In his inaugural address at the 65th United Nations General Assembly on 27 September 2010, our Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said that:
EXTREMISM in all manner and forms, which is hijacking the international agenda and threatening peace and pragmatism, must be defeated by moderation before a more peaceful, secure and equitable world can be attained.
Najib urges the building of a “Global Movement of the Moderates” from all faiths to work together to combat extremism that was holding the world hostage with bigotry and bias, and to save the world from sinking into the abyss of despair and depravation.
On Tuesday, 5 October 2010, the Prime Minister re-iterated his call for a global movement of moderates from all faiths to play a dominant role in a world threatened by extremism.
Recently, Pope Benedict XVI called on Islamic countries in the Middle East to guarantee freedom of worship to non-Muslims and said that peace in the region was the best remedy for a worrying exodus of Christians. In his sermon, the Pope said freedom of religion was “one of the fundamental human rights that each state should always respect.”
Our Prime Minister must realise that on the worldwide political and religious scene, extremism exists in both communist and very many of the Muslim-majority nations. In the latter, Christians, if they remain in their homeland, may face government restrictions on Christian practice, job discrimination, physical, mental and spiritual abuse, false criminal charges, imprisonment, torture and sometimes death. THEIR HEINOUS CRIME? LEAVING ISLAM AND BELIEVING IN JESUS CHRIST.
Unfortunately, the APOSTASY LAW and MODERATION do not complement one another!
The Micah Mandate is a Christian-based public interest advocacy ministry that seeks a transformation of our nation through justice, mercy and humility.
