Balance – a plate of nasi lemak in each hand

Homesick feeling: Nasi Lemak is far tastier than the allure of martyrdom and glory.

Speakeasy column

AN interesting article in this paper last week said that some Islamic State (IS) fighters in Syria originally from Malaysia and Indonesia were increasingly finding the allure of martyrdom and glory mundane beside the far tastier allure of nasi lemak and sambal.

Counter-terrorism expert Noor Huda Ismail, who met the young men while making a documentary on the lives of a few militants, said some Malaysians and Indonesians now wish to return home.