From Al-Qaeda to online radicalisation: Why Malaysia must rethink the post-9/11 threat
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Twenty-five years after 9/11, Malaysia's biggest terrorism challenge is no longer Al-Qaeda itself but decentralised online radicalisation, regional networks and digitally enabled extremist recruitment.
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TWENTY-FIVE years after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, it is tempting to regard Al-Qaeda as a diminished remnant of a different era.
Osama bin Laden is dead, the organisation's original leadership has been severely disrupted, and the Afghanistan sanctuary that once enabled planning and training has fundamentally changed.
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- Sep 11, 2026
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