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  • Two Malaysians Identified In A Beheading Video By IS

    Two Malaysians Identified In A Beheading Video By IS

    Bukit Aman has identified two Malaysians who were spotted in a beheading video by Isis, The Star Online reported today.

    Special Branch Counter Terrorism Division principal assistant director Senior Asst Comm Datuk Ayub Khan was reported as saying that the two are 20-year-old Mohd Faris Anuar from Kedah and Muhamad Wanndy Muhamad Jedi, 26, who is from Malacca.

    The report said that the duo are believed to be part of a new group of militants comprising Malaysians and Indonesians – Majmu’ah al Arkhabiliy.

    This group, it was reported, replaced the older wing – Katibah Nusantara Lid Daulah Islamiah – in Syria and Iraq.

    In the 30-second video, Faris was the one gesturing with his index finger towards the camera, while Wanndy was believed to be the one recording the video, it said.

    The beheading video was uploaded to a Facebook account on February 20.

    The report said the recording showed a militant identified as an Arab cattying out the beheading of a Syrian accused of being a spy for the Assad regime.

    According to the Star online report, it also showed another militant identified as an Indonesian holding the head of the Syrian and shouting “Allahuakbar”.

    Ayub told the portal that from intelligence gathered, the video was taken by Muhamad Wanndy based on the voice heard in the clip.

    He said the video also showed Muhamad Wanndy, who is the owner of the Facebook account of Abu Hamzah Al Fateh.

    The Star report said Muhamad Wanndy is in Syria with his wife Nor Mahmudah, while Mohd Faris is believed to have gone to Syria in September last year.

    Muhamad Wanndy and wife went to Syria in January this year.

    Authorities in Muslim-majority Malaysia have expressed increasing alarm as scores of the country’s citizens have either gone abroad to join the Isis jihad or been arrested for supporting the group or seeking to travel to Syria.

    In January, Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said 67 Malaysians are known to have gone to Syria and Iraq and that five had been killed fighting for the cause.

    Malaysia was holding 120 people with suspected Isis links or sympathies, including both men and women, said Zahid, who is in charge of domestic security.

    Malaysia has traditionally observed a moderate brand of Islam and kept a lid on extremists.

    But Isis’ ability to lure Malaysian Muslims, along with thousands of others worldwide, to join its bloody jihad has rattled authorities and brought new attention on increasingly conservative Muslim views in Malaysia as its long-ruling government’s tight grip has eased somewhat over the years.

    Malaysia plans to pass into law a  new anti-terrorism law at the next parliament meeting to counter a potential Isis-related security threat as fears grow that recruits may return home to spread militant Islam.

     

    Source: www.themalaysianinsider.com

  • Civil Servant And Women Recruiter Among Those Arrested In Malaysia

    Civil Servant And Women Recruiter Among Those Arrested In Malaysia

    KUALA LUMPUR: A civil servant said to be one of the most senior Islamic State (IS) members in Malaysia and a 29-year-old housewife who recruited a 14-year-old girl into the militant movement are among three people detained by Bukit Aman.

    The 39-year-old civil servant was arrested in Kuala Lumpur on Monday while the housewife was picked up in Muar on Saturday.

    The third suspect – a 22-year-old trader – was also arrested in Perak on Monday.

    The three were detained by the Bukit Aman Special Branch Counter-Terrorism Division in separate operations.

    “The housewife is believed to have influenced and recruited the girl via Facebook and other media. Police are investigating whether she was also targeting other girls for IS,” a source said.

    “The trader is suspected of funding the girl’s trip to Cairo and may have allocated funds for her expenses,” added the source.

    The civil servant is believed to have used his position to recruit members to ensure the local militant network ran smoothly.

    “He is a senior IS member with direct links to Malaysians in Syria,” said one of the sources.

    Another source said the civil servant was also responsible for creating Facebook pages and other communication means for the local militant network.

    Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said all three suspects had planned to head to Syria “in the near future”.

    Vowing that Bukit Aman would never let Malaysia become a hotbed for militants, he pledged to use all resources to hunt them down.

