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Open Doors, an international Christian aid organization, told Breitbart News in a recent interview that the Chinese coronavirus pandemic has allowed repressive forces to more ably target vulnerable Christians, from denying them health care to offering to trade their faith for food.

Former Prime Minister of Malaysia Mahathir bin Mohamad’s extraordinary diatribe that “Muslims have a right to be angry and to kill millions of French people” has been removed from Facebook and Twitter.

Mahathir Mohamad, who until March of this year served as prime minister of Malaysia, declared on Twitter Thursday that “Muslims have a right to be angry and to kill millions of French people for the massacres of the past.”

A Malaysian politician from the country’s hardline Islamic Party defended his decision to follow OnlyFans on Twitter this week, claiming he did so to follow a fitness trainer who he admires.

Malaysia said Monday that a Vietnamese fisherman died from gunshot wounds sustained in a conflict in the South China Sea after the nation’s coast guard tried to ward off two Vietnamese boats suspected of illegal fishing.

Najib Razak, the former prime minister of Malaysia, was sentenced to 12 years in prison on Tuesday for his connection to the 1MDB scandal, in which corrupt officials and their international partners looted billions of dollars from a state development fund.

One day after prompting an international backlash by proposing to regulate social media videos as if they were full-blown documentaries and theatrical productions, the government of Malaysia completely abandoned the idea.

The United States rejected China’s claim to own offshore resources in the South China Sea on Monday, prompting a response from Chinese media questioning the mental stability of the U.S. government.

The U.S. Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) announced on Tuesday that American B-1B Lancer bombers recently “conducted a mission over the South China Sea, just days after training with the U.S. Navy near Hawaii, demonstrating the credibility of U.S. Air Force forces to address a diverse and uncertain security environment.”

A woman in Malaysia born without arms has been using her feet to sew personal protective equipment (PPE) to help frontline workers battling the coronavirus pandemic.

Chinese military aircraft have been spotted at China’s largest illegal military base in the disputed South China Sea, suggesting that the People’s Liberation Army Navy Air Force (PLANAF) have started to use the site as a strategic operations base, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported on Wednesday, citing military surveillance by defense intelligence source Jane’s.

A government advisory in Malaysia is facing widespread backlash after instructing women to not nag their husbands during quarantine.

The United States is relying on rubber glove imports from mostly Malaysia and Thailand in the midst of the Chinese coronavirus, with no clear path for manufacturing the critical medical supply in the U.S.

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who returned to power at the age of 92 in 2018 with a surprising election victory over his former protege Najib Razak, made an equally stunning departure on Monday by resigning his office without warning or explanation. Mahathir has agreed to serve as interim prime minister at the request of Malaysia’s king until a replacement can be sworn in.

The “top levels” of the Malaysian government long suspected the disappearance of a plane almost six years ago was a mass murder-suicide by the pilot, former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said.

Britain sees huge trading opportunities in Southeast Asia and seeks to build a “new modern and dynamic” relationship with the region.

An Indonesian Muslim group named Indonesia Tanpa Pacaran (“Indonesia without dating”) has declared February 14 “Indonesia Without Dating Day,” organizing rallies, talks, popular events to stamp out both the holiday and the practice of dating before marriage.

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who in September weathered the latest in a series of scandals over his anti-Semitic remarks, on Saturday demanded U.S. President Donald Trump resign for offering an “utterly unacceptable” and “grossly unjust” peace plan for the Israelis and Palestinians. 

Thailand prosecuted two citizens on Friday for allegedly spreading “disinformation” about the novel Chinese coronavirus.

Asian countries including Indonesia and the Philippines remain fearful of suspending visa-free entry for Chinese citizens amid the outbreak of the contagious coronavirus because they do not want to endanger their close economic and political relationship with Beijing. 

Mohd Asri bin Zainul Abidin, an influential cleric and top Islamic jurist in the Malaysian state of Perlis, spoke from the sidelines of an Islamic summit Kuala Lumpur on Friday to call for a boycott of Chinese products to protest China’s abuse of the Ugyhur Muslims of Xinjiang province.

Iran President Hassan Rouhani slammed Washington’s global clout on Thursday, claiming its manifest financial success and strong dollar combined to oppress helpless Muslim nations.

Saudi Arabia and Pakistan chose not to attend the Muslim summit convened in Malaysia on Wednesday. The summit was organized largely on the impulse of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is presiding over the event with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

Former first lady Michelle Obama on Thursday criticized the United States while speaking abroad, stating the country is “still not where we need to be” on the issue of racism and scoffed at the notion that former President Barack Obama’s election meant the end of bigotry. 

A university student from the University Malaysia Sabah (UMS) in Malaysia shocked onlookers and social media after giving a Nazi salute and thanking Adolf Hitler for the holocaust at his recent graduation ceremony. 

The animated movie “Abominable” is experiencing a geopolitical snowball effect of its own making after a scene in the movie showing the contested South China Sea has angered a growing number of Southeast Asian countries.

A convicted pedophile who abused almost 200 children was stabbed to death in North Yorkshire, England, on Sunday.

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad questioned the number of Jewish people that were killed in the Holocaust during an event at Columbia University on Wednesday evening.

Columbia University is facing criticism for inviting the antisemitic prime minister of Malaysia to speak on campus.

At least 80 Muslims who participated in the annual hajj pilgrimage in Islam’s holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia over the weekend died.

The form King of Malaysia, Sultan Muhammad V, divorced his beauty queen Russian wife less than seven months after getting married, his lawyer confirmed this week.

Kuala Lumpur — A hijab-wearing, diminutive Malaysian wrestler known as “Phoenix” cuts an unusual figure in the ring, a female Muslim fighter taking on hulking opponents in a male-dominated world.

The Malaysian government warned the country’s breweries on Sunday not to sell or produce alcohol-free beer on the grounds that it “confuses Muslims” about whether they can drink it.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — “The Wolf of Wall Street” producer and stepson of Malaysia’s former prime minister pleaded not guilty on Friday to laundering $248 million from a state investment fund, becoming the third person in his family charged in the 1MDB scandal that helped end Najib Razak’s government last year.

The Islamic affairs minister of Malaysia endorsed China’s internment camps used to weed out political dissent among its predominantly Uighur Muslim community, where survivors say they are forced to renounce their religion in favor of loyalty to the communist party, Malaysian media reported Thursday.

Islamist leaders from various countries, including some that house operations by the terror-linked Muslim Brotherhood (MB), this week mourned the death of Egypt’s toppled President Mohamed Morsi who died from a heart attack during a court appearance in Cairo on Monday.