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mohamad as prime minister of malaysia will it be. which probably. will 2020 be the year in which you decide to exit the office of prime minister. well we had a vision to become a fully developed country by the year 2020 unfortunately our desk said step down the leadership took a different cause different policies and that caused the the target not to be achieved in 2020 so what we have said before is that we will still be train but we have moved. a completion in the front 2022 within 20252030 days a new approach to solving our economy problem and this time around we want everybody to benefit and not any particular group only so if i understand correctly you feel the need the country needs your leadership well beyond 2020. well i have run we said i would step down once resolve on a major problem that has been left by the previous government. and we said i will step down and. do well and candy did there has been a name by the coalition. talking about issues that need to be resolved can you say 2020 will be the year that the sedition la

mohamad as prime minister of malaysia will it be. which probably. will 2020 be the year in which you decide to exit the office of prime minister. well we had a vision to become a fully developed country by the year 2020 unfortunately said step down the leadership took a different cause different policies and that caused the the target not to be achieved in 2020 so what we have said before is that we will still be trained by we have moved. a completion in the front 2022 within 20252030 days a new approach to solving our economy problem and this time around we want everybody to benefit and not any particular group only so if i understand correctly you feel the need the country needs your leadership well beyond 2020. well i have promised that i would step down. resolve some more immediate problems that has been left by the previous government. will step down and their leadership do well and can the there's been a name by the coalition. talking about issues that need to be resolved can you say 2020 will be the year that the sedition law

dr mahathir mohamad thank you very much for talking to others. i. end this life the most incredible stories are often true. and sharing don't experience whose. makes the on from you know for me. in this life diversity makes a difference understanding the importance of being part of something much greater than ourselves in this life what i want to use is freedom of expression. the right to want to. sean and going on into the darkness. because you dislike the desire to understand the will. make sure she. and the human condition is universal. however a good part of central china there is that quiet settled subdued under these winter . and that produces long lived mist or fog if you really unlucky poor air quality not everybody is that unlucky now the climate is all building across here from children eastwards some rain on its northern flank is the colder air so that snow along it. really yanks the valley it's rain and this in the case i think not increasing the likelihood of far longer lasting for hong kong or at 25 degrees seems quite a pleasant. sunn

mohamad the founder of that forum in one in 2014 has decided to raise it to the level of a summit and he says he said just a while ago in his speech that he invited most of the muslim countries at various levels to this discussion that aims at looking at the problems the very serious problems facing the islamic world including as you mentioned islamophobia including the displacement and internal wars and also wars on whistlin countries as well as those people those few muslims whom he mentioned he said to be trying to take revenge in the wrong way which has generated the so-called terrorism and also islamophobia so lots of issues including also the development. that those are the broad lines of what's being discussed in this summit by the leaders of muslim countries including turkey iran. turkey on my leisure and also other countries are various levels the leaders are now discussing these issues and it is going to be 3 days including the not only the leaders of those countries but also experts and thinkers from muslim countries trying to find solutions mahathir mohamad in his speech s

or 2 and was speaking at a summit of muslim leaders in kuala lumpur malaysia prime minister mahathir mohamad welcomed them with a message of unity saying islamic nations must resolve differences to better serve their people the leaders of saudi arabia and pakistan are amongst those who snub the meeting because it was in the hills under the saudi based organization of islamic cooperation yes. the muslims in the their countries are in this series of crazies. held helpless. and with the of this religion which is men to be good for men. it is for these reasons that the summit meeting is organized at the very least through our discussions remain fine but when wrong we me even find solutions if not to end these get this is these 2 a week and the slamming will. of the mean to recognize the problems and their causes and the emir of qatar called on governments everywhere it's a better tackle the rise of islamophobia by the been pushed them out if you do it over to be already here we call upon western community you see deal with islam and muslims according to democratic principles in human rig

