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By Luke Hunt
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has had a difficult time since narrowly winning controversial elections in May. Equally, the country’s foreign policy has proven myopic with dubious forays into the Muslim rebellions in the Southern Philippines and Southern Thailand.
Nevertheless, Najib and Malaysia’s opinion in the Islamic world does carry some weight and his speech to the United Nations General Assembly last week on the fast-evolving Sunni-Shia conflict which is taking root in much of the Middle East was refreshingly honest.
He put it bluntly, saying a battle is being waged for the future of Islam.
It was an impassioned plea, particularly with the Middle East focus on Syria where an Iranian Shia-backed regime is under attack from an array of Sunni, unilateral, forces with links to al-Qaeda.
Read the full story at The Diplomat