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| Malaysian censors to clamp down on terrorist publications |
| 2005-12-09 |
| Malaysian censors will tighten controls on publications that promote terrorism and "holy war", officials said Thursday. Internal Security Ministry secretary-general Abdul Aziz Mohamad Yusof said inspections at border points would be increased to prevent militant publications from reaching Malaysia. "The ministry has ordered officials to be on the alert so that the teachings of terrorism and armed 'jihad' do not spread throughout our society as the consequences are extremely dangerous," he told the official Bernama news agency. Abdul Aziz said officials had detected publications that urged Muslims to take up "jihad" by committing acts of terror, with promises of rewards in heaven. The entry of such publications into Malaysia was not new, he said, but the rising terrorist threat around the world made it more of a cause for concern. Malaysian extremists have come into the spotlight recently with the death of bombmaker Azahari Husin in a police shootout in Indonesia last month, and a major hunt for his compatriot, Noordin Mohammad Top. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |