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  • Bangladeshi Group’s Hit List Includes Military, Government Officials And Unbelievers

    Bangladeshi Group’s Hit List Includes Military, Government Officials And Unbelievers

    The eight Bangladeshi workers arrested for forming the Islamic State in Bangladesh (ISB) had drawn up a list to target at least 13 categories of people and agencies in their homeland, including the police, senior government leaders, and “disbelievers” who did not share their religious faith.

    The list of targets was found in a document titled “We Need for Jihad Fight”, and recovered from alleged ringleader Rahman Mizanur who wanted to bring Bangladesh under the caliphate of the Islamic State (IS).

    According to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), the group had no specific plans to target Singapore. But the ministry added that Rahman had said he would launch an attack anywhere if he was instructed by the IS to do so. They were also planning to raise funds to buy firearms.

    The group’s plans were foiled last month when they were detained under the Internal Security Act. Rahman had been recruiting members for his group since January, and set up the ISB in March.

    The Border Guard of Bangladesh, the Rapid Action Battalion and the police topped the list of what the group called “Target of Enimies (sic) Forces Need to Kill”. Military targets also included the Civil Information Defence, the air force and the navy.

    Government officials such as MPs, government officials at general or secretary level, and government leaders were also on the list.

    The eight also listed media professionals and “disbelievers”, which they identified as Hindus, Christians, Buddhists, “Nastiks” and “Munafiks”, on their hit list. “Nastiks” and “Munafiks” are derogatory terms used respectively to describe atheists and Muslims deemed to be working to undermine their own faith.

    Apart from the hit list, material on weapons and bomb making was also found. The cover of the bomb making material had the text “How to make explosives through action and reaction?” A manual for the AX50 sniper rifle was also recovered.

    Five other Bangladeshis were found with jihadi-related material or supporting the use of armed violence for a religious cause, and have been repatriated.

    In January, it was revealed that 27 Bangladeshi construction workers had been arrested for planning to wage jihad overseas. In March, four Singaporeans were dealt with under the ISA for taking part in violence, or planning to take part in armed conflict abroad.

     

    Source: TODAY Online

  • Eight Radicalised Bangladeshis Detained Under Internal Security Act

    Eight Radicalised Bangladeshis Detained Under Internal Security Act

    Eight Bangladeshis have been detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA), after they were found to have been planning to return to Bangladesh to carry out terror attacks and establish an Islamic state, while working in Singapore.

    They were also found to have been planning to recruit other Bangladeshi nationals working here, and had even raised funds to buy firearms to carry out the attacks, although investigations have not revealed indications of any planned attack here.

    This is the third reported case this year of radicalised individuals being dealt with under the ISA, and the second involving the Bangladeshi community.

    Ringleader Rahman Mizanur, 31, was an S-Pass holder while the other seven detainees, aged between 26 and 34, held work permits. They were employed in the construction and marine industries, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said in a press release on Tuesday (May 3).

    The eight, who were arrested last month, were part of a clandestine group which calls itself the Islamic State of Bangladesh (ISB) set up here in March.  The Investigations showed that the ISB members initially wanted to join ISIS as foreign fighters, but abandoned the plan due to its difficulty. Instead, they planned to overthrow the Bangladeshi government by force, and bring it under the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria’s (ISIS) self-declared caliphate.

    A document titled “We Need for Jihad Fight” which identified various Bangladeshi government and military officials as possible targets was seized from Rahman. He also held documents on weapons and bomb making, and a significant amount of radical material relating to ISIS and Al-Qaeda which he had used to recruit new members since January.

    According to the MHA, Rahman had said he would launch an attack anywhere if he was instructed by ISIS to do so, but there are no indications of Singapore having been selected as one such target.

    The other detainees are Mamun Leakot Ali, 29, Sohag Ibrahim, 27, Miah Rubel, 26, Zzaman Daulat, 34, Islam Shariful, 27, Md Jabath Kysar Haje Norul Islam Sowdagar, 30, and Sohel Hawlader Ismail Hawlader, 29.

    The monies raised by the group has been seized. Several of the detainees may be liable for prosecution for terrorism financing, the MHA said.  At least two more members of the ISB are in Bangladesh, according to the members.

    Five other Bangladeshi nationals here were also investigated. While they were not found to be involved in the ISB, they were repatriated for possessing and/or proliferating jihad-related material, or supporting the use of armed violence for a religious cause.

    The MHA said the Government takes a serious view of any form of support for terrorism and will deal firmly with anyone who engages in activities “inimical to Singapore’s national security and racial and religious harmony”.

    “ISB poses a security concern to Singapore because of its support for ISIS and its readiness to resort to the use of violence overseas…Foreigners should not import their own domestic agenda into Singapore and carry out activities here in pursuit of such an agenda,” it said.

    In January, the MHA revealed that 27 Bangladeshi construction workers here were arrested after they were found contemplating waging armed jihad overseas. They were detained in November and December last year. 26 have been repatriated while another remains in prison.

    In March, the MHA said that four Singaporeans had been dealt with under the ISA for taking part in violence or intending to do so in armed conflicts overseas.

     

    Source: TODAY Online

  • PBB: Kebanyakan Mangsa Pengganas Adalah Orang Islam

    PBB: Kebanyakan Mangsa Pengganas Adalah Orang Islam

    Sebahagian besar mangsa fahaman pelampau ganas adalah orang Islam, kata Setiausaha Agung Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (PBB), Ban Ki-moon.

    Beliau menambah bahawa objektif pihak pelampau ialah “supaya kita bermusuhan antara satu sama lain, dan perpaduan kita adalah tamparan paling hebat kepada strategi mereka itu”, lapor akhbar Asianlite.

    Encik Ban berkata demikian di Persidangan Geneva tentang ‘Mencegah Fahaman Pelampau Ganas – Memandang ke Hadapan’, yang dihoskan secara bersama dengan pemerintah Switzerland dan PBB.

    Beliau ditukil Asianlite sebagai menegaskan: “Marilah kita sama-sama menyedari hakikat bahawa kebanyakan mangsa di seluruh dunia adalah orang Islam.”

    Kata Encik Ban, para anggota pelampau cuba memecahbelahkan masyarakat dan matlamat mereka ialah agar ketakutan dibiarkan bermaharajalela.

    “Marilah kami jadikan persidangan ini, dan perpaduan kami hari ini, tamparan paling hebat kepada strategi mereka,” ujarnya seperti ditukil Asianlite.

    Menurut laporan itu lagi, Encik Ban menekankan bahawa pelan bertindak yang dikemukakan beliau kepada Perhimpunan Agung PBB pada Januari lalu mengandungi saranan-saranan kukuh, dan boleh menjadi asas kepada kerjasama global bagi membanteras fahaman pelampau ganas.

    Encik Ban mengakui bahawa setiap kali kita bercakap tentang fahaman pelampau, tidak boleh dielakkan bahawa kumpulan pengganas seperti ISIS atau Boko Haram akan menjadi sebutan.

    Namun katanya, “fenomena fahaman pelampau ganas yang membawa kepada pengganasan tidak berakar atau terhad kepada sebarang agama, daerah, kerakyatan atau kumpulan etnik.”

    Beliau menambah bahawa fahaman pelampau ganas jelas satu ancaman rentas sempadan yang memerlukan kerjasama antarabangsa serta-merta.

    Encik Ban menjelaskan bahawa Pelan Bertindak untuk Mencegah Fahaman Pelampau Ganas yang dilakar beliau, mengemukakan pendekatan menyeluruh dan seimbang bagi tindakan bersama di peringkat global, serantau dan nasional.

    Source: Berita Mediacorp

  • Why is There a Refusal To have An Honest Discussion About Terrorism and Extremism?

    Why is There a Refusal To have An Honest Discussion About Terrorism and Extremism?

    As expected, the condemnation machinery that went missing during the Ankara and Istanbul attacks reappeared, expressing vociferous condemnation and massive grief for Brussels.

    Yet people still ask me why i am skeptical towards politicians.

    And again, the refusal to have an honest discussion about terrorism and extremism is stark.

    Let’s not kid ourselves, one’s (selective) condemnation of terrorism will not reduce terrorism. But a critical appraisal of the issues surrounding it, might. So when one engages in the former but not the latter, then ultimately, we know one’s interest is not in getting to the heart of the matter.

    And when it is all said and done, let us not forget the role of Tony Blair in all of these: the man who basically sold the Iraq War to the world, the devastating war, the ramifications of which we still feel today. Yes, Bush started it, but Bush could barely pronounce ‘Iraq War’, let alone sell it. History must eventually be honest about the role of Blair and Bush in destabilizing Iraq and the entire Middle East, creating a vacuum in which Daesh and other terrorists have thrived.

    Let us be honest, and not be selective in our condemnations, our analyses of the causes of terror, and our reading of history.

     

    Source: Walid J Abdullah

  • MUIS: Dapatkan Nasihat Jika Mahu Menuntut Di Luar Negara

    MUIS: Dapatkan Nasihat Jika Mahu Menuntut Di Luar Negara

    TIMBALAN Pengarah Pejabat Mufti Majlis Ugama Islam Singapura (Muis), Dr Nazirudin Mohd Nasir:

    “Kami menggesa Muslim di Singapura yang mahu mendalami Islam agar mendapatkan panduan dan nasihat daripada asatizah yang diiktiraf.

    “Bagi mereka yang ingin belajar di institusi luar negara, harap dapatkan nasihat Muis dan kami akan memberikan panduan dan sokongan sewajarnya berkaitan institusi luar negara yang sesuai bagi pengajian Islam.

    “Kami juga ingin menggalakkan ibu bapa dan anggota keluarga agar memainkan peranan lebih aktif membimbing mereka yang disayangi, dalam mendapatkan sumber pengajian Islam yang sepatutnya.

    “Sebagai sebuah masyarakat, kita harus kekal berjaga-jaga terhadap elemen pelampau dalam masyarakat. Kita harus terus menegakkan ajaran Islam yang relevan bagi keperluan kontemporari dan yang sesuai dengan kehidupan berbilang agama di Singapura

    “Muis, dengan kerjasama masjid dan institusi setempat, telah memperkenalkan pelbagai program pengajian Islam seperti aLive dan ADIL (pengajian Islam bagi dewasa) yang bertujuan memenuhi objektif ini.”

     

    Source: www.beritaharian.sg

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