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  • Another AETOS Officer Placed On Restriction Order, He Supported And Abetted Colleague’s Intent To Take Up Armed Violence In Syria

    Another AETOS Officer Placed On Restriction Order, He Supported And Abetted Colleague’s Intent To Take Up Armed Violence In Syria

    Muhammad Khairul Mohamed’s colleague, Mohamad Rizal Wahid, was put under a restriction order last month for supporting Khairul’s intentions to fight in Syria.

    A person issued with a restriction order is not allowed to move, change jobs, or travel out of Singapore without the authorities’ approval.

    Rizal, 36, was also an AETOS auxiliary police officer at the Woodlands Checkpoint, and was deployed as an armed officer conducting security duties.

    He had been aware since 2015 that Khairul wanted to take part in armed violence in Syria after the latter repeatedly confided in him about his intentions, MHA said.

    However, he not only failed to notify the authorities or AETOS management, and even suggested to Khairul various ways to get to Syria, it said.

    Although Rizal did not share Khairul’s desire to participate in armed violence, as an auxiliary police officer, he should have been aware of the prevailing terrorism threat, the ministry said. His failure to dissuade Khairul and report him to his superior officer was a “serious lapse of judgement”, it added.

    “The Government takes a serious view of anyone who supports, promotes, undertakes or makes preparations to undertake armed violence, regardless of how they rationalise such violence ideologically, or where the violence takes place.

    “This is particularly so if the person involved is a public servant, and especially if he or she is a uniformed officer.”

    Anyone who supports or abets another person’s radicalisation or intention to undertake violence also poses a security threat to Singapore and Singaporeans, MHA said.

     

    Source: www.straitstimes.com

     

  • Another ISA Detention: 24 Year Old AETOS Officer Planned To Undertake Armed Violence In Syria

    Another ISA Detention: 24 Year Old AETOS Officer Planned To Undertake Armed Violence In Syria

    An auxiliary police officer who was deployed to Woodlands Checkpoint has been detained for planning to travel to Syria to take part in armed violence, while his colleague has been put under a restriction order for supporting him.

    Muhammad Khairul Mohamed, 24, an auxiliary police officer at the traffic enforcement division at Woodlands Checkpoint, was arrested in May and detained under the Internal Security Act, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Tuesday (Jun 20).

    He was deployed by AETOS, the second-largest of three licensed auxiliary police organisations in Singapore, to the checkpoint as an outrider. His duties did not require him to be armed, MHA said.

    Khairul became radicalised as early as 2012 – prior to joining AETOS in May 2015 – when he went online to gather more information about the conflict in Syria after reading about it on mainstream media.

    “He developed the view that the conflict in Syria was a sectarian struggle between Sunni Islam and Shia Islam, and being a Sunni Muslim, he wanted to fight against the Shi’ites in Syria by joining the Free Syrian Army,” the ministry said.

    The Free Syrian Army (FSA) is a group founded by defectors of the Syrian Armed Forces, whose aim is to use armed violence to overthrow the Syrian government led by President Bashar Al-Assad, who is backed by the minority Shia Alawite sect.

    Khairul perceived the Syrian conflict to be a holy war in which he was prepared to die in battle as a martyr and receive “divine rewards”, MHA said.

    In 2014, he tried to reach out to a foreign militant on Facebook, as well as two other individuals whom he believed to be FSA supporters, to find out how he could make his way to Syria.

    At the time of his arrest, Khairul was still interested in joining FSA or any other militant groups operating in Syria and engage in armed violence there, the ministry said.

    “His readiness and proclivity to resort to violence in pursuit of a religious cause makes him a security threat to Singapore,” it said.

    The ministry also reiterated that friends or relatives of a person who may be radicalised or intends to undertake acts of violence should report him to the authorities.

    In the case of Khairul, several relatives and friends knew of his intentions but none of them came forward, MHA said.

     

    Source: www.channenewsasia.com

  • Aleppo Residents Celebrates Liberation From Militants

    Aleppo Residents Celebrates Liberation From Militants

    The residents of Aleppo have taken to the Syrian city’s streets to celebrate the imminent official announcement of the city’s full liberation from militants.

    According to Syrian army officials on Monday, 99 percent of the formerly occupied regions of the city have been recovered by government forces, adding that the army is in the “last moments before declaring victory.”   

    “The battle in eastern Aleppo should end quickly. They (militants) don’t have much time. They either have to surrender or die,” said Lieutenant General Zaid al-Saleh, the director of the government’s Aleppo security committee.

