Three Malaysian Women Offer Themselves To ISIS Fighters

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Jihad seksual: NGO Islam minta Majlis Fatwa jelaskan jihad sebenar

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Heboh Ajakan Jihad Budak Seks Berhadiah Surga di Kampus UIN

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Cantas keganasan dari awal sebelum terlambat

Cantas keganasan dari awal sebelum terlambat http://ift.tt/Vs1bui SEKILAS PANDANG: Ya! Malaysia Boleh! Seorang warga Malaysia kini menjadi pengganas yang paling dikehendaki di dunia, dengan wang ganjaran sebanyak RM16 juta. Apabila kerajaan Barisan Nasional (BN) yang diterajui Umno membiarkan golongan bigot perkauman dan agama memuntahkan racun ketaksuban mereka, adakah kita hairan bahawa Malaysia semakin menjadi tumpuan keganasan antarabangsa? Ia telah memberanikan golongan pelampau di kalangan kita untuk terus mengancam rakyat Malaysia yang cintakan keamanan dengan keganasan dan pertumpahan darah 13 Mei, untuk "memancung" dan apa sahaja yang mereka mahu lakukan. Rakyat Malaysia tertanya-tanya bilakah pihak berkuasa keselamatan akan mula mengambil tindakan terhadap golongan anti-nasional sebegini yang menghancurkan perpaduan negara. Menurut laporan The Star pada 4 Julai (terjemahan), pengganas warga Malaysia Zulkifli Abd Hir masih hidup. Dia masih hidup dan tetap menjadi salah seorang pengganas yang paling dikehendaki dan sukar dikesan di dunia. Biro Penyiasatan Persekutuan Amerika Syarikat (FBI) telah meletakkan nilai RM16 juta terhadapnya dan agensi-agensi keselamatan telah meningkatkan operasi mereka dalam memburu pelarian berbahaya ini, terutamanya sewaktu berlakunya peristiwa-peristiwa di Syria dan Iraq. Mereka gusarkan tercetusnya keganasan berikut seruan Abu Bakar Baghdadi – yang kini dianggap sebagai pengganas yang paling berbahaya di dunia – kepada umat Islam radikal di seluruh dunia untuk meningkatkan dan berjuang untuk Negara Islam, asas baru bagi sistem Khalifah. Agensi-agensi keselamatan serantau berkata mereka kini mengkaji semula pergerakan Zulkifli "sewaktu kejadian yang sedang berlaku di Timur Tengah dan kesannya terhadap Asia Tenggara". Penolong pengarah Bahagian Pencegahan Keganasan Cawangan Khas Bukit Aman, SAC Datuk Ayob Khan mengesahkan bahawa Zulkifli, juga dikenali sebagai Marwan, masih hidup – walaupun ada laporan menyatakan bahawa beliau telah terbunuh dalam sebuah serangan udara pada 2 Februari 2012. "Kami sedar mengenai laporan bahawa dia telah terbunuh beberapa tahun yang lalu. Perkara ini tidak benar. Kami percaya dia bersembunyi di selatan Filipina," katanya. Tambahnya cawangan itu kini sedang menjejaki Marwan dan memantau mereka yang rapat dengannya. Ditanya jika Zulkifli mungkin terlibat dalam gerakan militan tempatan dan menghantar pejuang ke Syria dan Iraq, SAC Ayob berkata bahawa polis tidak menolak apa-apa kemungkinan. Difahamkan Zulkifli yang dilahirkan di Muar mempunyai seorang isteri di Malaysia, tetapi telah mengahwini tiga orang wanita Filipina apabila dia bersembunyi. Jurutera berusia 48 tahun yang mendapat latihan di AS itu, yang merupakan seorang pakar pembuatan bom, mempunyai hubungan rapat dengan kumpulan pengganas Abu Sayyaf yang kini aktif di Filipina. Sumber perisikan berkata bahawa pemimpin Kumpulan Mujahiddin Malaysia (KMM) itu dianggap sebagai pembekal bom untuk kumpulan radikal, dan melatih pejuang mereka. Ahli KMM telah dikaitkan dengan pembunuhan wakil rakyat Lunas, Dr Joe Fernandez pada tahun 2002, pengeboman sebuah gereja dan sebuah kuil Hindu, dan juga serangan ke atas balai polis Guar Chempedak pada 4 Februari 2001. Mereka yang ditahan di bawah Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri (ISA) termasuk beberapa pemimpin akar umbi PAS seperti Zainon Ismail, Noorashid Sakid, Ahmad Tajuddin dan Nik Adli Nik Aziz, anak bekas Menteri Besar Kelantan. Adakah kerajaan Malaysia menganggap bahawa semua ini tidak menjejaskan reputasi Malaysia sebagai sebuah destinasi pelaburan yang selamat dan kondusif? Keganasan harus dicantas dari awal sebelum ia tidak dapat dibendung dan malapetaka berlaku.



