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  • OPINION

    A tale of two bombs -- in Manchester and Bangkok

    News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 26/05/2017

    » There were two bombs on Monday. The one in Britain killed at least 22 people and injured 120 as they came out of a concert at Manchester Arena. It was carried out by a suicide bomber named Salman Abedi and claimed by the Islamic State (IS). The other was in Thailand, and injured 22 people at a military-linked hospital in Bangkok; nobody has claimed responsibility yet. But what happened afterwards was very different.

  • OPINION

    The Daesh threat close to home

    Asia focus, Erich Parpart, Published on 08/05/2017

    » Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), or Daesh, appears to be trying to gain a foothold in the Philippines. It has also claimed responsibility for successful and unsuccessful attacks in Indonesia and Malaysia in recent years, while Singapore and Thailand are also on high alert.

  • WORLD

    M'sia arrests suspected IS supporters

    Published on 23/11/2014

    » KUALA LUMPUR — Two women and one man were arrested on suspicion of supporting Islamic State militants in Malaysia, a news report said Sunday.

  • THAILAND

    Fighting for Islam's moderate voice

    Life, Published on 23/02/2015

    » The world is aghast at the acts of terrorism committed by Islamic State (ISIS). Videos and images showing their hideous, violent crimes have been watched and shared widely in the past months. Hatred and sadness are felt across continents. And as the flames of the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris are still burning, Muslims around the world find themselves having to answer hard questions: Is Islam a religion of violence? How much is the religion the cause of all this?

  • LIFE

    Tackling IS

    Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 21/10/2016

    » After a delay that has tried my patience, this reviewer congratulates Britain's Stephen Leather for coming through for us. For half-a-decade authors have given IS (Islamic State) a wide berth, aware of their practice of murdering those disparaging their faith. Unlike suicide bombers, they have every intention of fleeing the scenes of their atrocities.

  • OPINION

    Stand guard against the IS

    News, Published on 08/04/2015

    » It is not news that the impressive propaganda arm of the so-called Islamic State (IS) is operating in our region. During the past several months, authorities in the Philippines, Malaysia and especially Indonesia, have had to step up efforts against the violent, Mideast-based group. Credible reports say hundreds of men, and even a few women, from those countries have travelled to join the IS. The government would be well advised to monitor the situation and remain alert.

  • THAILAND

    Thailand sends condolences to Japan

    Published on 02/02/2015

    » Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha has sent condolences to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over the purported killing of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto by Islamic State militants, the Foreign Ministry said Monday.

  • OPINION

    Graft central

    Oped, Postbag, Published on 11/10/2023

    » Re: "Chada says crackdown gathers pace", (BP, Oct 10).

  • THAILAND

    Female clerics playing bigger role in promoting peaceful Islam

    Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 01/05/2017

    » CIREBON, WEST JAVA - Female Islamic scholars are hoping to do more to enlighten their families and communities at a time of rising intolerance that is making people more susceptible to embracing radicalism cloaked in religious teachings.

  • WORLD

    Iranian fighters feel the squeeze

    Sunday Spotlight, Published on 11/12/2022

    » Sitting under an oak tree on a mountainside in the Kurdish region of Iraq, Mohammad Kurd said he recently fled neighbouring Iran after two friends were killed by security forces and the powerful Revolutionary Guard started going door to door to arrest anti-government protesters.

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