    Press TV’s correspondent in the city says that there are reports of the complete liberation of Aleppo.

    Earlier, the so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the battle to liberate the city had reached its end and that government forces were making their final advances into the militant-held parts of the city. “The battle of Aleppo has reached its end. It is just a matter of a small period of time, no more, no less…,” said the group’s director, Rami Abdulrahman.

    He noted that the militants have now withdrawn from the last six neighborhoods they were using as hideouts in the city.

    Less than a month ago, the Syrian army started a wholesale push to drive the militants out of their stronghold in the city’s eastern side, making great strides in the process.

    Aleppo’s complete liberation from the foreign-backed militants would mark a significant victory for Syria in its nearly six-year-long campaign against foreign-backed militants. The liberation of Aleppo would deny the militants their main supply routes across the Turkish border while it would hugely undermine the morale of the militant groups.

    Daesh Palmyra offensive Aleppo diversion’

    Also on Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Daesh’s latest attack on Palmyra was “apparently” launched from Iraq’s Mosul from “territories patrolled by the aircraft of the US-led coalition.” He added this “makes one think that – and I really hope to be wrong here — that it was orchestrated and coordinated to give a respite to those thugs, who are entrenched in eastern Aleppo.”

    He noted that the US had been using a conflicting policy towards the terrorists in Syria since the beginning of the conflict some six years ago, by battling Daesh but openly avoiding conflict with other terrorists groups.

    “There is a significant number of reasons to believe that [Al-Nusra] is being spared as the most effective combat-capable force, which opposes the governmental [forces] of the ground in order to be used for overthrowing the legitimate Syrian government when the time comes,” he added.

    While admitting that talks between Moscow and Washington over Syria are difficult, Lavrov voiced hopes that the US would stop exonerating the militants and commit to a “fundamental agreement” based on the “uncompromising struggle against terrorism.”

    In recent days, Daesh, the most brutal of the terror groups operating in Syria since 2014, has resurfaced in the ancient city of Palmyra in the west-central province of Homs.

    The group was driven out of the city back in March after holding it for some 10 months.

    Recently, it mobilized more than 4,000 terrorists, according to the official Syrian Arab News Agency, re-entering the city of Palmyra amid fierce clashes with the army.

    Reports on Sunday morning indicated that Daesh’s attempts to re-enter Palmyra had been reversed, but various sources said later in the day that they had managed to force their way back into the city.

    Assad receives letter from Pope

    Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has received a letter from Pope Francis in which the pontiff voiced his sympathies for the people of Syria over the difficulties they had endured during the country’s years of conflict.

    The Vatican’s top diplomat in Syria, Cardinal Mario Zenari, delivered the letter personally to Assad on Monday.

    In his letter, the Pope condemned all manners of extremism and terrorism across the globe and especially in Syria. He also called for uniting all efforts to end the conflict in the country and to restore peace.

    Since March 2011, Syria has been hit by militancy it blames on some Western states and their regional allies. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and UN have put the death toll from the Syria conflict at more than 300,000 and 400,000, respectively. This is while the UN has stopped its official casualty count in Syria, citing its inability to verify the figures it receives from various sources.

     

    Source: www.presstv.com

  • Wanita Malaysia Tawarkan Diri Untuk Sertai Jihad Seksual, Jihad Al-Nikah

    Wanita Malaysia Tawarkan Diri Untuk Sertai Jihad Seksual, Jihad Al-Nikah

    BILIK JIHAD NIKAH DI SYRIA DILENGKAPI KALIMAH ALLAH DAN WANITA SEKSI

    Wanita Malaysia dipercayai menyertai pasukan kumpulan Negara Islam Iraq dan Syria (Isis) untuk menawarkan Jihad Al-Nikah atau jihad seksual, kata pegawai kanan risikan kepada The Malaysian Insider.

    Pihak berkuasa mengesahkan tiga wanita Malaysia pergi ke Timur Tengah untuk menyertai pasukan Isis.

    Jihad Al-Nikah merujuk kepada konsep kontroversi iaitu wanita Sunni dikatakan menawarkan diri mereka dalam bentuk peranan memenuhi keperluan seksual pejuang yang memperjuangkan undang-undang Islam.

    Konsep itu berasal daripada fahaman Wahhabi sekitar 2013, yang menyeru penyokong wanita Sunni untuk tampil melakukan jihad seks dan menyemarakkan moral pejuang terhadap regim Bashar al Assad di Syria.

    “Wanita ini dipercayai menawarkan diri mereka untuk melakukan hubungan intim kepada pejuang Isis yang cuba memperkenalkan peraturan Islam di Timur Tengah.