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Understand jihad first before taking part in a war, says Jamil Khir

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2 July 2014

Muslims were reminded today to understand the concept of jihad before taking part in a war, such as the one in Syria, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom today.

He said it was enough for Muslims to support the cause through financial donations, medical and food aid, without the need to take up arms.

Jamil Khir said Muslims should consult the authorities, especially mufti and Foreign Affairs Ministry before joining a jihad.

“This way, they can get a clearer picture of the situation before deciding to back those at war," he was quoted as saying by Bernama when asked to comment on the involvement of Malaysians in the Syrian civil war.

On June 24, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak had caused consternation among many Malaysians when he reportedly urged Umno members to emulate the exploits of members of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isil), which he said had defeated an Iraqi force outnumbering it.

“For example, when someone dares to fight to his death, he can even defeat a much bigger team,” he said, singling out the militant group, Isil.

Isil, a splinter group of al-Qaeda, has been classified as a terror organisation.

Malaysians are said to be linked to the group. One was believed to have been the suicide bomber who killed 25 Iraqi policemen in May while police here have arrested several local men, believed to be members of the group.

Two days after Najib's statement and following major backlash over his purported support for Isil, Putrajaya issued a statement saying that the prime minister had not indicated any support for the militant group and would not endorse any forms of violence and extremism.

A statement from the Prime Minister's Office said Najib's comments, which were made during his speech at Cheras Umno branch anniversary dinner, had been "taken out of all context".

“Isil was mentioned briefly and in passing, but it is important to note that the prime minister in no way indicated any support for Isil," a Putrajaya spokesperson was quoted as saying.

"Any allegation to the contrary is completely false," the statement had said. – July 2, 2014.

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Lotfi, pejuang Malaysia di Syria, dakwa letak jawatan dalam PAS sebelum dipecat - The Malaysian...

http://ift.tt/1lzZeWA Mohd Lotfi Arifin, rakyat Malaysia yang menyertai perjuangan bersenjata di Syria, mendakwa beliau telah meletakkan semua jawatannya dalam PAS sejak 19 April 2014 sebelum dipecat oleh parti itu. "Sebenarnya saya buat surat letak jawatan sebelum PAS Pusat buat keputusan demi kestabilan PAS," kata Lotfi (gambar) dalam posting di Facebooknya 26 Jun lepas. Posting itu dipercayai dibuat beliau selepas Setiausaha Agung PAS Datuk Mustafa Ali mengumumkan beliau dipecat dari PAS pada 11 Mei 2014 lalu. Mustafa dalam satu kenyataan kepada The Malaysian Insider berkata, mesyuarat Jawatankuasa PAS Pusat membuat keputusan memecat Lotfi dari menjadi ahli PAS setelah mendapat tahu dan kemudiannya mengesahkan beliau ke Syria bagi menyertai perjuangan bersenjata di sana. Ia berikutan laporan The Star bahawa AJK Dewan Ulama PAS antara yang menyertai perjuangan bersenjata di Syria. Timbalan Presiden PAS, Haji Mohamad Sabu pula menjelaskan, PAS akan meneruskan perjuangan melalui "muhajahad silmiyyah" (perjuangan secara aman) dan menyertai pilihan raya. Dalam postingnya di Facebook memaklumkan beliau meletakkan jawatan sebelum dipecat, Lotfi menyertakan salinan surat beliau kepada Dewan Ulama PAS Pusat (DUPP) dan Dewan Ulama PAS Negeri Kedah (DUPNK). "Dengan ini saya Md Lotfi Ariffin meletakkan jawatan saya di semua peringkat dalam PAS berkuat kuasa serta merta," tulisnya dalam surat perletakan jawatannya itu. Lotfi menggunakan "Kufer Zeta, Hama Syria" sebagai alamat beliau ketika menulis surat itu. Dalam postingnya pada tarikh sama, Lotfi memaklumkan, sehari sebelum itu (25 Jun), beliau bersama "mujahidin" terus mara menuju bandar Syelewwet pinggir Hama. "Dengan mudah mujahidin menguasai bandar ini, seorang di kalangan kami cedera dan yang lain selamat manakala di kalangan musuh tak di ketahui berapa kelihatan, dua tiga orang bergelimpangan dan ghanimah untuk mujahidin adalah Dyoska bersama lorinya juga berbagai peluru," tulisnya. Beliau turut menyiarkan video bagaimana janakuasa eletrik di bandar Syelewwet pinggir Hama terbakar ditembak pejuang. Lebih 100 rakyat Malaysia dilaporkan ke Syria bagi menyertai perjuangan menentang regim Bashar al-Assad, menurut sumber polis Cawangan Khas kepada The Malaysian Insider. 15 dari mereka dilaporkan sudah meninggal dunia. – 28 Jun, 2014.



