Faysal left Bangladesh for Singapore in early 2017 to work as a construction worker, and became radicalised the following year after absorbing online propaganda on the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Faysal began to create social media accounts under fictitious names to avoid detection, and actively shared material promoting armed violence, going a step further by buying foldable knives. The Singaporean Ministry of Home Affairs said investigations so far have not indicated that Faysal intended to carry out any act of violence in Singapore. The home ministry further said that Faysal had expressed support for other terrorist groups, including the Al-Qaeda and Somalia-based Al-Shabaab. He believed that Muslims have a duty to engage in armed jihad, to help fellow Muslims who are oppressed, it noted.

Source: bd News24 November 24, 2020 13:18 UTC