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The Detention of Zulfikar ibn Muhammad Sharif

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بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ In a statement released on the 29 th July, 2016,  Zulfikar ibn Muhammad Sharif  was detained under the Internal Security Act.   My only surprise is that it took so long for it to happen.   I am quite certain that many wrote in about our miscreant, and he was on the radar for some time. The following is the relevant portions of the MHA press release: 29 th July 2016 Detention and Releases under the Internal Security Act Order of Detention Issued against Zulfikar Shariff 1.          Zulfikar bin Mohamad Shariff (Zulfikar; Singaporean; aged 44), was arrested in Singapore and subsequently detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA) in July 2016 for terrorism-related activities.   Zulfikar had embarked on the path of radicalism as early as 2001 after reading jihadi-related material.   He was supportive of terrorist groups like Al-Qaeda and the Jemaah Islamiyah, and advocated Muslims taking up arms in Afghanistan after the 11 th S