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http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/be-brave-like-isil-fighters-najib-tells-umno (24/6/2014)

http://my.news.yahoo.com/brave-isil-fighters-najib-tells-umno-231300397.html (24/6/2014)

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/06/14/ISIS-and-the-first-Malaysian-suicide-bomber/ (14/6/2014)

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/15-malaysian-militants-allegedly-killed-in-syria-says-wisma-putra (25/6/2014)

http://www.themalaymailonline.com/malaysia/article/wisma-putra-15-malaysian-isis-militants-killed-in-syria (25/6/2014)

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Nigeria Islamists attack villages, church near Chibok, 15 dead

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/world/article/nigeria-islamists-attack-villages-church-near-chibok-15-dead (29 June 2014)

Burnt-out cars are seen at the scene of a blast in Abuja, June 25, 2014. At least 21 people were killed when a suspected bomb tore through a crowded shopping district in the Nigerian capital Abuja during rush hour. – Reuters pic, June 29, 2014.

Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 15 people on Sunday in an attack on two Nigerian villages, including one targeting worshippers at a church, a few kilometres from Chibok, the scene of a mass abduction of more than 200 school girls.

Violence in Nigeria's northeast has been relentless in the past year, and has gained in intensity since April, when more than 200 schoolgirls were snatched by Boko Haram rebels from Chibok. Efforts to free them, which have attracted Western support, have so far not succeeded.

In a separate assault on Friday evening, insurgents killed seven soldiers in the village of Goniri, in Yobe state, a security source and witnesses said.

The attackers on Sunday made simultaneous strikes on two villages in the Chibok community, in Borno state.

Samuel Chibok, a survivor of the attack on Kautikiri village, about five km from where the girls were snatched, said that around 20 men in a Toyota pick-up truck and motorcycles rolled into town. They sprayed it with bullets, focusing much of their fire power on panicked worshippers in a local church.

"Initially, I thought they were military, but when I came out, they were firing at people. I saw people fleeing and they burned our houses," he said, adding that some people had died in the attack, including two of his relatives.

"Smoke was billowing from our town as I left."

A local pro-government vigilante, who declined to be named, said residents had now recovered 15 bodies from the village.

Boko Haram often attacks institutions it sees as against its strict version of Sunni Islam, including churches, bars and non-religious schools that teach Western ideas like science.

Another attack on Kwada, eight km from Chibok village, left some people dead, a security source operating in the area said, although the toll was not yet clear.

Boko Haram, which is fighting for an Islamic state in largely Muslim northern Nigeria, has killed thousands since launching an uprising on 2009, and many hundreds in the past three months.

It is the biggest security threat to Africa's biggest economy and top oil producer, and has overshadowed government efforts to project an image of Nigeria as a prospective economic giant.

An explosion on Friday night in a brothel in the northeastern Nigerian city of Bauchi killed 11 people and wounded 28, police said on Saturday. This attack was believed to be the work of Boko Haram.

A military operation in the northeast has so far failed to quell the rebellion and has triggered reprisal attacks that are increasingly targeting civilians, after they formed vigilante groups to try to help the government flush out the militants.

Their tactics, striking then fleeing over the border into Cameroon, have repeatedly proved devastating. They are well armed and funded by a lucrative kidnapping operation.

In Friday night's attack on a military outpost, suspected Boko Haram fighters arrived in four armoured personel carriers and 11 Hilux trucks mounted with anti-aircraft guns, said a security source and a witness who gave his name only as Hamisu.

"They were all dressed in full military, but they did not direct their onslaught on the civilian population," Hamisu said by telephone.

The militants are extending their reach beyond their remote northeastern heartlands. A bomb in an upmarket shopping district of the capital Abuja killed 21 people on Wednesday, the third attack on the capital in three months.

President Goodluck Jonathan said Nigeria had entered one of the darkest phases of its history during a visit to the scene of the Abuja blast on Friday. – Reuters, June 29, 2014.

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Muslim Leaders Condemn Boko Haram In Letter Led By Representatives Ellison And Carson (21 May 2014)
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2014 Chibok kidnapping
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Chibok_kidnapping

On the night of 14–15 April 2014, approximately 276 female students were kidnapped from the Government Secondary School in the town of Chibok in Borno State, Nigeria. The kidnappings were claimed by Boko Haram, an Islamic Jihadist and Takfiri terrorist organization based in northeast Nigeria.

