Malaysia Onboard

More good news out of Malaysia.

Malaysia's prime minister has urged Muslim nations and scholars to speak out against Islamic extremism.

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, who is also chairman of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference, said Muslims had to "close the great divide" with the West.

He said Muslims were as much to blame as others for misinterpreting Islam and seeing it as justifying violence.

Mr Abdullah was addressing a meeting in Malaysia bringing together academics and diplomats from OIC nations.

"It is our duty to demonstrate, by word and by action, that a Muslim country can be modern, democratic, tolerant and economically competitive," he told the gathering in the country's administrative capital, Putrajaya.

Outstanding.