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Tuesday 02 Jun 2015 - 12:07 Makkah mean time-15-8-1436
PM Najib Razak
Kuala Lumpur (IINA) – Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak said members of the Asia-Pacific Region must be wary of extremists, who have been adapting and exploiting technology in sophisticated ways for purposes of propaganda and recruiting terrorists, BERNAMA reported.
Najib said the fight against extremism must be waged in the mind, articulated in speech, and amplified in cyberspace so that the battle zones of today do not become breeding grounds for misguided ideologies to be exported abroad.
"This region has for centuries been enriched by the assimilation and integration of different peoples, cultures, and traditions,” he added.
"We must therefore proactively propagate a narrative of moderation, tolerance, and peace. This is not just a counter-narrative to the one spread by the extremists. It is in fact our heritage," Najib said in his keynote address at the Asia Pacific Roundtable here on Monday night.
He said this was why technology could be the ally, and to be skillfully used to uphold the peaceful, moderate traditions which were long adopted in the Asia-Pacific countries.
Najib went on to say that one of the pressing challenges for the Asia-Pacific Region was the need to consolidate regional stability and to promote positive, predictable and peaceful relations among and between nations, especially the major powers.
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