Background

Main article: Islamist insurgency in Nigeria

The insurgent group Boko Haram is opposed to the Westernisation of Nigeria, which they maintain is the root cause of criminal behaviour in the country.[1] Thousands of people have been killed in attacks perpetrated by the group, and the Nigerian federal government declared a state of emergency in May 2013 in Borno State in its fight against the insurgency.[2] The resulting crackdown has led to the capture or killing of hundreds of Boko Haram members, with the remainder retreating to mountainous areas from which they have increasingly targeted civilians.[3] However, the campaign has failed to stabilise the country. A French military operation in Mali also pushed Boko Haram and AQIM terrorists into Nigeria.[4][5]

Since 2010, Boko Haram has targeted schools, killing hundreds of students. A spokesperson for the group said such attacks would continue as long as the Nigerian government continued to interfere with traditional Islamic education. 10,000 children have been unable to attend school as a result of the activities by Boko Haram.[1] Boko Haram has also been known to kidnap girls, who it believes should not be educated, and use them as cooks or sex slaves.[4]

Boko Haram's attacks have intensified in 2014. In February, the group killed more than 100 Christian men in the villages of Doron Baga and Izghe.[4] Also in February, 59 students were killed in the Federal Government College attack in northeastern Nigeria.[6] In March, the group attacked the Giwa military barracks, freeing captured militants.[4] The abduction occurred on the same day as a bombing attack in Abuja in which at least 88 people died.[7] Boko Haram has been blamed for nearly 4,000 deaths in 2014.[4] Training received from al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has helped Boko Haram intensify its attacks.[8]

Kidnapping

Damage to the school
On the night of 14–15 April 2014, a group of militants attacked the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Nigeria. They broke into the school, shooting the guards[9] and killing one soldier.[10] A large number of students were taken away in trucks, possibly into the Konduga area of the Sambisa Forest where Boko Haram were known to have fortified camps.[10] Houses in Chibok were also burnt down in the incident.[7] The school had been closed for four weeks prior to the attack due to the deteriorating security situation, but students from multiple schools had been called in to take final exams in physics.[7][11][12]

There were 530 students from multiple villages registered for the Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, although it was unclear how many were in attendance at the time of the attack.[13] The children were aged 16 to 18 and were in their final year of school.[14] Initial reports said 85 students were kidnapped in the attack. Over the 19–20 April weekend, the military released a statement that said more than 100 of 129 kidnapped girls had been freed. However, the statement was retracted, and on 21 April, parents said 234 girls were missing.[4] A number of the students escaped the kidnappers in two groups.[15] According to the police approximately 276 children were taken in the attack of which 53 had escaped as of 2 May.[13] Other reports were that 329 girls were kidnapped, 53 had escaped and 276 were still missing.[12][16]

Amnesty International later said it believes the Nigerian military had four hours advanced warning of the kidnapping, but failed to send reinforcements to protect the school.[17] Nigeria's armed forces have confirmed that the Nigerian military had four hour advance notice of the attack but that their over-extended forces were unable to mobilize reinforcements.[18]

Aftermath

The students are being forced into Islam[19] and into marriage with members of Boko Haram, with a reputed "bride price" of ₦2,000 each ($12.50/£7.50).[20][21] Many of the students were taken to the neighbouring countries of Chad and Cameroon, with sightings reported of the students crossing borders with the militants, and sightings of the students by villagers living in the Sambisa Forest.[21][22] The forest is considered a refuge for Boko Haram.[21] Local residents have been able to track the movements of the students with the help of contacts across north eastern Nigeria.[21]

On 2 May, the police said they were still unclear as to the exact number of students who were kidnapped. They asked parents to provide documents so an official count could be made since school records were damaged in the attack.[13] On 4 May, the Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, spoke publicly about the kidnapping for the first time, saying the government was doing everything it could to find the missing girls.[14] At the same time, he blamed parents for not supplying enough information about their missing children to the police.[8]

On 5 May, a video in which Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau claimed responsibility for the kidnappings emerged. Shekau claimed that "Allah instructed me to sell them...I will carry out his instructions."[14] and "Slavery is allowed in my religion, and I shall capture people and make them slaves."[23] He said the girls should not have been in the school and instead they should be married since girls as young as nine are suitable for marriage.[14][23] Following the kidnapping incident, Boko Haram again abducted eight girls aged between 12–15 from northeast Nigeria.[24] Chibok is primarily a Christian village and Shekau acknowledged that many of the girls seized were not Muslims: “The girls that have not accepted Islam, they are now gathered in numbers...and we treat them well the way the Prophet Muhammad treated the infidels he seized.” [25]

