ON THE 22ND DAY OF RAMADAN........

Will the Islamic world allow Iran to hijack the name of Islam in declaring aloud to all that Israel must cease to exist in order for the Middle East to have peace? Will the Chair of the 57-member OIC speak up and in no uncertain terms condemn the hate language that goes against the norm of civilisation more so during this holy month to all Muslims?. Such thuggish talk from a former member of the hard line revolutionary guards now known as the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran (Who is Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?) will only serve to energise and inflame passions of both terrorism and suicide bombing not only in the Middle East but also in South East Asia. Will Malaysia being a leading moderate Muslim country break the mould and take this opportunity to lead the way in rejecting and condemning terrorism even verbal ones? I doubt so and I would love to be proven wrong.

Iran's President Calls His Anti-Israel Comment `Right and Just'

TEHRAN (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, cheered by thousands of supporters, signalled on Friday he stood by his call for Israel to be wiped off the map, while Iran's foreign ministry sought to defuse a diplomatic storm.

Israel said it would request an emergency session of the United Nations Security Council over the comments, which have drawn the condemnation of the West and Tehran's ally Russia.

Iranians chanting "death to Israel" and "death to America", converged from nine points in the Iranian capital for a rally attended by most of Iran's top officials. Some protesters set fire to or trampled on Israeli and U.S. flags.

Ahmadinejad took a short walk in the crowd, rallying in support of his comments that the Islamic world could not tolerate the Jewish state in its heartland. He said Western criticism carried no weight.

"My words are the Iranian nation's words," he told the official IRNA news agency, when asked if he had a message for the world.

"Westerners are free to comment, but their reactions are invalid."………

Link : Reuter.co.uk