Nation facing twin threats, says UUM professor

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia is facing twin threats from discontented local militants and extremist foreign students in local colleges. Prof Dr Mohd Kamarulnizam Abdullah, director of Universiti Utara Malaysia's Research Institute for Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore (UUMITS), said the local milita...

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Main Author: The, Star
Format: Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The Star 2014
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Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/11738/1/Nation.pdf
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Summary:PETALING JAYA: Malaysia is facing twin threats from discontented local militants and extremist foreign students in local colleges. Prof Dr Mohd Kamarulnizam Abdullah, director of Universiti Utara Malaysia's Research Institute for Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore (UUMITS), said the local militants perceived that their Islamic faith was under attack while foreign students from the Middle East and African countries were using Malaysia as a safe base for their militant networks.