On 5 May, at least 300 residents of the nearby town of Gamboru Ngala were killed in an attack by Boko Haram militants after Nigerian security forces had left the town to search for the kidnapped students.[26] On 9 May, former Boko Haram negotiator, Shehu Sani stated that the group wanted to swap the abducted girls for its jailed members.[27] On 11 May, Kashim Shettima, Governor of Borno State in Nigeria, said that he has sighted the abducted girls and that the girls were not taken across the borders of Cameroon or Chad.[28] On 12 May, Boko Haram released a video showing about 130 kidnapped girls, each clad in a hijab and a long Islamic chador, while it demanded prisoner exchange.[29][30]

Reaction

The First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama, holds a sign with the #BringBackOurGirls hash tag, posted to her official Twitter account, helping to spread the awareness of the kidnapping.[31][32]
Governor Kashim Shettima demanded to visit Chibok, despite being advised that it was too dangerous. The military was working with vigilantes and volunteers to search the forest near the Nigeria-Cameroon border on 21 April.[4] The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UNICEF condemned the abduction,[33] as did former Nigerian military ruler Muhammadu Buhari.[34] UN Security Council also condemned the attack and warned action against Boko Haram Militants for abducting Girls.[35]

Parents and others took to social media to complain about the government's perceived slow and inadequate response. On 30 April and 1 May, protests demanding more government action were held in several Nigerian cities.[12] Most parents, however, were afraid to speak publicly for fear their daughters would be targeted for reprisal. On 3 and 4 May, protests were held in major Western cities including Los Angeles and London. At the same time, the hash tag #BringBackOurGirls trended globally on Twitter as the story continued to spread[8] and by 11 May it had attracted 2.3 million tweets.[36][37] A woman who helped organise protests was detained by the police, apparently because the First Lady of Nigeria, Patience Jonathan, felt slighted when the woman showed up for a meeting instead of the mothers of victims. The woman was released soon after. Reports said the First Lady had further incensed protestors by suggesting some abduction reports were faked by Boko Haram supporters.[14][38] Several online petitions were created to pressure the Nigerian government to act against the kidnapping.[39][40] On 30 April, hundreds marched on the National Assembly to demand government and military action against the kidnappers.[41]

The President of the Muslim Students Society of Nigeria called on Muslims to fast and pray "in order to seek Allah's intervention in this precarious time."[42] Sa'ad Abubakar III, the Sultan of Sokoto, has also called for prayers and intensified efforts to rescue the students.[43] On 9 May, Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State called on all Muslims and Christians to join in "three days of prayers and fasting."[44] On the same day, Muslims in Cameroon have been calling on fellow believers not to marry any of these girls should they be offered to them.[45] On the same day, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia Sheikh Abdulaziz Al al-Sheikh joined other religious leaders in the Muslim world to condemn the kidnappings, describing Boko Haram as misguided and intent on smearing the name of Islam. He stated that Islam is against kidnapping, and that marrying kidnapped girls is not permitted.[46]

The scale of the kidnapping was unprecedented, which led the former United States Ambassador to Nigeria John Campbell to declare that Boko Haram's strength "appears to be increasing. The government's ability to provide security to its citizens appears to be decreasing."[4] Director of the Atlantic Council's Africa Center J. Peter Pham said "The failure of the government to even get a clear count further reinforces a perception of systemic governmental failure".[4] The Economist "labeled President Goodluck Jonathan as incompetent," saying that Jonathan and the Nigerian military "cannot be trusted any longer to guarantee security for Nigerians," adding that “the worst aspect of the Nigerian government’s handling of the abduction is its seeming indifference to the plight of the girls’ families. It took more than two weeks before Jonathan addressed the matter in public.”[38]

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http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/06/14/ISIS-and-the-first-Malaysian-suicide-bomber/

14 June 2014

Trained militant : Ahmad Tarmimi has the dubious honour of being Malaysia’s first suicide bomber linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham.

PETALING JAYA: Just a year ago, Ahmad Tarmimi Maliki was a quiet 26-year-old factory worker. Now, he has the dubious honour of being Malaysia’s first suicide bomber linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS).

He is credited with blowing up 25 elite Iraqi soldiers at Iraq’s SWAT headquarters in al-Anbar on May 26.

Reports state that Ahmad Tarmimi, who received militant training in Port Dickson at the end of last year, drove a military SUV filled with tonnes of explosives into the SWAT headquarters, blowing himself up in the process.

