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| Malaysian IS Detainees Isolated after Preaching to Prisoners |
| 2015-01-23 |
| [AnNahar] Malaysian authorities have removed detainees suspected of supporting the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not reallyMoslems.... group (IS) from the general jail population after some were found preaching the Lion of Islam IS ideology to fellow inmates, the home minister said Thursday. "They have been found to influence other criminals in joining the ideology," Zahid Hamidi told news hounds, saying the IS suspects were being housed in dedicated cells blocks. "These are hardcore people who want to go and fight in Iraq and Syria. We want to neutralise them." Authorities in Moslem-majority Malaysia have expressed increasing alarm as scores of the country's citizens have either gone abroad to join the IS jihad or been enjugged Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! for supporting the group or seeking to travel to Syria. Zahid 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 IS links or sympathies, including both men and women, said Zahid, who is in charge of domestic security. Zahid was speaking to news hounds after a meeting with Daniel Russel, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, who is on a brief visit. Malaysia has traditionally observed a moderate brand of Islam and kept a lid on Lion of Islams. But the IS ability to lure Malaysian Moslems, along with thousands of others worldwide, to join its bloody jihad has rattled authorities and brought new attention on increasingly conservative Moslem views in Malaysia as its long-ruling government's tight grip has eased somewhat over the years. Malaysia plans to soon introduce a new anti-terrorism law to counter a potential IS-related security threat as fears grow that recruits may return home to spread bully boy Islam. |
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