Malaysia's Najib calls for new ways to tackle extremism

New solutions are needed to tackle religious extremism and using military forces alone to defeat groups such as Islamic State won't be enough, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said. "We should examine why any one should be misguided enough to follow this perverted ideology -what is their motivation?" Najib said in Kuala Lumpur. "It is the ideology propagated by these extremists that is the cause of this sadistic violence."
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First Published: Nov 21 2015 | 9:03 PM IST