    Two weeks ago, the 14-year-old girl was detained as she was about to board a plane bound for Cairo.

    The girl had intended to marry a 22-year-old Malaysian student in Cairo before making her way to Syria to join the IS.

    In Britain, The Telegraph reported that Scotland Yard was trying to track down three teenage girls who were suspected of travelling to Syria to join the IS.

    The report stated that the Metropolitan Police were extremely concerned about the girls from east London who were believed to have attempted to travel to Syria via Turkey.

     

    Source: www.thestar.com.my

  • IS Militants Targeting Minorities, Women And Children

    IS Militants Targeting Minorities, Women And Children

    LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Islamic State militants have abducted, injured and killed thousands of civilians across northern Iraq and uprooted millions from their homes in a bid to eradicate the country’s ethnic and religious minorities, rights groups said on Friday.

    Several minority communities, including Christians, Yazidis and Turkmen, have been subjected to killings, rape and sexual enslavement, and women and children have been targeted in particular, a report by four human rights organizations said.

    Islamic State seized the Iraqi city of Mosul in June last year while sweeping through the north towards Baghdad, meeting virtually no resistance from the army and declaring a caliphate in parts of Iraq and Syria under its control.

    Around 8,000 civilians were killed and more than 12,000 wounded between June and December 2014, the United Nations said.

    Alison Smith, legal counsel of No Peace Without Justice, said Islamic State had committed war crimes, crimes against humanity and possibly even genocide against minorities in northern Iraq.

    Iraq’s U.N. ambassador told the U.N. Security Council last week that Islamic State had committed genocide.

    Sectarian violence across Iraq has worsened since June last year according to Mark Lattimer, executive director at Minority Rights Group, who said the abduction of thousands of women by Islamic State was “particularly concerning”.

    “Islamic State have sold Yazidi slaves to families in Mosul, which wasn’t hidden or kept secret,” Lattimer told the Thomson Reuters Foundation. “Enslavement has become an accepted fact of life in areas under (Islamic State) control.”

    The report said that thousands of women and girls had been raped, tortured and forced into conversion and marriage, while a pregnant teenager who escaped Islamic State said captives were forced to donate blood to keep wounded fighters alive.

    The bodies of women raped and killed by Islamic State in the Turkmen majority town of Beshir in June last year were stripped naked and hung from lamp posts around the city, the report said.

    Children as young as 13 have been used to carry weapons and act as human shields for the militants during combat, it said.

    “HUMANITARIAN CRISIS”

    More than two million people in Iraq have been displaced, primarily in the north, according to the latest figures from the International Organisation for Migration.

    The majority are living under bridges or squatting in abandoned buildings, while those in refugee camps face a lack of food, water and healthcare because of government failings and limited aid from international agencies, the report said.

    International donors have so far provided 37 percent of the $2.23 billion requested for humanitarian aid for Iraq, according to the United Nations.

    “The sheer number of displaced people means the country continues to face a humanitarian crisis… many of them are in a difficult and precarious situation,” Lattimer said.

    Many minority groups are now trying to leave the country, fearing that the government will be unable to support any return to their communities, locate missing people and ensure the recovery of possessions looted by Islamic State.

    “It’s a feeling that we are no longer welcome in our own home,” one Christian leader told the writers of the report.

    The report said the Iraqi government lacked a legal framework to address the rights and entitlements of those displaced, and should clarify its role and responsibilities.

    It also called on Iraq to investigate and prosecute corruption in the delivery and acquisition of humanitarian aid, provide urgent assistance to the humanitarian effort, and resettle minorities who have been displaced.

    The report was co-authored by the Institute of International Law and Human Rights, Minority Rights Group International, No Peace Without Justice and The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization.

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com

  • Another Malaysian IS Member Abdul Samad Shukry Mohamad Dies

    Another Malaysian IS Member Abdul Samad Shukry Mohamad Dies

    PETALING JAYA: The escalating fight in Syria has taken the life of another Malaysian militant, named Abdul Samad Shukry Mohamad (pic).

    The 55-year-old former Jemaah Ismiyah member, also known as Abu Aisyah, was injured in an attack by Syrian forces five months ago but succumbed to his injuries.

