Malaysian Police Urge Vigilance against Daesh
Its counter-terrorism division's principal assistant director, Datuk Ayob Khan
Mydin Pitchay said the publication of the digital magazine in the Malay
language showed the group was getting more aggressive in disseminating its ideology.
A check by Bernama found that 10 out of 15 editions of the English magazine had
been translated into Malay language in the e-book format.
The magazine's content also showed the group's intent on spreading its form of
militancy and terror and recruiting members in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and
Singapore.
Apart from that, Ayob Khan said the terror group was also making use of videos,
leaflets and educational training contrary to true Islamic teachings.
He said the contents of the magazine were believed to be the work of
controversial Ibnu Taimiyyah who, among other things, labelled
followers of Sunnah Wal Jamaah as misguided Muslims.
"They also label Islamic practices such as the celebration of the Prophet
Muhammad's Birthday, offering praise to the Prophet, reading Yassin and
visiting of graves as deviant, and that those practising it should be executed.
"These extreme views of Daesh are in line with a certain group in the
country who call themselves 'salaf' and they supposedly only believe in the
Quran and Sunnah, while rejecting 'Ijma' (the agreement of ulamas on certain
issues based on the Quran and hadith) and 'Qiyas' (setting of rules or laws
based on comparison with the base law found in the Quran and hadith)."
He said the matter was nothing new to the police as questioning of Daesh
suspects and seized books also showed that many of them justified their acts of
terror by adhering to the extreme views of Ibnu Taimiyyah.
Ayob Khan said in addressing this matter, the counter-terrorism division of teh police constantly monitored the distribution of Daesh publications and checked their
entry into Malaysia.
"The police, with the collaboration of the Malaysian Communications and
Multimedia Commission (MCMC), will restrict websites that can pose a threat and
disseminate this militant ideology," he said.
He said the MCMC had acted swiftly to stop the circulation of a Daesh digital
newspaper that was also produced in the Malay language.
Source: Bernama
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