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  • Dutch Mother Rescues Daughter From Islamic State

    Dutch Mother Rescues Daughter From Islamic State

    A mother defied official warnings to travel to the Syrian city of Raqqa to rescue her daughter from the clutches of Islamic State terrorists.

    The woman, from Maastricht, named only as Monique was told that it was too dangerous to attempt the journey to free her daughter Aicha, 19.

    “Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. This is what I think is right,” she told family and friends

    After an appeal for help from her daughter, a Dutch convert to Islam, for help last month, the mother was told by police not to try and rescue her because it was too dangerous.

    She was also warned that the “provision of assistance” to jihadists, such as her daughter, could be a criminal offence. She travelled from Turkey to Raqqa, the self styled capital of Islamic State, wearing a burka after arranging via Facebook a rescue rendezvous with he daughter.

    The pair then escaped across the Syrian border back to Turkey where Aicha was arrested because she does not have a passport.

    After converting to Islam aged 18, Aicha married Omar Yilmaz, a notorious Dutch jihadi, who is a former soldier, after seeing him interviewed on television.

    “She wanted to go home, but could not leave Raqqa without help,” said the mother.

    Dutch foreign ministry officials have intervened to bring the mother and daughter back from Turkey before the end of the week.

    “It is quite remarkable that the mother managed to find and get her daughter,” Françoise Landerloo, the family’s lawyer told the Algemeen Dagblad newspaper.

     

    Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

  • Wong Kan Seng: Singapore Not Immune To Threat Of Radicalisation

    Wong Kan Seng: Singapore Not Immune To Threat Of Radicalisation

    SINGAPORE: Former Deputy Prime Minister Wong Kan Seng said there is no immunity to the threat of radicalisation for any society, including Singapore.

    Speaking at a seminar by the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies on Tuesday (Nov 18), Mr Wong said that the “vigilance of the security services must ultimately be augmented by the vigilance of the society itself.”

    He said groups like Islamic State (IS) are savvy in their use of social media to propagate radical rhetoric and recruit fighters to their cause. He also urged governments in the region to step up efforts in the sharing of information and intelligence.

    Mr Wong said: “13 years on from 9/11 and Singapore’s discovery of the regional JI (Jemaah Islamiyah) network, we are none the safer from the terrorism threat. The terrorism threat has not diminished, but has evolved and adapted to a more hostile security environment. It has also become more diffused with the rise of the phenomenon of self-radicalised or ‘lone wolf’ terrorists.”

    He felt that the conflict in Syria and and the IS have given new impetus to existing regional jihadist groups like JI and the Jemaah Anshorut Tauhid (JAT), which have sent their members to Syria to fight.

    Mr Wong said the manner in which foreign fighters flock to Syria reminds him of how Muslims around the world had similarly been drawn to fight in the Soviet-Afghan war in the 1980s.

    He added: “The Soviet-Afghan war not only led to the creation of the Al-Qaeda terrorist organisation, but also a global fraternity of terrorist brotherhood. Many governments anticipate that the Syrian conflict will likewise lead to the emergence of a new generation of mujahidin and the perpetuation of the terrorism menace for many years to come.”

    Mr Wong, who was also Minister for Home Affairs, recounted how Singapore had taken a multi-pronged approach to counter the threat of jihadist terrorism.

    “Apart from investigations and exchange of intelligence with foreign security services, the Government held closed-door national dialogues with religious and community leaders to share our concerns on the terrorism threat and how we must not let it destroy our Singapore’s social cohesion,” he stated.

    Mr Wong said there was also the awareness to go beyond the detention of JI members to counter the deviant religious teachings. A core group of religious teachers formed the Religious Rehabilitation Group (RRG) to provide religious counselling for the JI detainees and their families.

    To this end, Mr Wong said that for some “hardcore” detainees, results so far have not been positive, and that they will only be released once they are rehabilitated.

    Overall, he said that while Singapore has been successful in keeping the terrorism threat at bay, the general public must continue to remain vigilant and stay united in the event of an incident.

    “The irony is, the more successful we are in our counter-terrorism efforts, the more the urgency and cogency of the terrorism threat will diminish in the public’s consciousness,” said Mr Wong. “We need every resident to be vigilant against this threat. Should we one day be unable to stop a bomb from exploding or a murderous act by an ISIL supporter in Singapore, I hope Singaporeans will have the resilience to overcome the attack, cope with the crisis and maintain our social cohesion.”

     

    Source: www.channelnewsasia.com

  • MFA Strongly Condemns ISIS For The Beheading Of Another Aid Worker

    MFA Strongly Condemns ISIS For The Beheading Of Another Aid Worker

    Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement today about the most recent beheading of a US aid worker by ISIS.

    Peter Kassig, also known as Abdul-Rahman Kassig, is the 5th westerner to have been beheaded by the militants. Mr Kassig, 26, was an aid worker who had been taken captive in October of 2013.

    In captivity, he converted to Islam and he took on the name Abdul-Rahman.

    ISIS announced Mr Kassig’s death in a longer 15 minute video in which they showed the beheading of another 14 men claimed to be people who were loyal to the Syrian President. Bashar al-Assad.

    In the video, ISIS also threatened to kill more US citizens in the streets of America.