The bombing preceded an attack on the headquarters by ISIS commandos.

His exploits were published in the ISIS official website with the title, “Mujahidin Malaysia Syahid Dalam Operasi Martyrdom” with his photograph also featured.

The report also stated that the ISIS militants had seized a large weapon cache from the headquarters. It described Ahmad Tarmimi as the first Malaysian suicide bomber in Iraq.

Ahmad Tarmimi’s family members said their last meeting was in March before he left for the Middle East to further his Islamic studies.

He had been working in a factory in Selangor since 2012. While he did not act strangely, Ahmad Tarmimi had become more pious and more secretive, said his family.

From Facebook postings, it is learnt that Ahmad Tarmimi first went to Syria via Turkey before finally ending up in Iraq, where he turned suicide bomber.

Sources said the ISIS network had local links in South-East Asia, including Indonesia, and many youngsters were being lured to fight the war and die for their Muslim brothers in the Middle East.

ISIS was formed in April 2013 and grew out of al-Qaeda in Iraq.

According to Terrorism Research and Analysis Consortium (http://www.­trackingterrorism.org), ISIS has extensive financial resources (mostly derived from alleged organised crime activities in areas of control as well as diaspora funds and unidentified financial sponsors from within Gulf states) as well as human capital that enable operations in various locations. This is seen in attacks executed in areas regarded as primarily Shi’a areas in Iraq, such as Najaf, Karbala, Kut and Wasit as well as bombings in Baghdad (Iraq).

ISIS has since become one of the main forces to launch attacks against government forces in Syria and Iraq.

Reports revealed that the final “S” in the acronym ISIS stems from the Arabic word “al-Sham”.

This can mean the Levant, Syria or even Damascus but in the context of the global jihad, it refers to the Levant, an area that now consists of Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine and part of southern Turkey.

The organisation is led by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Little is known about him, but it is believed he was born in Samarra, north of Baghdad, in 1971 and joined the insurgency that erupted in Iraq soon after the 2003 US-led invasion.

Trained militant : Ahmad Tarmimi has the dubious honour of being Malaysia’s first suicide bomber linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham.



This is worrying! Terror-rising in Malaysia?
Peningkatan pengganas di M'sia cetus kebimbangan (TheAntDaily)
http://bm.theantdaily.com/Terkini/Peningkatan%20pengganas%20di%20M'sia%20cetus%20kebimbangan
http://www.theantdaily.com/Main/This-is-worrying-Terror-rising-in-Malaysia

16 June 2014

COMMENT: A spate of recent cases linked to Malaysians being involved in terrorism has led some to say that this is starting to pose a serious problem to the country.

Especially with the recent revival of militancy in the Middle East and the string of “Arab Spring” popular uprisings and armed movements that overthrew long entrenched dictators fuelling local Muslim youths with the call of holy war or Jihad.

At a time when many local Muslims are lost in the maelstrom of modern life being seduced by solar powered bibles and translated copies of the Christian holy book and are trapped in the gritty day to day of surviving in the shambles of today’s economy, the tap on the shoulder to return to religion and contribute to its cause is one that appeals to many.

The latest was the alleged involvement of a Malaysian factory worker with the new face of Islamic militancy, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in a suicide bomb attack in Iraq.

ISIS is an Al-Qaeda offshoot which had found a string of successes in fighting President Bashar Al-Assad's forces in Syria and is now pushing into Iraq, having taken over vast oil rich areas as well as major cities and towns.

The matter was mentioned on what is believed to be an ISIS website.

Follow ups by Malay daily Utusan Malaysia with family members, law enforcement and former militants seem to corroborate the matter.

This follows recent arrests and charging of several Malaysians in the country for alleged links to terrorism as well as several who were picked up by foreign authorities for alleged complicity with terrorism activities overseas.

Police have gone on record as saying that they have been monitoring terrorist activities on our home soil for a time, with terror organisations using Malaysia not only for training but also recruiting locals to join.

If mainstream media coverage and official statements on the matter are to be believed, the rise of terror in Malaysia is one that is becoming a serious matter indeed.

But in itself, militants training, recruiting and operating out of Malaysian soil may be nothing new as it was speculated that Sulu separatists, Muslim Thai insurgents, Acheh nationalists and even members of militant groups in Singapore and Indonesia have found refuge and to a limited extent, operated or hid in the country.

So it is nothing new, if only highlighted now.

Neither is the case of Malaysians involved in militant movements a new trend as it was once fashionable for young Muslim activists to go and join the Jihad in Afghanistan against the occupying Soviet forces and the fight to free Palestine from Israeli occupation.

