S'porean detained under ISA for promoting violence and ISIS

Singapore

A SINGAPOREAN who actively spread radical ideology online and helped radicalise at least two other citizens has been detained under the Internal Security Act.

Zulfikar Mohamad Shariff, 44, had been living in Australia for 14 years, after leaving Singapore with his family shortly after run-ins with Muslim leaders and the authorities.

He was arrested and detained in Singapore this month for terrorism-related activities, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said in a statement on Friday.

Zulfikar made numerous Facebook posts that promote…