Migration to a war zone


There are Malaysian teenagers who want to leave the country to join ISIS in Syria. But is there more to the story?

A friend of mine told me that as a teenager he stopped going to religious classes and started to be a Mat Rempit. He rode motorcycles and started dabbling in drugs. Truth is, I believe this may have saved his life, because his ustaz was the sort to make his followers give doa (prayers) for the suicide bombers.

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Migration to a war zone

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