    “Konsep ini mungkin kelihatan kontroversi tetapi ia semakin berkembang apabila sesetengah wanita Islam di sini bersimpati dengan kepayahan Isis,” kata seorang pegawai risikan kepada The Malaysian Insider.

    Enggan didedahkan identitinya, pegawai itu berkata seorang wanita Malaysia berlepas ke Timur Tengah pada Disember tahun lalu.

    “Wanita itu, berusia 30-an, pergi ke Turki sebelum bertemu dengan orang tengah yang membantunya melengkapkan perjalanan ke Syria melalui jalan darat.

    “Seorang lagi wanita Malaysia berusia 40-an dipercayai bekerjasama dengan pasukan Isis pada April tahun ini,” kata sumber.

    Pegawai risikan berkata, bukan wanita Malaysia saja yang melakukan jihad seksual kerana ada juga wanita Islam lain terbabit.

    “Pertukaran risikan dengan beberapa negara mendedahkan wanita Islam Sunni dari Australia dan United Kingdom juga menyertai Isis,” katanya.

    Pegawai risikan berkata, Isis mengeluarkan fatwa pada Jun tahun ini menawarkan pengerahan Jihad Al-Nikah atau jihad seksual.

    “Sebaik saja selepas bandar Mosul di Iraq ditawan pasukan Isis, orang ramai diarahkan menghantar wanita tidak berkahwin berjihad untuk seks,” dedah pegawai risikan.

    “Dalam pengisytiharannya, Isis mengancam untuk melaksanakan undang-undang syariah terhadap mereka yang gagal mematuhi fatwa itu,” kata pegawai berkenaan.

    Pegawai risikan berkata, rakan sejawatannya di Britain mendedahkan lebih 600 umat Islam British dipercayai berjuang untuk Isis.

    “Jumlah itu termasuk wanita Islam British yang bukan berjuang di barisan hadapan, tetapi masih terbabit dengan melakukan jihad seksual.

    “Pegawai risikan Australia mendedahkan lebih 100 wanita Islam Australia berada di Syria berjuang di samping Isis,” kata pegawai risikan itu.

    Walaupun Putrajaya pada awalnya mendedahkan kira-kira 30 rakyat Malaysia berlepas ke Timur Tengah berjuang untuk Isis, tetapi angka itu dipercayai sebenarnya lebih tinggi.

    “Pemeriksaan yang dilakukan dengan rakan sejawatan kami di luar negara mendedahkan mungkin jumlah rakyat Malaysia di Timur Tengah mencecah 50 orang,” katanya kepada The Malaysian Insider.

    Setakat ini, 3 rakyat Malaysia dilaporkan maut di Syria ketika berperang menentang pasukan Presiden Syria Bashar Al-Assad.

    Mat Soh, 53, dilaporkan terbunuh selepas dilanggar lori tangki ketika pertarungan sengit antara Isis dengan pasukan Syria minggu lalu.

    Pada Jun, Ahmad Tarmimi Maliki, 26, mati selepas insiden bunuh diri yang menyebabkan lebih 20 askar Iraq maut di pangkalan mereka di Al-Anbar.

    Identiti rakyat Malaysia ketiga yang maut dalam satu insiden masih belum disahkan oleh pihak berkuasa di sini.

    Sejak konflik di Syria meletus pada Mac 2011, lebih 190,000 kematian dilaporkan setakat ini, menurut Pertubuhan Bangsa-bangsa Bersatu.

    Kejadian pembunuhan paling mengerikan ialah pada 20 Ogos ketika Isis melancarkan satu rakaman menunjukkan seorang lelaki yang dikatakan berjihad, bercakap dengan loghat selatan Inggeris, memenggal kepada seorang wartawan dan jurugambar warganegara Amerika, James Foley.

    Foley ditangkap di Syria pada penghujung 2012. Rakaman video itu menunjukkan beliau dibunuh di kawasan padang pasir.

    Video bertajuk ‘Pesanan kepada Amerika’ itu dimuat naik di YouTube sebagai amaran kepada Presiden Amerika Syarikat Barack Obama berhubung serangan terhadap militan di Iraq.

    Sebelum dibunuh, wartawan berusia 40 tahun itu dipaksa membaca satu kenyataan yang menyalahkan Amerika atas kematiannya. – 27 Ogos, 2014.

    Source: https://my.news.yahoo.com/wanita-malaysia-sertai-jihad-timur-tengah-sebagai-perempuan-234310589.html

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