    “He went to Syria on February 1 last year. Then five months ago, he sustained severe leg injury after being bombed by (Syrian president Bashar) Assad forces.

    “It is believed that he was brought for treatment in Turkey but complications suffered during an operation led to his death,” a source said on Thursday.

    Abu Aisyah is believed to be the sixth Malaysian killed in the ongoing IS conflict in Syria.

    The news of Abu Aisyah’s death has received messages of condolences from friends and acquaintances on social media.

    In a Facebook posting, a fellow militant said Abu Aisyah, who was a former Internal Security Act (ISA) detainee was a martyr.

    “He died after the surgery following a long battle against severe pain in his leg, inflicted during an attack in Arzay about five months ago.

    “Abu Aisyah was a good friend of Ustaz Mat (Mohd Lotfi Ariffin) who arrived together with him in Syria,” he said.

    In May, Ahmad Tarmimi Maliki became the country’s first suicide bomber when he rammed a vehicle full of explosives into a SWAT headquarters in Iraq, killing 25 police personnel.  Ahmad Tarmimi is believed to be fighting under the banner of the Islamic State.

    In December, Ahmad Affendi Abdull Manaff, 27, also known as Abu Zakaria was reported to have died after driving an explosive-laden truck  into an army camp in Homs, Syria, killing about 50 soldiers from Syrian president 50 Bashar Al-Assad’s army.

    Abu Turab, whose real name is Mat Soh, was the first Malaysian militant to be killed in Syria in Aug 19, while defending the town of Arzeh.

    On September 9, Mohammad Fadhlan Shahidi Mohammad Khir, 21, from Kedah, was in a truck when he was hit by shrapnel and fell out of the speeding vehicle during an ambush on rebels on 9 Sept 2014 in east Hama.

    The attack also took the life of former Internal Security Act (ISA) detainee Mohd Lotfi Ariffin, 45, who died after falling into a coma following the assault.

    Abu Aisyah, Mohd Lotfi, Fadhlan and Abu Turab are not believed to be working alongside the Islamic State.

     

    Source: www.thestar.com.my

  • IS Is A Result Of The Atrocities Of Israelis And The Failure Of Muslim Governments

    IS Is A Result Of The Atrocities Of Israelis And The Failure Of Muslim Governments

    The emergence of militant group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis) is caused by Israeli atrocities which oppress Muslims and the Muslim governments’ inability to solve their problems, says Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

    During an interview with Sky News presenter Adam Boulton early this morning, the former prime minister said the evolution of terrorist groups such as Isis was due to their frustration over the state government’s failure to defend Muslims.

    “From what they see, the governments of Muslim countries have not been able to do anything about their problems, particularly over Israel, for example.

    “So, people tend to take law in their own hands,” he said.

    Dr Mahathir, an outspoken critic of the Zionist state, added that it did not mean he supported Isis.

    He acknowledged that the group’s violent reactions were caused by the cruelty shown by the Israeli regime itself.

    “No, it is not justifiable at all. It is all about frustration that is resulting in violence,” he said when asked whether it was fair for Isis to be set up because of the Israeli establishment.

    Dr Mahathir described the struggles of Isis as not in accordance with Islamic teachings but rather due to mere dissatisfaction, especially in the face of powerful countries.

    “I know it is very unfortunate. But it is not the teaching of Islam. It is the expression of their frustration over something that they find themselves unable to resolve, because they are up against a powerful nation,” he said.

    Dr Mahathir (pic, left) said Muslims around the world feel they were oppressed and under attack.

    “But the main thing is, there is this feeling that Muslims generally are being oppressed, their countries are being invaded, and thousands of their people have been bombed and killed. So how do they react to this?” he added.

    Isis was formed in 2013 in Iraq.

    Its members comprise thousands of local and foreign jihadists and former military men who served under the reign of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.

    Media reports say Malaysians have also joined their struggle and some were killed during the battles in both Syria and Iraq.

    Malaysian authorities are actively keeping an eye on the activities of those who visited the Arab countries to join Isis.

     

    Source: www.themalaysianinsider.com