Malaysians protest US meddling policies

A group of Malaysians have gathered outside the US embassy in Kuala Lumpur to protest Washington’s meddling in the Muslim world, as well as its support for Israel.

The protesters, including many political activists, issued a letter addressed to US President Barack Obama in which they slammed Washington’s “conspiracies” in Islamic countries, IRNA reported on Tuesday.

In their letter, the Malaysians also expressed their protest at the US military interference in Libya.

The US military interference in Libya has put in danger the lives of many innocent people, and this is not the first time that the US has interfered in countries with oil resources, the letter read.

The protesters further condemned the US support for Israel, which they described as the world’s top terrorist.

Israel is easily killing Palestinians with the support of the US, they said.

Terrorism will not end in the world unless the US ends its unfair behavior, the letter said.

Elsewhere in the letter, the Malaysians questioned Obama over US claims of having killed al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and his burial at sea.

Obama claimed that bin Laden was killed by US forces on May 1 in a hiding compound in Pakistan, resisting while unarmed. He added that the military mission was conducted without the knowledge of Pakistani authorities due to US mistrust of their purported South Asian ally.

A US official later announced that bin Laden’s body was abruptly buried at sea, falsely claiming that his hasty burial was in accordance with the Islamic law, requiring burial within 24 hours of death.

However, burial at sea is not an Islamic practice and Islam does not have a decree on a burial timeframe.

US officials also claimed their decision of the sea burial was made because no country would accept his remain, without elaborating on which countries were actually contacted on the matter.

Analysts, however, have raised serious questions as to why US officials did not allow for the application of a DNA test to officially confirm the identity of the corpse before the quick sea burial.