NEW YORK — Malaysian Foreign Minister Anifah Aman told Rudaw in a New York interview he believes ISIS’ behavior contradicts Islamic codes, and that the group is tarnishing Islam’s world image.
Speaking exclusively to Rudaw correspondent Majeed Gly at the UN Headquarters following a Security Council meeting Thursday, Aman called on Muslim countries “to come together and find a way to solve this problem” to stop ISIS.
“We have to correct—not even this perception—but we have to correct the image that has been portrayed by ISIS,” he said, condemning the murder and brutal acts of the radical group.
Although the Malaysian government has condemned ISIS, Malaysian nationals are known to have joined the jihadi group in Iraq and Syria. The International Business Times reported in April that 70 Malaysian military personnel had defected to the group’s so-called caliphate.
Aman’s full comments can be found in the above video.
