Muslim-majority Malaysia blasts ISIS as 'evil terrorists'
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KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's leader on Saturday denounced the Islamic State as an "evil" terrorist group, saying his Muslim-majority country is ready to join others to defeat it. But he cautioned that a military solution alone was not enough, and what needs to be vanquished is the ideology.
President Barack Obama, who is also in Malaysia, spoke in the same vein, saying the world is determined "to push back on the hateful ideologies that fuel this terrorism."
"We will not allow these killers to have a safe haven," Obama said at a business conference on the sidelines of a summit of Southeast Asian leaders that Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak addressed earlier. The two leaders will attend a larger summit of 18 Asia-Pacific countries on Sunday.
Najib said the world is in dire need of moderation. "This is how Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King won the hearts and minds of their enemies. They won by transforming their foes into friends," he said.
