NATIONWIDE BOYCOTT OF AMERICAN PRODUCTS TOMORROW

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, January 7, 2009 – More than 2,000 Muslim restaurants in Malaysia have indicated their support for a nationwide move to remove Coca-Cola from sale as part of a boycott of American products to protest Israel’s bombardment of Gaza.

Products by American companies are being targeted because of the US Government’s support of Israel, which is carrying out a military offensive on Gaza.

Malaysia’s country-wide boycott will be launched tomorrow (January 9)  by Muslim organisations after Friday prayers, said Ma’mor Osman, secretary-general of the Malaysian Muslim Consumers Association which is spearheading the protest.

Apart from Coca-Cola, they have also singled out some 100 products ranging from food to beauty such as Starbucks coffee chain Colgate toothpaste, McDonald’s fastfood chain and Maybelline cosmetics.

Ma’mor said protests staged by Muslims in Malaysia and worldwide against the Israeli action had been ineffective.

“A boycott is the best way for us to protest Zionist cruelty against the Palestinian people as consumers can weaken the economy of countries like Israel and its ally, the United States,” he said.

“We urge everybody who loves peace and is against war to support our campaign. We must send a clear signal to Israel to stop the assaults in Gaza,” he said, adding that some 2,600 restaurants under the Association of Muslim Restaurant Operators will stop selling Coca-Cola from Friday.

The move came after Mahathir Mohamad called for a global boycott of the US dollar and US-made products, including Coca-Cola, in protest over Washington’s backing of Israel. AFP

Boycott US (Houston) made pumps too...then Petronas?

 The Mighty Pen says: For how long? Until the war stops? Whose economy are you ruining?  Why allow US multi-nationals into Malaysia? When you resort to such actions, make sure you send a firm signal to the USA, that the US is not welcomed in Malaysia. Do you dare to do it? Or is it just another election gimmick? Let us preach true peace and love! Let us not listen to the senile Mahathir with his ancient ideologies misleading the gullible and the poor who do not have any inkling of the globalized economy.