Malaysian anti-terrorism efforts & Islamic criminal justice system: a comparative appraisal

In general, sense, terrorism is the use of intentional and indiscriminative violence as a means to create terror or fear, in order to achieve a political, religious, or ideological aim. It is used in this regard primarily to refer to violence against civilians or non-combatants. Although the term ha...

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Main Authors: Mohamad Yunus, Mohamad Ismail, Nik Rahim, Nik Wajis, Mohamad Hanifa, Shamshina
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Published: Institute Public Security of Malaysia - IPSOM 2017
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spelling iium-610592018-01-01T11:14:14Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/61059/ Malaysian anti-terrorism efforts & Islamic criminal justice system: a comparative appraisal Mohamad Yunus, Mohamad Ismail Nik Rahim, Nik Wajis Mohamad Hanifa, Shamshina K Law (General) KBP Islamic Law KD England and Wales In general, sense, terrorism is the use of intentional and indiscriminative violence as a means to create terror or fear, in order to achieve a political, religious, or ideological aim. It is used in this regard primarily to refer to violence against civilians or non-combatants. Although the term has been in use since at least the 1970s, it initially became popular when journalists and politicians publicly introduced and started using the term “Islamic terrorists” following the September 11 attacks. Rather than being used to describe a type of activity, the term has often been used politically as a term of abuse or denunciation, both by insurgent groups and by governments against each other. There is no universally agreed upon definition of the term, and many definitions exist. Thus, the article will focus on the legal issues of the terrorism in Malaysia and under the Islamic criminal law perspective. The second issue is on the enhancement of the enforcement of public safety and security, the priority to protect the country from being attacked by the terrorists. Lastly, the community roles in preventing themselves from being influenced by terrorists. Without the full support and cooperation of the community to government security agencies, the safety and security of the country may not be effectively secured. Institute Public Security of Malaysia - IPSOM 2017-10-30 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/61059/1/Anti-Terrorism%20-%20IPSOM.pdf Mohamad Yunus, Mohamad Ismail and Nik Rahim, Nik Wajis and Mohamad Hanifa, Shamshina (2017) Malaysian anti-terrorism efforts & Islamic criminal justice system: a comparative appraisal. Journal of Public Security and Safety, 8 (2). pp. 49-76. ISSN 2289-4624 http://www.moha.gov.my
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Nik Rahim, Nik Wajis
Mohamad Hanifa, Shamshina
Malaysian anti-terrorism efforts & Islamic criminal justice system: a comparative appraisal
description In general, sense, terrorism is the use of intentional and indiscriminative violence as a means to create terror or fear, in order to achieve a political, religious, or ideological aim. It is used in this regard primarily to refer to violence against civilians or non-combatants. Although the term has been in use since at least the 1970s, it initially became popular when journalists and politicians publicly introduced and started using the term “Islamic terrorists” following the September 11 attacks. Rather than being used to describe a type of activity, the term has often been used politically as a term of abuse or denunciation, both by insurgent groups and by governments against each other. There is no universally agreed upon definition of the term, and many definitions exist. Thus, the article will focus on the legal issues of the terrorism in Malaysia and under the Islamic criminal law perspective. The second issue is on the enhancement of the enforcement of public safety and security, the priority to protect the country from being attacked by the terrorists. Lastly, the community roles in preventing themselves from being influenced by terrorists. Without the full support and cooperation of the community to government security agencies, the safety and security of the country may not be effectively secured.
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author Mohamad Yunus, Mohamad Ismail
Nik Rahim, Nik Wajis
Mohamad Hanifa, Shamshina
author_facet Mohamad Yunus, Mohamad Ismail
Nik Rahim, Nik Wajis
Mohamad Hanifa, Shamshina
author_sort Mohamad Yunus, Mohamad Ismail
title Malaysian anti-terrorism efforts & Islamic criminal justice system: a comparative appraisal
title_short Malaysian anti-terrorism efforts & Islamic criminal justice system: a comparative appraisal
title_full Malaysian anti-terrorism efforts & Islamic criminal justice system: a comparative appraisal
title_fullStr Malaysian anti-terrorism efforts & Islamic criminal justice system: a comparative appraisal
title_full_unstemmed Malaysian anti-terrorism efforts & Islamic criminal justice system: a comparative appraisal
title_sort malaysian anti-terrorism efforts & islamic criminal justice system: a comparative appraisal
publisher Institute Public Security of Malaysia - IPSOM
publishDate 2017
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/61059/
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