I am concerned if 25 percent of Americans think that President Obama is a Muslim. I mean, it's obviously a lack of knowledge. But also, it's for the Muslims as well, you know, because a small numbers of Muslims have really painted a very negative image of Islam.
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Anyone who wants to be part of the political process should adopt values that are compatible with democracy.
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The stabilising power of economic union was one of the reasons the E.U. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
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My priority is to ensure peace and harmony in Malaysia. That is uppermost in my mind.
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In any society, there will be the whole spectrum of views. You will get the extremists on the far right and also the far left.
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If you say something that undermines the stability of the country, then you have to be held accountable.
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People willy-nilly borrow for consumption. Civil servants willy-nilly borrow for consumption and then wonder why they don't have enough money at the end of the month.
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If we can increase the share of Islamic finance for the world, countries can benefit - and certainly, Malaysia can benefit from that.
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Anything to do with any new form of tax, like consumption tax in Japan, carbon tax in Australia, these are big issues that cannot be easily decided.