Philippine extremists are threatening to kill a Malaysian captive after his family failed to raise ransom money, a news report said Tuesday. The wife of Chan Sai Chiun, 32, said the Abu Sayyaf rebels holding her husband expressed their impatience over the failure of the family to raise 3 million[…]
Malaysian police say they have detained three Muslim men suspected of wanting to go to Syria to join the Islamic State group. The head of the national police counter-terrorism unit, Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay, said Friday that the three were detained Thursday at the Kuala Lumpur international airport while waiting[…]
Flags flew at half-mast in Malaysia on Friday for a day of mourning as 20 victims of flight MH17 that was shot down in eastern Ukraine arrived home more than a month after the tragedy. Prime Minister Najib Razak led top Malaysian officials in receiving the bodies and ashes of[…]
Renowned Islamic scholar Mufti Ismail Menk, who has gained both local and international acclaim for his post taraweeh lectures, is set to take his hugely popular Tafseer programmes to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia for Ramadan 2014. It will be the first time Menk has hosted the tafseer programmes outside of Southern[…]
A Salt River teenager is representing a maqaamat (melodious recital of the Holy Quran) at the 56th International Quran Recital Assembly currently taking place in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. Sixteen year old Qudsieya Allie, a hifz student under Sheikh Abduragmaan Salie of Wynberg, will be the female contestant participating in[…]
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