Cyber Ribat in Malaysia: Countering IS’ New Online Guards
By Muhammad Haziq Bin Jani
Synopsis
Online support for ISIL in Malaysia measures in the thousands of pro-Islamic State (IS) Facebook accounts. Authorities will have to look at cyber ribat – the cyber guarding of military frontiers - seriously and decide on counter-narratives to stem the growing tide of this new pedigree of on-line jihadist radicalisation.