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Singapore deports 26 Bangladeshis for ISIS links

Investigations showed that they supported the armed jihad ideology of terrorist groups such as Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)

The 26 deported were members of a closed religious study group that subscribed to extremist beliefs and teachings of radical figures like Anwar al-Awlaki, an American and Yemeni Islamic lecturer alleged to have ties with militant group Al-Qaeda.

Singapore has deported 26 Bangladeshi migrant workers late last year and jailed one for supporting “the armed jihad ideology” of terror groups like Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, authorities said today. The men, who were working in the construction industry here, were detained between November 16 and December 1 last year, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said.

Investigations showed that they supported the armed jihad ideology of terrorist groups such as Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Some of them had considered waging armed jihad overseas, but they were not planning any terrorist attacks in Singapore, said the MHA.

The 26 deported were members of a closed religious study group that subscribed to extremist beliefs and teachings of radical figures like Anwar al-Awlaki, an American and Yemeni Islamic lecturer alleged to have ties with militant group Al-Qaeda. Awlaki was killed in a drone strike in Yemen in September 2011. The Bangladeshi authorities were informed of the circumstances of their repatriation.

The jailed man was not a member of the study group, but was discovered to have been undergoing radicalisation. He supported extremist preachers and possessed jihadi-related material. He was jailed for attempting to leave Singapore illegally. He will also be repatriated once he completes his sentence.

In the course of their arrests, the Internal Security Department recovered a “significant amount” of radical and jihadi-related material, such as books and videos containing footage of children undergoing training in what appeared to be terrorist military camps. Several members also possessed a shared document with graphic images and instruction details on how to conduct “silent killings” using different methods and weapons.

An excerpt from the document, which depicts in a graphic manner how one can attack and kill with stealth. The group members took measures to avoid detection by the authorities, sharing jihadi-related materials discreetly and holding weekly gatherings to discuss armed conflicts involving Muslims, said MHA. “They also carefully targeted the recruitment of other Bangladeshi nationals to grow their membership,” it said. A number of members admitted that they believed they should participate in and wage armed jihad on behalf of their religion.

Several contemplated travelling to the Middle East to take part in the ongoing conflict. “Members were encouraged to return to Bangladesh and wage armed jihad against the Bangladeshi government. They had also sent monetary donations to entities believed to be linked to extremist groups in Bangladesh,” said MHA.

Investigations showed that they supported the armed jihad ideology of terrorist groups such as Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

10-yr-old Muslim boy makes spelling error, cops quiz him

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A spelling mistake has landed a 10-year-old Muslim boy in the UK in trouble.The boy , whose has not been identified, was questioned by the police in northwest England for mistakenly writing that he lives in a “terrorist house“ instead of “terraced house“ during an English lesson in school.It emerged that it was a spelling error as he meant to write terraced house, in reference to an architectural style in England of rows of identical homes with shared side walls. The boy was interviewed by Lancashire Police at his home in Accrington, Lancashire, the following day and the family laptop was examined.
“This was reported to the police but was dealt with by a oint visit by... the police and social services... There we re'nt any areas for concern and no further action was re quired by any agency ,“ a Lan cashire Police statement said The UK government's anti-ra dicalisation `Prevent' strategy and the 2015 Counter Terro rism and Security Act places a statutory duty on schools and colleges to prevent people rom being drawn into terro rism. Teachers have been le gally obliged to report any su spected extremist behaviour to police since July. The boy's family have said that they were left shocked by the incident, which took place on December 7 last year, and want both the school and police to apologise, BBC reported.“You can imagine it happening to a 30-year-old man, but not to a young child. If the teacher had any concerns it should have been about his spelling. They shouldn't be putting a child through this. He's now scared of writing, using his imagination,“ the boy's cousin has said.
Miqdaad Versi, of the Muslim Council of Britain, said he was aware of similar cases taking place in schools around the country .