The atmosphere of Islamic revival in the 60s and 70s saw this happening similar to the current Arab Spring which saw reports of Malaysians fighting in Syria against the Al-Assad regime, in Afghanistan against the US and NATO occupation and other flash points.

The only question is perhaps the way the activity is perceived by the powers that be, labelling them terrorists or freedom fighters as needed.

Malaysian authorities were aware of the militant activities that has been happening in Malaysia for a long time, but perhaps because it was favourable to Malaysia’s foreign policy, there were no immediate need to raise the alarm then.

After all, Muslims in Sulu, Acheh and Southern Thailand were part of the global Muslim Brotherhood which were also pervasive in Malaysia.

And it was Malaysian policy to support Palestine freedom fighters and the Mujahideen of Afghanistan.

Only when it was our ally US that was occupying Afghanistan and when it is a “no no” to see an uprising in Iraq against the US-installed government that we seem to paint the terrorist label liberally.

I guess it was the same with the US when faced with the matter of the IRA in Northern Ireland fighting against British occupation. IRA are terrorists but with backing by funds from Irish immigrants in the US. Sensitivities are thus involved when dealing with their normally hardline stance against terror groups.

But there are advantages to crying wolf over alleged terror activities for the powers that be and making it seem like a serious issue or only highlighting it now when it has always been the elephant in the house.

After all Malaysia has been known to be the hub and transit point not only for terrorism but also illegal finances, drugs and human trafficking for a while now.

The one most useful to the powers that be is to create the scene and set the stage for the reintroduction of draconian laws, to justify the need for arbitrary arrest and detention without trial and give authorities the power to suppress opposition to it by the convenient label of terror-linked. I mean that was how the abuse of the ISA came about in the first place didn't it? SOSMA next?

Maybe terrorists really are training and recruiting in Malaysia, but up until now they do not practise their deadly trade here. Maybe I am more worried about how the Umno-led Barisan Nasional loathe to lose its borrowed office as the government of the day does with this implied atmosphere that we have terrorists in our midst.

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KOMEN: Satu rentetan kes baru-baru ini dikaitkan dengan rakyat Malaysia yang terbabit dalam satu gerakan keganasan telah memberi tanggapan untuk mengatakan bahawa ia sudah mula menimbulkan satu masalah yang serius kepada negara.

Terutamanya dengan kebangkitan militan di Timur Tengah baru-baru ini dengan kebangkitan "Arab Spring" yang begitu popular dan pergerakan kumpulan bersenjata yang menggulingkan diktator lama dilihat semakin berakar umbi mengisi belia Islam tempatan dengan seruan perang suci atau jihad.

Pada ketika ramai orang Islam tempatan seperti "hilang punca" dalam pergolakan hidup moden yang tergoda oleh solar kitab Bible yang berkuasa dan diterjemahkan salinan kitab suci Kristian dan terperangkap dalam hari yang cekal untuk hari yang masih hidup dalam keadaan berantakan ekonomi hari ini, perlu ketuk bahu untuk kembali kepada agama yang dilihat menjadi menyumbang kepada puncanya yang merupakan satu rayuan kepada ramai.

Laporan terkini adalah mengenai dakwaan penglibatan seorang pekerja kilang Malaysia dengan wajah baru militan Islam, Negara Islam di Iraq dan Syria (ISIS) dalam satu serangan bom berani mati di Iraq.

ISIS adalah satu cabang Al-Qaeda yang telah menemui beberapa rentetan kejayaan dalam membanteras tentera Presiden Bashar Al-Assad di Syria dan kini menolak ke dalam Iraq, yang mengambil alih kawasan yang kaya dengan sumber minyak yang besar yang terletak di bandar raya utama dan bandar kecil.

Perkara di atas ini telah jelas dinyatakan apa yang dipercayai dalam laman web ISIS.

Berita susulan oleh akhbar berbahasa Melayu Utusan Malaysia dengan ahli keluarga, penguatkuasaan undang-undang dan bekas militan seolah-olah menyokong perkara itu.

Ia berikutan tangkapan baru-baru ini serta beberapa rakyat Malaysia

di negara ini yang didakwa mengikut Kanun Keseksaan selepas disyaki terlibat dalam kegiatan militan dan juga beberapa individu yang ditahan oleh pihak berkuasa asing kerana didakwa bersubahat dengan aktiviti keganasan di luar negara.

Polis telah dilaporkan sebagai berkata bahawa mereka telah memantau dan memburu sebarang kegiatan militan di dalam negara kita dengan organisasi keganasan menggunakan Malaysia bukan sahaja untuk latihan tetapi juga merekrut penduduk tempatan untuk menyertai kumpulan tersebut.

