Quest for knowledge leads to jail


KUALA LUMPUR: A spiritual journey went wrong for an architect and technician who fell into an Islamic State (IS) trap, landing them with a two-year jail term.

Syafrein Rasid and Mohamad Yusoffe Ishak, both 27, got interested in religious issues revolving around Muslim struggles in the Middle East and Africa, so they decided to learn more.

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