now the growing unrest in india has been discussed in malaysia where prime minister mahathir mohamad has been hosting a conference of muslim leaders nam about how there's more from kuala lumpur after 3 days of discussions the kuala lumpur summit concluded with what its organizers the scribed practical steps as promised 18 cooperation agreements between muslim countries have been signed they include investments in technology media food security and a dictation the final day was marked by some strong statements by malaysian prime minister mahathir mohamad to hit out at us sanctions on iran which he described as a criminal act iran in particular this but the years of sanctions have been able to continue to progress and develop. to have been subjected to. and like he has managed above it and prove this impressively. he also said pakistan's prime minister must have his own reasons for pulling out of the summit of the last minutes and although he avoided questions on the persecution of the we go muslims in china is strongly condemned israel for its occupation of palestinian land saying isr

mohamad that he thought u.s. sanctions on iran which you described as a criminal act you learn in particular this but the use of sanctions been able to good to you to prove this and develop. but to have been subjected to. and like he has managed to rise above it and prove this impressively he also said pakistan's prime minister must have his own reasons for pulling out of the summit at the last minute and although he avoided questions on the persecution of the will go muslims in china he strongly condemned israel for its occupation of palestinian land saying israel should be brought before an international court he also criticised india's new citizenship law which discriminates against muslims to exclude. from becoming citizens even by duplessis i think is unfair saw we have voice. disagreement with this kind of treatment organizers say they have achieved their objectives aware perhaps of the regional sensitivities the meeting has provoked they have decided to change its name from the kuala lumpur summit to the t

mohamad says he understands why people are angry. it is very unfortunate because india is a secularist see from the very beginning it is elite and so the people did not prevent them from becoming citizens they have been citizens all the swear by the do x. group who slim's from becoming citizen even bay due process i think is unfair thousands of people are leaving syria's province of idlib heading for the border with turkey trying to get away from airstrikes and bombings by the government and russia u.n. observers say 18000 people have been displaced in just 24 hours a heat wave has worsened already catastrophic conditions in australia as firefighters there battle more than 100 bush fires burning across new south wales the authorities are warning that high winds are making the flames more unpredictable. supporters of lebanon's outgoing prime minister saad hariri protested against his potential replacement. hariri went to twitter calling for karma's troops fired tear gas of rock throwing protesters who blocked roads in beirut the prime

mohamad says the aim of the gathering is to tackle pressing problems including why islam muslims and their countries are in what you called a state of crises we had to deal with these wars civil wars government and many other get this fees that have flown. with this effort being made in order to use them all to rehab elite religion but the summits theme is not about quick fixes for conflict or catastrophes it's rather about the fundamental question of economic development as a tool for political sovereignty. despite all the riches that a law has pursued upon us despite all of the oil all of our population and all of our natural resources the vast majority of the muslims are fighting in the grasp of famine poverty and ignorance and in order for that to be eradicated once and for all we have to look towards ourselves. to be able to do that the emir of qatar said a crippling deficit of self-confidence within the muslim world that needed to be addressed and that's by considering the models of muslim success already exists. to do it in countries where there is a muslim majority have prove

mohamad said the indian law is unfair to x. group streams from becoming citizens even by due process i think is unfair so we have ways. of. disagreement with this kind of treatment india rejected his comments saying the law doesn't impact the status of any indian citizen or deprive any indian of any faith of her or his citizenship the malaysian prime minister's remark is factually inaccurate we call apartment asia to refrain from commenting on internal developments in india with. the right in the standing of facts. on saturday protesters packed the streets of new delhi despite the government's ban on large crowds. 'd lawyers from india supreme court and high costs joined the outcry we are running open that discriminate among hindus sikhs jenny jones and muslims if overcautious on the load was a load everyone went outside the jam in years time your university where the protests 1st yes the university 'd is now closed but still still cademy joined by people from all walks of life but them who is one of the. art students depicted