Jika liputan media arus perdana dan kenyataan rasmi mengenai perkara itu boeh dipercayai, kebangkitan keganasan di Malaysia akan menjadi salah satu perkara yang serius sekali.

Tetapi dengan sendirinya, latihan militan, merekrut dan beroperasi di luar bumi Malaysia mungkin perkara baru kerana ia telah membuat spekulasi bahawa pemisah Sulu, pemberontak Thai Muslim, Acheh nasionalis dan juga ahli-ahli kumpulan militan di Singapura dan Indonesia telah menemui tempat perlindungan dan setakat yang terhad, dikendalikan atau bersembunyi di negara ini.

Jadi ia bukan perkara baru, jika ia diberi penekanan sekarang.

Tidak adalah kes rakyat Malaysia yang terlibat dalam pergerakan militan dilihat sebagai satu trend terbaru kerana ia pernah memperlihatkan aktivis Islam golongan muda untuk pergi dan menyertai Jihad di Afghanistan menentang kuasa-kuasa "Soviet Union" dan perjuangan untuk membebaskan Palestin daripada penjajahan Israel.

Suasana kebangkitan Islam dalam 60-an dan 70-an menyaksikan perkara ini berlaku sama semasa Arab Spring yang menyaksikan laporan rakyat Malaysia berjuang di Syria yang menentang rejim Al-Assad, di Afghanistan terhadap Amerika Syarikat dan Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu (NATO) lain.

Hanya satu persoalan sahaja yang memungkinkan cara aktiviti itu dilihat oleh mereka yang berkuasa, melabelkan mereka pengganas atau pejuang kebebasan seperti yang diperlukan.

Pihak berkuasa Malaysia tahu mengenai aktiviti militan yang telah berlaku di Malaysia untuk masa yang panjang, tetapi mungkin kerana ia memihak kepada dasar luar negara Malaysia, tidak ada keperluan segera untuk meningkatkan tahap keselamatan.

Lagipun, orang Islam di Sulu, Acheh dan Selatan Thailand  adalah sebahagian daripada kumpulan Islam Ikhwan Muslimin yang juga berleluasa di Malaysia.

Dan ia adalah dasar Malaysia untuk menyokong Palestin pejuang kebebasan dan Mujahideen Afghanistan.

Hanya apabila sekutu kita, Amerika Syarikat yang menduduki Afghanistan dan apabila ia adalah "menolak" untuk melihat pemberontakan di Iraq terhadap pembentukan kerajaan AS sementara yang kita lihat seolah-olah memberikan warna sebenar dilabel sebagai pengganas liberal.

Saya rasa ia adalah sama dengan Amerika Syarikat apabila berhadapan dengan pertubuhan ketenteraan Irish Republican Army (IRA) di Ireland Utara berjuang menentang penjajahan British. IRA adalah pengganas tetapi dengan sokongan  dana dari pendatang Irish di AS.  Ia melibatkan sensitiviti apabila berurusan dengan pendirian tegas kebiasaanya garis peraturan ketat mereka terhadap kumpulan pengganas.

Lagipun Malaysia telah dikenali sebagai hub atau pusat transit bukan sahaja untuk keganasan tetapi juga kewangan haram, penyeludupan dadah dan pemerdagangan manusia pada masa sekarang.

Yang paling berguna kepada mereka yang berkuasa adalah untuk mewujudkan tempat kejadian dan menyediakan pentas bagi pengenalan semula "draconian" undang-undang zalim, untuk mewajarkan keperluan bagi penangkapan dan penahanan sewenang-wenangnya tanpa perbicaraan dan memberi pihak berkuasa kuasa untuk menindas pembangkang dengan mudah berkaitan keganasan.

Yang saya maksudkan itu adalah bagaimana penyalahgunaan Akta ISA muncul di tempat pertama, adakah benar ? kemunculan SOSMA akan datang?

Mungkin pengganas benar-benar sedang melatih dan merekrut di Malaysia, tetapi sehingga kini mereka belum mengamalkan serangan maut mereka di sini. Mungkin saya lebih bimbang tentang bagaimana Umno yang menerajui Barisan Nasional  marah kehilangan pejabatnya yang dipinjamkan sementara sebagai kerajaan yang memerintah dikaitkan dengan implikasi  suasana tersirat  pengganas di tengah-tengah kita.

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http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/world/article/iraq-widens-internet-blocks-to-disrupt-insurgent-communications
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http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/malaysians-give-up-life-wealth-to-join-sunni-militancy-in-iraq-says-report
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