(4 Feb 2002)
1. Wide shot Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad on stage with WEF moderator Yotaro Kobayashi introducing him
2. Mahathir seated
3. Wide of Mahathir at podium
4. SOUNDBITE: (English): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir bin Mohamad:
"If today Islam is perceived to be a religion of backward, violent and irrational people, it is not because of Islam itself as a faith and a way of life. It is because Muslims have deviated from the fundamentals of Islam, have abused the teachings in order to justify their personal greed and ambitions."
5. Wide shot King Abdullah Ibn Hussein of Jordan introduced on stage by WEF moderator Klaus Schwab
6. Hussein to stage
7. Wide of Hussein on stage
8. SOUNDBITE: (English): King Abdullah Ibn Hussein of Jordan:
"The international community must address itself to solve without delay the Arab-Israeli conflict."
9. Wide shot Hussein on stage
10. SOUNDBITE: (English): King Abdullah Ibn Hussein of Jordan:
"To progress the Middle East, we really have to move away from politics to economics. We need to stimulate the growth of the economies, we need to be able to invest in the region so that countries come together. Countries don't come together because of politics, they come together because of economics and trade, because they become dependant on each other."
11. Wide shot Schwab of WEF introducing panel on religion
12. Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Emir of Qatar, comes to podium to speak
13. Wide shot Emir of Qatar speaking at podium (not a soundbite)
14. Medium shot Emir of Qatar speaking at podium (not a soundbite)
15. Wide shot stage
16. Archbishop of Canterbury Carey on stage with Swamiji Chidanand Saraswati of India
17. SOUNDBITE: (English): His Grace George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury:
"If there's one word I just plead for us all to embrace is the word integration. We want to be so thoroughly integrated with the politicians with the businessmen, businesswomen, that we can make a difference and help you in your work and you can help us."
18. Wide shot stage
19. SOUNDBITE: (English): Margot Kaessmann, Bishop, Evangelical Lutheran Church, Germany:
"We, on the other hand, have to confess, that in past times we very often have contributed to poverty. Because we have not always been a part of the solution, as we want to be, but we have been a part of the problem. In conflicts, in wars, I believe in the oppression of women, for instance, in racism, or look at the fight against HIV/AIDS these days."
20. Wide shot stage
21. Israel Meir Lau, Chief Rabbi of Israel, speaking on stage seated next to moderator Schwab of WEF
22. Wide shot speakers
23. Stage with Saraswati speaking
24. Wide shot speakers
STORYLINE:
A session at the World Economic Forum on Sunday tackled religious issues, with Malaysia's Prime Minister criticising Islamic hardliners for damaging the religion's reputation.
On Friday before leaving for New York Mahathir accused teachers in some Islamic schools in Malaysia of encouraging violence to oust his government.
He continued the theme on Sunday, saying that many were distorting the true message of Islam.
Mahathir's government, which has recently cracked down on alleged Islamic militants, has now turned its attention to reforming private religious schools called madrassas, where he says Islam is being abused for political gain.
About 60 percent of Malaysia's 23 (m) million people are ethnic Muslim Malays while ethnic Chinese and Indians make up most of the rest.
He also said that what the Middle East needs most right now is development of the region's economies.
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