mohamad combined with the 3 representatives or leaders of qatar and turkey have come together in order to finish it something to talk about now is not the clear yet how lists would be formalized what can or 'd is going to happen but they finitely whatever has happened to the could become a beginning of 3 getting a new spirit within this can be called trying to activate this all aging system that has not been able to really live up to the expectations of the muslims across the world so basically we're talking about an alternative to the oh i see you and the patently this initiative is based on the criticism against you i see that it is inefficient and that's probably is the reason why countries like saudi arabia are upset about it because they have been the as a people have a problem of star there so that he has been invited to participate in the summit beside their own of course but sara very very few is because the issue is i think this is what we fear right know that this are all these fee more noble over the presentation of this war. it's their platform that they should design and t

right the prime minister of malaysia mahathir mohamad in his speech. he said basically that we are here to try to look at the issues they're pressing issues that facing the are that are facing the islamic and it is time for us to do something the problem of so the turkish president that has played out and said in his speech later is implementation or the leaders the 4 leaders at this summit agree that this time around we have to only think about things that we can achieve at the moment we can start small there is no problem it is not necessary for all of the countries to meet in one place if they can't implement anything and if they continue to talk and talk and not act this time around even if it is a small number of countries we have to look at the issues we have to try to understand what want wrong with that muslim world is it a problem with islam is it a problem with muslims and why this fragmentation continuous. iranian president hassan rouhani also spoke and he and he talked about the same issues you talked about fragmentation sectarianism and th

mohamad said this scale summit is billed as a forum a place for government leaders officials academics representatives from non governmental organizations to talk about the problems facing muslim nations and communities around the world and on the 3rd day of this 4 day summit that's been more in-depth discussions including on education we really need to embrace the attitude of. the attitude of in islam the quality of khan you know to do things. with. you you must satisfy with whatever you're doing you must try to get the the best of what you're doing but it's not clear just how far the summit will go in addressing the more pressing problems facing mostly the wars in syria and yemen the persecution of the rohingya minority the oppression of we get another muslim groups in western china it's also not clear whether this summit presents a united platform all $57.00 members of the organization of islamic cooperation or y.c. were invited but less than half sent delegations pakistan pulled out at the last minute amid speculation that it feared upsetting saudi arabia which heads the oh i see i

mohamad are more news for you after that thanks very much for watching see in a bit. only . you can watch the woman. who pulls the. pocket. book to muscatine mohammed served as malaysia's prime minister for 20 years from 1901 to 2003 but the 94 year old veteran politician return to politics a few years back to oppose the political force he was once paul talked about his son national coalition which should move malaysia since its independence from britain in 1057. during mohammad's 1st 10 years malaysia's prime minister the country experienced a period of reputable nice asian and economic growth for the country's top us population millions of muslims hindu.

mohamad welcomed them with a message of unity saying islamic nations must film differences to better serve their people and lead as a saudi arabia and pakistan are amongst those who have snuffed the meeting those are your headlines the news continues here on out as here after the bottom line good bye see said. hi i'm steve clemons and i have a question what is the dangerous and murky deep state the president trump keeps talking about let's get to the bottom line. when you hear the term deep state what image does it conjure up is it a secret illuminati that controls everything around us so who are they president donald trump has been claiming that there is a vast deep state conspiracy against him for years now like when he said this last month in kentucky we are finally putting american affairs. yet they did say that the family plans are dr drew resist any changes to their failed policies as they believe it is their right to rule over you have to redistribute your wealth all around the world no thank you no thank you that's why we ended the powers cord. so in donald trump's mind what

mohamad welcomed them with a message of unity saying islamic nations must resolve differences better to better serve their people the leaders of saudi arabia and pakistan are among the meeting because it wasn't held under the saudi based organization of islamic cooperation yes it is the muslims and they their countries are in this state of crisis. helpless and with the all of this religion which is going to be good for men. it is for these reasons that the summit meeting is organized. at the very least through our discussions remain fine but when wrong we me even find solutions if not to end these get this is at least to a week in the islamic world. of the need to recognize the problems and their causes and the emir of qatar called on governments everywhere to better tackle the rice of islamophobia the taliban wish them to do over to be over already we call upon western community sit deal with islam and muslims according to democratic principles and human rights that they are committed to which we also urge them to criminalize racist hatred toward muslims we also expect muslim in the

