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Shiites have a strong, battle-hardened, war-tested, well-armed, well-funded, armies and militias all over the Middle East – FFK warns Buhari

Reacting to President Buhari’s proscription of Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), former aviation minister, Femi Fani Kayode says, ‘It is an attempt to stop the Shia from practising their faith and to demonise, terrorise, intimidate, scatter, outlaw and destroy them’.

FFK went on to say, ‘how would Buhari and the Sunni Muslims of Nigeria feel if JNI or SCIA were banned and labelled as…

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'Muktadir brothers' likely behind Sabah abductions

KUALA LUMPUR, June 22:

Malaysian forces are zeroing in on a group of “well-armed” Filipino kidnappers that they believe are behind a series of abductions in Sabah in past months.

The Malaysian security forces suspect the “Muktadir brothers” are behind four abductions in the east coast of Sabah since November, The Star Online reported.

Citing intelligence officers it interviewed, the report said the Muktadir brothers were among the “most active” of some 14 known kidnap-for-ransom groups in the southern Philippines.

It said the group had five members whose father was a “notorious pirate” who “terrorised the Sulu and Celebes seas” before he died in the late 1990s.

Last April 2, gunmen abducted Filipina resort worker Marcelita Dayawan and Chinese tourist Gao Huayun from a floating resort. The two women were released on May 30.

On May 6, Chinese Yang Zai Lin, 34, was snatched by suspected Filipino gunmen from the Wonderful Terrace Fish Farm in Lahad Datu waters. Abu Sayyaf bandits are believed holding him.