Below is the text of an
address from Islamic Party Leader David
Musa Pidcock
published in
Common Sense issue 30 (Spring
2000).
On 18 March 2000 the Spectator carried an article by
its contributing editor Justin Marozzi under the headline "East Beats West" on
"how Mahathir Mohamad rescued his country and made fools of the IMF" quoting
him as saying:
"I did it my way
– and it worked".
The article showed how the Malaysian prime minister
withstood the onslaught on the Asian economies and exposed the
IMF as an extended arm of Western policy. Whilst we do not
agree with the way the Malaysian government has treated its
domestic opposition without the necessary regard for their dignity and the required differentiation
between subversive elements and genuine critics, he must be recommended for standing up to
a formidable enemy. The Spectator article prompted the following response from Islamic Party
Leader David Musa Pidcock:
In response to
your article "East Beats West", The Spectator 18/3/2000, how
Mahathir Mohamad bucked the market, rescued his country and made
fools of the IMF. It might be of interest for you to know that there
was some western input into Dr. Mahathir's eastern thinking. The
unsung western heroes include James Gibb-Stuart author of the Money
Bomb and Hidden Menace; Kenneth C. Palmerton Vice Chairman of CCMJ –
the Christian Council for Monetary Justice and an English convert
Rupert Mohammed Rafiq an English banker, and other members of the
Forum For Stable Currencies, which meets in the House of Lords every
month. By following their good advice and the courage of his own
convictions Dr. Mahathir has been able to demonstrate what many
politicians know but, because of their cowardice in the face of the
enemy, have failed to implement in the interest of the ones who
voted for them - Brian Gould was one of the few who understood the
solution and would have acted rightly - which is why he was
prevented from becoming Leader or Chancellor of the Labour Party.
What we have with Tony Blair and Incapability Brown are just Tories
in sheep's clothing.
Dr. Mahathir's
courageous actions conclusively prove that sovereign nations,
however small, can and should always ignore the IMF, The World Bank,
and anyone else who tries to impose such destructive monetary and
economic restrictions on their countries, particularly when the
medicine is rarely applied to the organisations making these harsh
rules which claim that: there can be no gain without pain. An
extract from an official report into the United Nations Monetary
& Financial Conference at Bretton Woods is timeless. It was
referred to in a speech to the House of Commons by Norman Smith, the
member of parliament for Nottingham South, on Monday, the 20th of
August, 1945, and accurately predicted that the IMF and the World
Bank - which came out of Bretton Woods - "would POISON world
harmony" which it undoubtedly has and yet they are still calling for
more of the same.
Your "East
Beats West" confirms what we have been advocating for many years
together with many others going back as far back as the early 17th
century. It was much of this information which we managed to convey
in a series of letters, faxes and direct face to face contacts with
Dr. Mahathir's advisors and his personal private secretaries leading
up to my presenting him with a pack of info personally on the last
day of the Langkawi Airshow in 1997. The material included - The
Debt Virus; Abraham Lincoln's Monetary Declaration of 1864; David
Riccardo's 1823 plan for the National Bank of England; James
Gibb-Stuart's recommendations; and, amongst other things the final
draft of Napoleon et'l Islam; which we published in Malaysia in
1999.
Dr. Mahathir
has shown great courage in taking these steps knowing the fate that
befell Abraham Lincoln and Napoleon when they, in turn, tried to
buck their own particular markets. Lincoln's Greenback was an
interest free alternative to the banker's monopoly money for which
he was asked to pay 36% interest. By 1809, Napoleon had succeeded in
abolishing usury in France with the co-operation of the Sanhedrin
and was also calling for a Common European Currency to facilitate
fair trade - a situation the City of London and the Bank of England
still vehemently oppose - the Battle of Waterloo decided Europe's
fate in favour of the fractional reserve system which has a natural
propensity to self destruct and bring about war.
As for
conspiracy theories, I think the conspiracy facts are much more
interesting. Many were surprised by Al Gore's overt public support
for Anwar Ibrahim. However, it is clear that his support was
orchestrated by the IMF and Wall Street. What most of the Malaysians
don't know is the fact that Anwar Ibrahim is a close friend and ally
of Michael Camdessus, the Chairman of the IMF with whom he was
co-authoring a book. Unfortunately for Anwar he forgot the maxim: If
you sup with the devil you need an awfully long spoon. It is worth
noting that Al Gore's daughter, who is also his main advisor, is
married to Wall Street Banker, Paul Schiff. The Schiff's have a long
track record of destabilizing and taking over governments. It was
Jacob Schiff, who invited Trotsky to Wall Street in 1917 to put the
finishing touches to the Bolshevik Revolution, which he also
financed: so keep a keen eye on Gore, his daughter, and his
son-in-law Paul Schiff - remember old habits die hard.
More good news,
this time from Pakistan. Last week we met with Justice Muhammad Taqi
Usmani, a Member of the Shariat Appellate Bench Supreme Court of
Pakistan who, amongst other things, is Deputy Chairman of the
Islamic Fiqh Academy (OIC) Jeddah, who informed us that they have
issued their final judgement which is now binding on the government
to Islamise the economy by June 2001. By the end of March, this
year, all private transactions involving riba/interest will be
outlawed. K.C. Palmerton and I went to Karachi last April and
delivered similar materials to those provided to Dr. Mahathir. An
American video "The Money Masters – A History of Capital Crimes"
apparently proved decisive in their judgement, which now runs to
some 1100 pages.
Dr. Mahathir
"did it his way", which is also the way for all others to go.
Perhaps a more suitable song title for Dr. Mahathir to have chosen
would have been: "I Got By With A Little Help From My
Friends."
Author: David
Pidcock |
Date Published:
Spring
2000 |
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