Category: Agama

  • Warga Singapura Ketua Ajaran Sesat di  Melaka, Percayai Dirinya Imam Mahdi

    Warga Singapura Ketua Ajaran Sesat di Melaka, Percayai Dirinya Imam Mahdi

    JASIN 17 Sept. – Jabatan Agama Islam Melaka (JAIM) menahan seorang lelaki berusia 53 tahun yang dipercayai ketua ajaran sesat iaitu mirip ajaran Hakikat Insan dan bergiat aktif di 13 lokasi di negara ini sejak 10 tahun lalu.

    Lelaki yang dikenali sebagai Pak Engku atau Wak itu ditahan bersama dua pengikut, isterinya berusia 60 tahun serta seorang kanak-kanak perempuan berusia tujun tahun, dipercayai anak angkatnya di sebuah rumah tujuh bilik di Kampung Batu Gajah, Merlimau di sini pada pukul 2 petang, kelmarin.

    Ketua Penguat Kuasa JAIM, Rahimin Bani berkata, lelaki berasal dari Batu Pahat itu bergiat menyampaikan ajaran difatwakan haram itu secara berpindah-randah di beberapa negeri sebelum menyebarkannya di Melaka sejak 10 bulan lalu.

    “Hasil siasatan mendapati, suspek menjalankan kegiatan itu bersama pengikutnya dengan melakukan pemujaan menggunakan telur ayam, susu lembu, pulut kuning yang di alas dengan kain merah untuk dipersembahkan kepada makhluk halus.

    “Difahamkan, lafaz syahadah yang mereka amalkan juga berbeza.

    “Daripada maklumat yang kami perolehi, seramai 20 orang pengikut akan terlibat secara langsung dalam upacara tertentu dan beberapa amalan seperti puasa pemutih dan mandi suci turut dilakukan oleh kumpulan ini.

    “Lelaki itu juga mengakui bahawa dia adalah Imam Mahdi dan Sultan Mahmud dalam kalangan pengikutnya,” katanya kepada pemberita dalam sidang akhbar di pejabat JAIM, Bukit Palah di sini hari ini.

    Rahimin berkata, beberapa barangan serta peralatan yang digunakan untuk kegiatan ajaran tersebut turut disita serta dimusnahkan oleh JAIM.

    Katanya, antara yang dirampas adalah buku-buku catatan yang tertera bahawa keseluruhan anggota badan merupakan ‘lembaga Muhammad’, dua pil perangsang seks, barangan pemujaan dan keris lama.

    “Barangan yang dimusnahkan ialah tiga pasang pakaian yang dipercayai digunakan untuk acara pertabalan dan pemujaan, botol-botol air tertera nama-nama nabi tertentu serta botol air yang dibalut dengan kain kuning tertera nama Sultan Mahmud pertama,” ujarnya.

    Kata Rahimin, rumah yang didiami oleh empat keluarga termasuk suspek dan isterinya itu turut mempunyai sebuah bilik yang dipercayai digunakan untuk aktiviti pemujaan dan sebuah bilik khas yang dipanggil bilik ratu.

    Tambahnya, siasatan dilakukan mengikut Seksyen 60 Enakmen Kesalahan Syariah Negeri Melaka kerana menyebarkan ajaran salah yang memperuntukkan denda RM5,000 atau tiga tahun penjara atau kedua-duanya.

    “Siasatan turut dilakukan mengikut Seksyen 61 enakmen sama kerana mempersendakan Islam serta Seksyen 48 kerana melakukan penerbitan agama bertentangan dengan syarak.

    “Suspek telah ditahan reman tiga hari sejak Isnin lalu, manakala isterinya yang merupakan warga Singapura diserahkan kepada Jabatan Imigresen negeri kerana didapati tinggal di negara ini tanpa visa sejak dua tahun lalu,” ujar beliau.

    Sumber: http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/Dalam_Negeri/20140918/dn_11/JAIM-tahan-ketua-ajaran-sesat-sita-barangan-pemujaan

  • Austrian Teenage Girl Who Joined ISIS ‘Killed in Syria’

    Austrian Teenage Girl Who Joined ISIS ‘Killed in Syria’

    One of two young Austrian women who travelled to Syria to fight with Islamic extremists has reportedly been killed just months after arriving in the country.

    Sabina Selimovic, 15, and Samra Kesinovic, 16, both the daughters of immigrant families from Bosnia, left their homes in Vienna in April with the apparent intention of fighting for Syrian rebels.

    They are thought to have travelled to Turkey and then to have crossed the border into Syria, having become radicalised after attending a local mosque in Vienna and reading about jihad on the internet.

    They posted on social media photographs of themselves handling assault weapons and wearing black, full length burkas.