right dr mahathir mohamad served as malaysia's prime minister for 22 years from 1901 to 2003 but the 94 year old veteran politician returned to politics a few years back to oppose the political force he was once paul told the national coalition we should leave malaysia since its independence from britain in 1970. during mahomet's 1st 10 years malaysia's prime minister the country experienced the pure bred people in a station and economic growth for the country's diverse population millions of muslims hindus.

sanctions on iran are violating international law he was speaking at the forum here in qatar mahathir mohamad says they have led to malaysia losing access to the iranian market washington reimpose the measures on terror to after withdrawing from the 2015 year cliff deal live here and many others lost a big market when the us asian is it a gives iran malaysia did not support the imposition of the e.u. need a letter saying why the us league is. such a actions clearly violet the united nations charter and international laws. in the news ahead an end is inside now china signed a tentative deal to ease its nearly 2 year long trade war with the united states. was. the u.n. accuses chile of using excessive force to get some protesters killed and others left with severe i enjoy it's. hello again it's good to have you back well here across northern asia we are looking quite nice but cold across many of the areas here on the satellite image you notice a gray on the map while that is actually cold air that satellite is seeing so for a lot of us stuck it is going to be a partly cloudy to sunny da

that right dr mahathir mohamad served as malaysia's prime minister for 22 years from 1981 to 2003 but the 94 year old veteran politician return to politics a few years back to oppose the political force he was once pope told the sun national coalition which should move malaysia since its independence from britain in 1970. during mohammad's 1st 10 years malaysia's prime minister the country experienced the future of reputable nice asian and economic growth for the country's diverse population millions of muslims hindus buddhists and christians living side by side. his life achievements were recognized for the opening session of doha 4 and 29000. during his acceptance speech he did not hold back from expressing his views on the muslim world. is confronted we think these. over to says they're both the google economy growth indefeasible writing for nature political social and environmental talent just in southeast asia then can be decided to work as a group the net is to be and that it be dr mahathir also discussed the state.

sanctions on iran violate international law speaking of the doha forum here in qatar mahathir mohamad says that they've led to malaysia losing access to their indian market washington reimpose the measures on tehran after withdrawing from the 2015 nuclear deal malaysia and many others lost a big market when the us asian is a ploy a gives iran malaysia to not support that the imposition of the e.u. new lead to satan by the us to give iran says they clearly violate the united nations charter and international law. libya's foreign minister is also attending the doha forum and earlier he told al-jazeera that the un backed government will never allow a warlord how the 4 half hour to take the capital after announced a new offensive to capture tripoli on thursday has been renewed clashes with his forces near tripoli airport in recent days the power when. qatar is still trying to accelerate its steps to invade tripoli our troops supporting the government of national accord will never enable him to do so we are firm on the ground and the main objective is to protect the civilians tripoli with

mohamad said the indian law is unfair to x. group claims from becoming citizen even by due process i think is unfair so we have ways. of. disagreement with this kind of treatment india rejected his comments saying the law doesn't impact the status of any indian citizen or deprive any indian of any faith of her or his citizenship the malaysian prime minister's remark is factually inaccurate we call apartment asia to refrain from commenting on internal developments in india without the right understanding of facts. on saturday protesters packed the streets of new delhi despite the government's ban on large crowds. the. lawyers from india's supreme court and high cause joined the outcry we're running over the discriminate among the dude's 6 jenny jones and muslims if overcautious on the road was allowed everyone would outside the jam many years time your university where the 1st yes. it's now closed but still still cademy joined by people from all walks of life but the middle east one of the. art students depicted the constitution

