shows that ALLAH has bless him with knowledge and wisdom. At a time where Muslim leaders seem to be abondoning Islam as a solution to their ills, here is a leader that looks to it to find solutions. He speaks the truth even if it is unpopular, Islam teaches that it is a good character to Speak the Truth in the face of the tyrant, and brother Mahathir does that.

May ALLAH bless him abunfantly, and bless us with leaders who look to ALLAH and HIS messenger for guidance.
2003-06-22
TALHA AHMAD FROM UNITED KINGDOM said:
Mohatir Muhammad, Like any great leader, has some short comings which outnumber though his qualities. His assesment of the current world situation is perfect and his call for true islamic teaching is extremely tiely. But I have to say his way of attack on others, Mainly on PAS and his indirect attack on Anwar Ibrahim is unfortunate. I born far from Mlayasia in Bangladesh and living now in the west, But due to my family tradition I had the pleasure to learn about Malyasia, Mahatir, Anwar Ibrahim and PAS. In fact Anwar was a good friend of my uncle and dad. I think Dr. Mohatir Muhammad whom I admire very much, according to his desire to uphold true Islamic Teaching, and to see islam victorious need to rethink in His view on Islamists for his own views to prevail and his dreams and desire to see Islam victorious come true. Apart from the part he goes on to domestic politics where he put party before his thought and desire, his speech was one of a great leader who realise the challanges and knows the way out.
May allah help us all, grant us knowledge, and forgive us of all sins, be it greatest! Ma'assalam.
2003-06-22
MUJTABA AHMED FROM PAKISTAN said:
Okay most of what Dr. Mahatir says is relevant, even correct. But after reading his assessemnt of Capitalist depredations in order to fulfill its material quest, one would like to be enlightened by our good Doctor as to how to defeat the ensuing IMF-WTO inspired neo-colonialism. Any ideas please ?
2003-06-22
KLGIRL70 FROM BIH said:
An excellent speech from a great leader! Something for all of us to ponder. I also found a collection of his inspiring speeches at http://www.pmo.gov.my/WebNotesApp/PMMain.nsf/fsMainPM

May God bless u Dr M & please keep on writing. The pen is mightier than the sword! :)
2003-06-22
R.ISHAQ FROM CANADA said:
Asalaam Alaykum to Dr Mahathir and all readers!
Now this is the leader of all leaders of Islamic Nations! I hope they read his article and act likewise!
You have no need to hide gentlemen!
Unite and you are the might.
Wa Salaam
Rauf.
2003-06-22
MICHAEL ABDUL-HAKIM FROM USA said:
Assalaamu 'alaikum,
I am thankful to Allah for showing me what was wrong in this world's life and I will say to you live The Qur'an and Allah will protect us from any so call super power. Please teach your woman and men The Qur'an and Allah will be please with us and will give us the help we need to protect our selves. I was very happy to read of Bro. Mahathir's speech, it is on the mark.
2003-06-22
M'DEAN MAZBOUDI FROM CANADA said:
God bless Dr. Mahathir and others like him who says the truth and not afraid exsept from the mighty god.
We need few leaders like him, and the World and the humenity will be in safe hands.

Abu Saad
2003-06-21
TAPIWA FROM USA said:
As salam u alaykum. Very good speech alhamdulilah. This is a brother whose eyes are open to the truth and fears none but Allah(swt) as we all should. Hopefully we may all learn a lesson from this speech and turn back to the Qur'an and sunnah inshaallah.
2003-06-21
ISHTIAQ MUHAMMAD FROM PAKISTANI LIVING IN CANADA said:
Excellent analysis by Malaysian PM. I think such speeches and articles SHOULD be continued in future.
2003-06-21
SRDALBIZU FROM USA said:
Very clever!Only those who know their history will be prepared for the psychological,moral and even physical wars to come. Always from one group:THE WHITE MAN.
2003-06-21
DR F.M.QURESHI FROM INDIA said:
Thanks for your enlightened speech. Other so called muslim leaders need to get inspiration from your fact spelling and mindful thoughts. Only you can speak the truth in todays unipolar world. Thanks a lot. This is matter of deep concern that so called demoncracies in Europe and America are bent upon destroying the world by adopting their aggressive posture and warmongering towards third world countries. It seems, the days are not far when middle eastern coountries along with other third world countries will be colonised by Europeans (Americans) for their financial benefits.
2003-06-21
NASREEN RAHMAN FROM CANADA said:
I agree totally with Dr.Mahathir's speech he has right on the money.
2003-06-21
ALI FROM AUSTRALIA said:

Comments on Europe are correct and I totally agree with them. However Mahatir's radical posture is only a veneer to legetimise his crusade against Islamic movement. He is more dangerous than obvious American stooges.
2003-06-21
AKBAR KHAN FROM CANADA said:
As-Salaam-U-Alaiykum,

ALHUMDULILLAH!

The dear Muslim brother, has made the best summation of the truth of Western colonial history, objectives, and actions of Westerners I have ever read, from like 50 years!! The way the doctor described the drawbacks of "democracy" was also very well summarized! We should take into account his bravery and excellence while speaking the TRUTH! One thing is for certain, that with all the lies that the West tries to shape history with over and over, and now they try to shape the future minds with lies, I know that there is always hope, as long as courageous brothers like yourself see the TRUTH and continue to speak about it! The one thing that never changes no matter how hard mankind may try to bury it, TRUTH....I agree with Dr. Mahathir, he is not a racist, or anything of the sort...he is opening doorways for people to go and research on these points of TRUTH outlined in this speech, so that people can truly discover themselves. Is it better to curse the dark, or to shed light???? Well when you consider the fact that historically American or British governments are terrible in telling the truth, it is obvious that correcting lies is one thing, and cursing the darkness is another. THE DOCTOR HAS BRAVELY SHED LIGHT ON THIS MATTER!

Wa-Salaam-U-Alaiykum.
2003-06-21
MATHUSIN FROM AUSTRALIA said:
well said,,,what others always avoided
2003-06-21
ANAS FROM CANADA said:
It's very pleasing to see leaders having the guts to stand up aginst the americans and europians to sa the truth.

go Dr. Mahathir go
2003-06-21
AHMEDABUL FROM USA said:
As the Prophet of Islam, Muhammad(peace be upon him) informed us, what weakens us is the love of this world. May Allah(swt) guide us all. Ameen.

It's a great speech. I thank iViews for posting this speech for all of us to look at. It is an honest speech and seems to be coming from his heart. There is sincere advise for all muslims in the speech. May Allah protect Malaysia, may Allah protect Islam and all muslims and guide us to His straight path and make us successful again in both the worlds. Ameen.
2003-06-20