    But Austrian authorities now think one of them – they have so far refused to divulge which one – may have been killed during fighting.

    “The parents of the girl concerned have been informed that there is a risk that their daughter is dead,” said Konrad Kogler, the director-general of public security for Austrian police.

    Alexander Marakovits, a spokesman for the Austrian interior ministry, told The Salzburger News: “We also have this information, but cannot say with absolute certainty that it is true. But the parents have been informed their daughter could be dead.”

    Austrian authorities fear that the two teenagers’ example is inspiring other young, radicalised Muslim women to travel to Syria and volunteer to fight.

    In Germany, meanwhile, an alleged jihadist went on trial on Monday, accused of fighting in Syria for Isil.

    In the first German criminal proceedings involving Isil, Kreshnik Berisha, a 20-year-old born near Frankfurt to a family from Kosovo, has been charged with membership of a foreign terrorist organisation.

    He could face 10 years in prison if convicted by the city’s superior regional court.

    Berisha is believed to have become radicalised when he fell in with a group of Muslim fundamentalists while on a job training programme.

    Federal prosecutors say Berisha travelled to Syria via Turkey in July 2013 with other Islamists planning to join the fight to create an Islamist “caliphate” straddling Syria and Iraq.

    Soon after his arrival, Berisha allegedly underwent firearms training and was put to work as a medic and a guard.

    In the six months he spent in Syria, he is believed to have fought in at least three battles on the side of the jihadists against President Bashar al-Assad’s troops.

    He returned home for reasons that are unclear to German authorities in Dec 2013 and was arrested at Frankfurt airport.

    Authorities estimate around 400 German nationals have travelled to Iraq and Syria to battle for the militants.

    Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/austria/11098039/Austrian-teenage-girl-jihadist-killed-in-Syria.html

  • Another Malaysian ISIS Member Died in Syria After Ambush by Syrian Forces

    Another Malaysian ISIS Member Died in Syria After Ambush by Syrian Forces

    Former Kedah PAS Youth information chief Lotfi Ariffin reportedly died today in Syria after succumbing to his injuries, according to a Malaysian fighting in the Middle East.

    The news of Lotfi’s death was posted on the Facebook account of Abu Talhah II, one of the 40-odd Malaysians fighting alongside Islamic State of Iraq and Syria forces.

    Facebook users posted condolences in the comment section upon reading of the death of Lotfi, who had been injured after an ambush by Syrian forces.

    Lotfi had reportedly been with a group of Malaysian Isis fighters when they were caught in an ambush by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad.

    During the fight, Lotfi suffered severe injuries and fell into a coma, although his condition was later reported to be stable.

    His older brother, Mohd Zainon Ariffin, 53, had confirmed Lotfi’s condition last week, saying he had been informed that his sibling appeared to be recovering.

    Zainon said he had been informed of Lotfi’s condition by his brother’s friends through Facebook although no images had been uploaded.

    Lotfi  courted controversy in June when he disclosed his involvement in the ongoing civil war in Syria.

    This resulted in his sacking from PAS as the Islamist party said it did not condone nor encourage its members to participate in armed movements.

    Source: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/ex-pas-member-lotfi-ariffin-killed-in-syria#sthash.6H0DwhoW.dpuf

  • Penang-born Husband Took Singaporean Wife and Two Children to Syria, Join ISIS

    Penang-born Husband Took Singaporean Wife and Two Children to Syria, Join ISIS

    A 37-year-old Penang-born man has brought his Singaporean family to Syria where they are believed to be in different locations fighting alongside jihadists or supporting them.

    His Singaporean wife was a 47-year-old widow who had a daughter and a son – aged 18 and 14 – from a previous marriage, The Star newspaper reported on Friday.

    The report quoted sources as saying the family went to Syria in November, but did not stay together.

    “The authorities believe the man joined the Jabhat Al-Nusra group and his stepson the IS (Islamic State),” the sources told the newspaper. IS is also known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

    “The wife worked as a cook while the daughter taught English to the children of the fighters in Syria,” one source was quoted as saying.

    The family members are believed to be in different parts of Syria, according to the newspaper. One possible location is east Hama, where jihadists are known to have set up a base of operations.

    Authorities are keeping close tab on the family and trying to find out how they were influenced to go to Syria, said the report. The sources said the authorities believe their decision had to do with the woman’s former husband.

    In July, Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean disclosed in parliament that several Singaporeans are among 12,000 foreigners taking part in the armed conflict in Syria, including a couple of parents who had taken along their children

    Among the “handful” of Singaporeans is said to be a woman who went with her foreign husband and their two teenage children.

    “The whole family is taking part in the conflict in various ways, either joining the terrorist groups to fight, or providing aid and support to the fighters,” said Mr Teo, who is also Singapore’s Home Affairs Minister.