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mohamad to welcome them with a message of unity saying islamic nations must resolve differences to better serve their people the leaders of saudi arabia and pakistan are among those whom snopt the meeting because it was in the house under the saudi based organization of islamic cooperation yes it is the muslims and they their countries are in this state of crisis help helpless an unworthy of this religion which is men to be good for men crime it is for these reasons that the summit meeting is organized at the very least through our discussions really mean fine but when wrong we may even find solutions if not to end these get this of the these 2 a week in the islamic world the omar of the need to recognize the problems and their causes. psalter through its hottest day ever just 24 hours after breaking the previous records the average temperature across the country on thursday reached $41.00 degrees celsius the heat wave is expected to worsen bushfires especially in new south wales where an emergency has been declared jesica washington reports from sydney. a crisis that has been raging for

mohamad said this scale summit is billed as a forum a place for government leaders officials academics representatives from non governmental organizations to talk about the problems facing muslim nations and communities around the world and on the 3rd day of this 4 day summit that's been more in-depth discussions including on education we really need to embrace the attitudes of excellence. in islam the quality of khan you know to do things. with. you you must satisfy with whatever you're doing you must try to get the the best of what you're doing but it's not clear just how far the summit will go in addressing the more pressing problems facing mostly the wars in syria and yemen the persecution of the rohingya minority the oppression of we get another muslim groups in western china it's also not clear whether this summit presents a united platform all $57.00 members of the organization of islamic cooperation or y.c. were invited but less than half said delegations pakistan pulled out at the last minute amid speculation that it feared upsetting saudi arabia which heads the oh i see indee

mohamad said the indian law is unfair to its group claims from becoming citizen even by due process i think is unfair saw we have ways. disagreement with this kind of treatment india rejected his comments saying the law doesn't impact the status of any indian citizen or deprive any indian of any faith of her or his citizenship the malaysian prime minister's remark is factually inaccurate we call upon malaysia to refrain from commenting on internal development . in india without the right and the standing of facts. on saturday protesters packed the streets of new delhi despite the government's ban on large crowds. the. lawyers from india's supreme court and high courts joined the outcry we're running . in the discriminate among the 6 jenny jones and muslims if. everyone. now. still getting me joined by people. it's one of the. art students depicted the constitution and the government's attitude to it by painting this street it's amazing the united nation in that sense but. it's also just the idea behind it which is so vicious the idea behind the act it's so vicious that everything hu

mohamad says he understands why people are angry. it is. because india is a secularist see from the very beginning that is the people did not prevent them from becoming citizens is the is is all these were but the to exclude. from becoming citizens even beit duplessis i think is unfair well india has rejected those remarks saying in a statement that the citizenship law doesn't impact the status of any indian citizen or deprive any indian of any faith of his or her citizenship the malaysian prime minister's remarks as acts as factually inaccurate we call upon malaysia to refrain from commenting on internal developments in india without the right understanding of the facts thousands of people are leaving syria's edler province heading for the turkish border or trying to get away from airstrikes and bombings by the government and russia the un security council meanwhile has rejected rival resolutions that would have continued the delivery of aid to syria bushfires in south australia have killed at least one person and destroyed more hom

mohamad that he thought u.s. sanctions on iran which he described as a criminal act iran in particular. but the years of sanctions had been able to continue to progress and develop. to have been subjected to mbogo and like iran has many. above it and prove this impressively. he also said pakistan's prime minister must have his own reasons for pulling out of the summit at the last minute and although he avoided questions on the persecution of the we go muslims in china he strongly condemned israel for its occupation of palestinian land saying israel should be brought before an international court he also criticised india's new citizenship law which discriminates against muslims to exclude. from becoming citizens even by duplessis i think is unfair saw we have. a. disagreement with this kind of treatment organizers say they have achieved their objectives aware perhaps of the regional sensitivities the meetinghouse provoked they have decided to change its name from the kuala lumpur summit to the taliban a form or hi

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