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  • Malaysia Akan Bentangkan Kertas Putih Untuk Memperincikan Ancaman Dari IS

    Malaysia Akan Bentangkan Kertas Putih Untuk Memperincikan Ancaman Dari IS

    KUALA LUMPUR: Ancaman pengganasan di Malaysia telah mencapai tahap baru di mana terdapat hubungan di antara militan asing dengan tempatan melalui media sosial yang telah membawa kepada pembiayaan dan dana untuk aktiviti keganasan yang lebih besar.

    Kini, militan asing cuba mempengaruhi parti politik tempatan melalui ahli-ahli mereka.

    Perdana Menteri Malaysia, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, dijangka membentangkan Kertas Putih di Dewan Rakyat hari ini, yang akan memperincikan “ancaman sebenar” kumpulan militan Negara Islam (IS) dan lain-lain di rantau ini ke atas Malaysia, menurut laporan The Star semalam.

    Menteri Dalam Negeri Malaysia, Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, berkata Kertas Putih itu akan menyentuh mengenai langkah yang dicadangkan bagi memerangi dan menghalang keganasan.

    “Ancaman itu adalah benar dan kami berharap ia (Kertas Putih) akan mewujudkan lebih kesedaran di antara kedua-dua belah pihak yang mempunyai jurang politik dan rakyat Malaysia secara keseluruhannya.

    “Jika mereka (militan IS) boleh membunuh umat Islam, mereka juga akan membunuh orang bukan Islam. Rakyat mesti sedar (mengenai hakikat ini) dan langkah berjaga-jaga perlu diambil,” kata Dr Ahmad Zahid lagi.

    Dr Ahmad Zahid berkata Datuk Najib akan juga menyentuh mengenai penglibatan warga Malaysia dalam sel pengganas dan perlunya meminda undang-undang sedia ada atau memperkenalkan undang-undang baru bagi memerangi pengganasan.

    Sambil menegaskan bahawa kementeriannya telah mengkaji pelbagai pilihan, beliau menambah:

    “Sama ada kita memperkukuhkan tujuh undang-undang sedia ada dengan meminda fasalnya atau mencadangkan Akta Anti Pengganasan sebagai langkah pencegahan.

    “Sekiranya diperkenalkan, Akta baru itu, akan melengkapi Akta Kesalahan Keselamatan (Langkah-Langkah Khas) 2012 dan Akta Pencegahan Jenayah,” jelasnya lagi.

    Kerajaan Malaysia pernah membentangkan Kertas Putih mengenai kumpulan Al-Ma’unah dan kejadian Baling melibatkan penyokong kumpulan agama.

    “Kali ini, ancaman asing adalah benar dan ancaman daripada dalam juga adalah benar,” tekan Dr Ahmad Zahid lagi. – The Star.

     

    Source: www.beritaharian.sg

  • 60 Of Estimated 550 Germans in Syria and Iraq Are Believed To Have Died

    60 Of Estimated 550 Germans in Syria and Iraq Are Believed To Have Died

    BERLIN – The number of Germans fighting alongside Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq has increased sharply to 550 and around 180 have returned, the head of Germany’s domestic intelligence said in a newspaper interview published on Sunday.

    “We are concerned about the high number of departures. Especially in the last six weeks, it has risen further,” Hans-Georg Maassen told Welt am Sonntag.

    By now we are counting 550 people, that is how many have left Germany to go to Syria and Iraq,” he added. The previous number was 450 people.

    Around 60 of them have been killed during fighting, with at least nine killing themselves in suicide attacks, Maassen said. “That is a sad success for the Islamist propaganda.”

    As with other Western European countries, Germany is struggling to stop the radicalization of young Muslims, some of whom want to become jihadists in Syria or Iraq. Officials also worry that they might return to plot attacks on home soil.

    Since Germany is part of the alliance fighting Islamic State, the country is “naturally” a target for the militants as well as al Qaeda members, Maassen said.

    Intelligence services estimate that around 180 jihadists have returned to Germany after having fought in Syria and Iraq, Maassen said.

    In one of the largest sweeps against alleged Islamists in Germany yet, authorities last week arrested nine men suspected of supporting militant groups in Syria and raided numerous properties in several German states.

     

    Source: www.todayonline.com

  • 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

  • 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

  • Malaysia On Alert In Anticipation Of The Release Of 350 Jemaah Islamiah Prisoners In Indonesia

    Malaysia On Alert In Anticipation Of The Release Of 350 Jemaah Islamiah Prisoners In Indonesia

    Malaysians authorities are on the alert following the expected release of about 350 former Jemaah Islamiah members from prisons in Indonesia.

    Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said Malaysian police was aware of the possible release of the prisoners, which is expected to be on Friday.

    “The police are working with their Indonesian counterparts to secure the full list of prisoners released,” he told a press conference at the police headquarters in Bukit Aman on Thursday.

    “We will remain vigilant in the matter.”

    He was commenting on JI bomb expert Malaysian Taufik Abdul Halim, 39, who would be sent back to Malaysia after being incarcerated in Indonesia for 12 years.

    Taufik is the brother-in-law of FBI most wanted terrorist Zulkifli Abdul Khir, better known as Marwan.

    “Action will be taken against him if he has committed any criminal offences in Malaysia. “The police will keep close tabs on him,” he said.

    Dr Ahmad Zahid vowed that the country would not be used as a base or transit point for terrorists.

    “We are committed towards combating terrorism and using existing laws to do so. “The country will not be a “haven” for terrorists or militants,” he said.

    It was reported that Taufik was released from an Indonesian prison after being jailed for 12 years for an attempted bombing of a shopping mall in Jakarta on August 1, 2001.

    He is expected to arrive from Indonesia on Thursday, after which he would be under police custody for some time.

    Taufik was also a member of Malaysian militant group Kumpulan Militan Malaysia (KMM), responsible for murders and numerous bank robberies.

    Source: www.allsingaporestuff.com