    Another man, Haja Fakkurudeen Usman Ali, 37, took with him his wife and three children between the ages of two and 11. He is a Singapore citizen who was an Indian national, the Home Affairs Ministry had said in March when announcing that he was under investigation.

    Several other Singaporeans had planned to join the conflict but were detained before they could set off, and some others were under investigation, said Mr Teo.

    The Star newspaper had earlier reported that five former Internal Security Act detainees are among 40 Malaysians who have joined the militants.

    The five named include 45-year-old former Kedah PAS Youth information chief Mohd Lotfi Ariffin, who was injured in an attack which killed the youngest Malaysian jihadist in Syria on Tuesday. Mohammad Fadhlan Shahidi Mohammad Khir, 21, from Kedah was the second Malaysian jihadist to be killed in Syria.

    The first Malaysian militant to die in Syria was Abu Turob, 52, who was killed during an attack by tanks and snipers on Aug 19.

    In Putrajaya, Malaysian Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi called on Malaysians to reject extremist views and protect the country’s image. He said the actions of a few individuals did not reflect the true nature of the country and its people.

    “We don’t want Malaysia to be presumed internationally as a breeding ground for terrorists (and) we must protect the image of our religion and country based on the principle of moderation or wasatiyyah.

    “This principle has to be defended by all citizens. We have to avoid being extreme left or extreme right.”

    Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/south-east-asia/story/malaysian-man-took-singaporean-family-join-syria-jihadists-report-20

  • Another Muslim fighter From Kedah Killed in Syria

    Another Muslim fighter From Kedah Killed in Syria

    Mohd Fadhlan Shahidi

    KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 10 — A Muslim fighter from Kedah known as “Abu Muhajir” became the latest Malaysian jihadist fighter to purportedly be killed in strife-torn Syria, after an alleged ambush in which several others were critically wounded. 

    “Abu Muhajir” was believed to be 21-year old Mohamad Fadlan Shah from Kulim, according to Facebook updates from fellow jihadists there and a report by Malay daily Utusan Malaysia.

    “This morning on September 9, the jihadist team from Malaysia was ambushed causing the martyrdom of Abu Muhajir,” said a fighter known as “Abu Talhah” on Facebook.

    The status update also claimed that former Kedah PAS member Mohd Lotfi Ariffin, who was sacked from the party for his jihadist activities, was badly injured and remained unconscious.

    Meanwhile, another fighter known as “Abu Afghan” was wounded in both legs, he said.

    The photos and video of “Abu Muhajir’s” burial have been shared by hundreds of supporters on social media and blogs. Some congratulated him on his “successful transaction”.

    “Transaction” is an euphemism that refers to a verse in Quran detailing a “contract”, un which Muslims are offered a place in Paradise in return for fighting and dying in the cause of Allah.

    “Praise be to God, my friend Abu Muhajir has succeeded in his dream to hunt for martyrdom,” said a Facebook update by fellow jihadist Akel Zainal, formerly famous for being the drummer in 90s rock band Ukays.

    “Here’s hoping your transaction is received by Allah, hope you will be happy in the afterlife,” he added.

    A report by Utusan today said that the jihadists were caught in an attack by a fighter jet allegedly from the army of Bashar al-Assad’s regime.

    The report also claimed that five Malaysians were injured in the attack, including Mohd Lotfi and “Abu Afghan”.

    Last month, a 52-year-old jihadist fighter, known as Mat Soh or by his nom de guerre “Abu Turab”, allegedly died from shelling in strife-torn Syria while defending the town of Arzeh with several other jihadist fighters.

    According to Datuk Ayob Khan Mydin, assistant director-general of the Malaysian police counter-terrorism division, Mat Soh is believed to be Zainan Harith, who was detained for a robbery in Jalan Gasing, Petaling Jaya in June 15, 2001.

    Malaysian factory worker Ahmad Tarmimi Maliki, suspected of being a member of militant group Islamic State (IS), was believed to have been the suicide bomber who killed 25 members of an Iraqi police team in May.

    In Malaysia, police intelligence warned last month that Malaysians who joined the Islamist militant group Islamic State (IS) to launch strikes in Iraq and Syria, are now training their sights on their home government and several other targets in the country.

    The police said 19 suspected local militants have been arrested between April and June this year while they were on their way to Turkey and Syria for training and support from IS under the guise of “humanitarian work”.

    The group was planning to establish a hardline Southeast Asian Islamic caliphate which would include Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines and Singapore.

    Putrajaya has designated the IS, formerly known as Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), as a terrorist group.

    Source: http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/another-malaysian-jihadist-allegedly-killed-in-syrian-ambush#sthash.vXkha089.dpuf

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