COMMENT | At the outset, let me make it clear that as far as the Palestinian cause is concerned, I am on the same page as Dr Mahathir Mohamad, although I cannot vouch for his consistency on all the other non-Muslim liberation causes in the rest of the world.

What is disturbing is that through the years, we have witnessed Mahathir’s deliberate refusal to make any distinction between the Jewish people and the ideology of Zionism. This has huge consequences for how our prime minister stands on racism and racial discrimination in our own country...