Malaysia's controversial “Kita Lawan” has crossed borders and expanded into international territories.

GeorgeTown,Penang- It seems that the controversial “Kita Lawan” Assembly that will take place in Kuala Lumpur this Saturday has crossed borders and expanded into international territories.

The assembly, which is meant to protest Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s recent imprisonment, will make its way into several overseas locations, staging similar protests for the PKR de facto leader.

In Australia, there will be two “Kita Lawan” assemblies. The first will be held in Canberra where the starting location will be in front of the Australian Parliamentary Building, while another one will take place in Adelaide. The public has been asked to gather at 4 pm local time at both locations.

Meanwhile in London, the assembly will begin at 11 am local time at the Old Palace Yard, and in Taipei, Taiwan, the gathering will take place at the Liberty Square beginning 7 pm.

Other locations of the protest include New York City and several other cities in the U.S, Japan, New Zealand, and Europe.-MalaysianDigest

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‘Terrorists’ do not speak for one billion Muslims

US President Barack Obama urged Western and Muslim leaders Wednesday to unite to defeat the "false promises of extremism" and reject the notion that "terrorist" groups represent Islam. 

"The terrorists do not speak for a billion Muslims," Obama told a Washington conference on countering radicalism that drew delegates from 60 countries in the wake of a string of brutal attacks in Europe and the Middle East.

Describing groups like Isis and al-Qaeda as "desperate for legitimacy," Obama faced down domestic critics who have pilloried him for not describing attacks in Denmark, France, Syria and Libya as the work of "Islamic radicals.

Obama said associating Isis or al-Qaeda with Islam would be to accept the false narrative those groups want to put forward.

"They try to portray themselves as religious leaders, holy warriors," Obama said. 

"They are not religious leaders, they are terrorists. We are not at war with Islam."

Obama told delegates at the three-day conference that the fight against extremism could not be won with military might alone.Communities, he said, must do their part.

"These terrorists are a threat first and foremost to the communities they target," he said. – AFP, February, 19, 2015.

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