Sons of Ministry of Defence personnel arrive to take part in a mass circumcision ceremony at the Khalid al-Wahid mosque in Kuala Lumpur on Friday (December 5th). About 112 children participated in the ministry-organised event. [Manan Vatsyayana/AFP]
A West Java campus specialising in technology joins forces with the National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) to help it defeat Indonesian radicals.
An uncensored video depicting the beheading of captives by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria fighters gets people's attention at the United Malays National Organisation annual congress.
The Ministry of Religious Affairs is enlisting "rohis" in the battle to win young hearts and minds.
Cynical rebels mock authorities with "sorry, wrong person" leaflets.
Taufik Abdul Halim returned to his family in November, but the government is keeping a close eye on the recently-repatriated jihadist.
The large number of people in the militant group's custody shows the depth of popular resistance against its violent cause, the Iraqi interior minister says.
"We are now like a big family," Dwi Welasih, a victim of the 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing, says of herself and other survivors of terrorism.
The government also is setting up a firewall to stop jihadists from disseminating propaganda online and via social media, and Malaysians fighting in Syria and Iraq will face charges at home.
Indonesia's tradition of moderate, tolerant Islam is under threat by hard-line groups who are imposing their conservative views on others and intimidating religious minorities.
![Saud Usman Nasution, new head of Indonesia's National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT), addresses a press conference in March 2012. The former National Police spokesman has vowed to go after Indonesian jihadist websites and dismantle them. [Zahara Tiba/Khabar]](/shared/images/2014/11/26/141126-ANDHIKA_IN_CTSAUD-100_67.jpg)
![Members of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), Malaysia's ruling party, wait for Prime Minister Najib Razak to arrive at UMNO's annual congress in Kuala Lumpur on November 27th. As the congress closed Saturday (November 29th), Home Minister and UMNO Vice President Ahmad Zahid Hamidi shocked delegates by screening an uncensored video of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters beheading prisoners. [Manan Vatsyayana/AFP]](/shared/images/2014/12/06/141206-ALISHA-MY-UMNO-390_260.jpg)
![Indonesian Minister of Religious Affairs Lukman Hakim Saifuddin, left, decorates a participant with a medal at the national camp for Islamic Student Association board members in Cibubur, Jakarta, on November 12th. [Maeswara Palupi/Khabar]](/shared/images/2014/12/05/141205-MAESWARA_ID_STUDENTS-150_100.jpg)
![Bomb victim Ayub Aseh is treated at Srisakhon Hospital in Narathiwat. Ayub was wounded and thrown backward from the force of a roadside Improvised Explosive Device (IED) near Dahong Village. Local residents came to his aid. [Rapee Mama/Khabar]](/shared/images/2014/12/04/141203-RAPEE_TH_BOMBVIC-150_100.jpg)
![Taufik Abdul Halim walks with police in Jakarta in 2001. He returned to Malaysia last month after serving 12 years in an Indonesian prison. [AFP]](/shared/images/2014/12/03/141203-AHMAD_MY_TAUFLIK-150_100.jpg)
![Iraqi families fleeing ISIS-perpetrated violence arrive to take refuge in a Kurdish-controlled area in Mullah Abdullah, Iraq, on October 15th. [Marwan Ibrahim/AFP]](/shared/images/2014/12/02/141201-AS_ISILPRISONS-150_100.jpg)
![Dwi Welasih (far left) stands with other bomb attack survivors and their families at an event in Garuda Wisnu Kencana, Bali, marking the 10th anniversary of the 2002 Bali bombings. [Courtesy of Dwi Welasih]](/shared/images/2014/12/02/141202-ZAHARA_ID_VICTIM-150_100.jpg)
![Sons of Ministry of Defence personnel arrive to take part in a mass circumcision ceremony at the Khalid al-Wahid mosque in Kuala Lumpur on Friday (December 5th). About 112 children participated in the ministry-organised event. [Manan Vatsyayana/AFP]](/shared/images/2014/12/06/141206-POTD_SEA_MY_MASSCIRCUMCISIONS-270_180.jpg)
![Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak addresses parliament October 10th. On Wednesday (November 26th), he introduced a white paper in parliament that proposes tougher anti-terrorism legislation. [Mohd Rasfan/AFP]](/shared/images/2014/11/27/141127-ALISHA-RAZAK-MY-100_67.jpg)
