Malaysia urges West to learn about Islam

Western societies should try harder to understand Islam to curb misconceptions and bring an end to prejudice against Muslims, Malaysia’s foreign minister said today.

The image of Islam has deteriorated worldwide since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, “primarily as a result of association with extremism, radicalism and poverty,” Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar told a seminar on Islam and international politics.