Xenophobia fuelling backlash against treating Palestinians in Malaysia, says Shahril

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Former Umno information chief Shahril Hamdan says the unchecked anti-foreigner and anti-refugee sentiment is one of the reasons for the backlash faced by the government.   Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/08/20/xenophobia-fuelling-backlash-against-treating-palestinians-in-malaysia-says-shahril/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #Xenophobia #ShahrilHamdan #AntiForeignerSentiment

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00:00In the Malaysian community, the anti-foreign feeling, especially when it comes to those who are not Maksaleh,

00:07who are not rich, who come from the third country, the third world,

00:11we ask the whole community why we want to help them.

00:15Xenophobia is one of the reasons for the backlash against the government's move

00:20to bring injured Palestinians into Malaysia for medical treatment,

00:24says former UMNO Information Chief, Shahril Hamdad.

00:28Shahril said the anti-foreigner and anti-refugee sentiment among Malaysians,

00:32regardless of religion, was apparent,

00:35especially when individuals or groups from communities like the Rohingya and Bangladeshi

00:40committed criminal acts or engaged in behaviour that caused unease among locals.

00:46Shahril also said some of the backlash was due to groups deemed ultra-liberals

00:50who always found a problem with anything with an Islamic twist on it.

00:55Others, he said, tended to engage in whataboutism by ignoring the pros and cons of an effort

01:01and deflecting the issue by asking why the government did not try to help others in need.

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