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May 31, 2006
Malaysia: Mahathir Advises Muslim Nations To Construct Weaponry
Dr Mahathir Mohamad, the former Prime Minister of Malaysia who has previously made inflammatory anti-semitic remarks, earlier today announced that Muslims should create their own weaponry, states the Malaysia Star. He sugested that Muslims should not rely upon others to manufacture armoury.
He said that reliance upon others' defence systems was a poor idea, as the "enemy" could easily penetrate these if they already knew their inherent weak points. He said: "To enhance our own defence capabilities, we must build our own brand of sophisticated weapons."
Speaking at Mara Junior Science College in Pendang, he told students that it was a religious obligation to create wepons of "defense". He said: "Not that we (Muslims) want to attack others, but we need to protect our ummah."
He continued: "Muslims are weak because we have not made the necessary preparation to defend and protect ourselves and the masses. We could not do it because we have not mastered the knowledge of science."
He admitted that he had been "not so clever" in his youth (and now?). Mahathir said: "But I pulled through because I studied repeatedly until I could visualise the pages in the textbooks."
He said he had had to work harder and advised students to follow suit. He also added that boy students should improve their application to studies, because 60% of the student population in Malaysia now comprises girls.
Well I have been told repeatedly by Muslims (and appeasers) that the Koran is full of scientific facts and it appears that all too often Muslims assume that the Koran contains all the science they need to know. Claims that Islam made many scientific inventions ignore the fact that many Islamic "inventions" were developments of preceding Chinese, Greek and Indian knowledge.
And when the Koran states things such as "We have beautified the world's heaven with lamps, and We have made them missiles for the devils, and for them We have prepared the doom of flame" (Surah 67:5), referring to shooting stars, then it is perhaps no wonder that Islam is losing the battle for scientific knowledge.
Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at May 31, 2006 10:15 PM
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