    MFA wrote in their statement about the video: “Singapore strongly condemns the repeated brutality of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), most recently manifested in the murder of American aid worker Abdul-Rahman Kassig, also known as Peter Kassig. We extend our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Mr Kassig, and reiterate our call for all hostages held by ISIS to be released immediately.

    This latest incident reinforces the urgent need for the international community to work together to counter the threat posed by ISIS and other terrorist groups. We need a comprehensive strategy to contain and weaken ISIS, and tackle the roots of extremism. As a member of the multinational coalition against ISIS, Singapore will do our part to combat this terrorist scourge.”

     

    Source: www.therealsingapore.com

  • Pasangan Suami Isteri Antara Tujuh Yang Didakwa Di Malaysia

    Pasangan Suami Isteri Antara Tujuh Yang Didakwa Di Malaysia

    KUALA LUMPUR: Sepasang suami isteri adalah antara tujuh warga Malaysia yang dikaitkan dengan militan Negara Islam (IS) di Syria, yang dihadapkan ke mahkamah atas dakwaan mencari dana dan memberikan sokongan kepada kumpulan itu.

    Mereka didakwa terbabit dalam kegiatan dan usaha mengumpul dana serta berniat menyertai kumpulan militan IS di Syria.

    Pasangan suami isteri itu – Amir Azlan Zainuddin, 48 tahun, dan isteri, Nazhatulshima Sahak, 44 tahun – dituduh di Mahkamah Majistret Shah Alam kelmarin bersama pembantu kedai makanan, Muhammad Fadhil Ibrahim serta Muhammad Na’eem Apandi, kedua-duanya berusia 24 tahun, cuba memberi sokongan kepada kumpulan IS.

    Nazhatulshima, pengusaha taska, didakwa bersama Muhammad Fadhil cuba memberi sokongan kepada pengganas IS dengan cara membeli tiket penerbangan pesawat Emirates bagi perjalanan dari Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur (KLIA) ke Istanbul, Turkey.

    Mereka didakwa mahu memasuki Syria melalui Istanbul.

    Sementara itu, pekerja kedai kek, Mohammad Na’im Abd Rashid, 26 tahun, didakwa di Mahkamah Sesyen Sepang atas tuduhan memberi sokongan dengan berada di Syria.

    Mohammad Na’im didakwa memberi sokongan dengan memasuki Syria melalui Istanbul menggunakan penerbangan antarabangsa Qatar Airways.

    Mohammad Na’im, dari Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang, ditahan oleh anggota Bahagian Counter Terrorism, Cawangan Khas Ibu Pejabat Polis Bukit Aman sejurus sebelum meninggalkan Malaysia.

    Tertuduh, yang telah berkahwin, pernah berada di Syria untuk tempoh tertentu dan ditahan ketika cuba berlepas ke negara tersebut kali kedua.

    Seorang perunding kewangan, Rohaimi Abd Rahim, 37 tahun, pula didakwa di Mahkamah Majistret atas pertuduhan mencari dana bagi manfaat kumpulan militan IS melalui blog Revolusi Islam.com sejak Mac lepas.

    Rohaimi didakwa melakukan perbuatan itu di No. 5B, Jalan Raja Ali, Kampung Baru di sini antara 29 Mac hingga 13 Oktober lepas.

    Seorang lagi tertuduh, penjual kereta, Muhamad Fauzi Misrak, 34 tahun, didakwa bersubahat bersama Rohaimi atas tuduhan sama dengan membenarkan akaun Maybank miliknya digunakan dalam blog Revolusi Islam sebagai medium mencari dana bagi manfaat IS pada masa dan tempat sama.

    Tiada pengakuan direkodkan daripada ketujuh-tujuh tertuduh.

    Kesemua mereka juga tidak dibenarkan diikat jamin kerana ditahan mengikut Akta Kesalahan Keselamatan (Langkah-Langkah Khas) 2012 yang melarang jaminan diberikan. – BHM, Utusan Malaysia.

     

    Source: http://beritaharian.sg

  • PM Lee: More Talking At “Deradicalisation Symposium” Can Help Tackle ISIS

    PM Lee: More Talking At “Deradicalisation Symposium” Can Help Tackle ISIS

    Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said at the East Asia Summit on Thursday that more should be done to prevent religious extremism in the region especially given the threat posed by ISIS.

    PM Lee said that there is no purely military solution to such “non-traditional security threats” but it is still necessary to fight and weaken the group.

    He suggested that the ideological roots of the group should be tackled instead and in rlation to this, he said that de-radicalisation Symposium may be helpful.

    He said that such a symposium could benefit the region as experts could share best practices.

    For example, in Singapore, PM Lee boasted that we have dealt with detainees who have planned terror attacks in Singapore before and Singapore strongly condemns ISIS’ actions.

    PM Lee also praised the US’s firm leadership on the issue and said that Singapore is ready to support where it can.

    Mr Lee also said at the summit that the global economy also has to remain open and keep protectionism at bay.

    He also emphasised that global leaders should quickly work to conclude negotiations on the various trade pacts such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.

    Moving forward in this, PM Lee said that one of the most important aspects was the relationship between USA and China as this will determine stability in the world.

    He also commented that there have been signs of a thaw in relations, after a period of friction over historical issues and territorial disputes among China Japan and South Korea and this is good.

    PM Lee will soon be heading to Australia for the G20 summit in Brisbane which starts on Saturday.

     

    Source: http://therealsingapore.com