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SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A well-regarded Islamic scholar hailed as a "symbol of the new generation" has been elected chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), Indonesia's influential Muslim group and the world's largest Islamic organisation.
Yahya Cholil Staquf's focus will be on how to empower NU members and provide welfare, says analyst. . Read more at straitstimes.com.
Analysts have warned that events in Afghanistan could encourage militant Muslims elsewhere to take up arms to topple their own governments. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The return of Taliban rule in Afghanistan has boosted the morale of militant groups in Southeast Asia, inspiring some to make plans to go to the country and undertake military and other training there, according to analysts and a former militant. The Taliban’s success has been widely celebrated by Islamist and extremist groups, which are also expected to have been...
April 26, 2021 A police officer stands guard outside the Mobile Police Brigade headquarters. Reuters An Indonesian court has sentenced six terrorists to death for their role in a 2018 prison riot in which five police officers were brutally killed and one inmate shot dead. The six defendants – Wawan Kurniawan, 45, Syawaludin Pakpahan, 46, Anang Rahman, 55, Handoko, 36, Suyanto, 44, and Suparman, 38 – were sentenced in an online session by the East Jakarta District Court on Wednesday evening. The men are all linked to pro-Islamic State (Isis) militant groups. “All six men have been sente...