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Terrorist group(s) Malaysia, in 8 editions.
The entry for Malaysia published Terrorist group(s) in 8 editions of 36, from 2018 to 2025. The text changed in 5 editions. Each is shown as published. Terrorist group(s) in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 5
- the first edition with it
- 2018
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Terrorist groups - foreign based” (2018 to 2019) and “Terrorist group(s)” (2020 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024Published as “Terrorist groups - foreign based”
- Jemaah Islamiyah (JI):
- aim(s): enhance networks in Malaysia and, ultimately, overthrow the secular Malaysian Government and establish a pan-Islamic state across Southeast Asia
- area(s) of operation:
- maintains a recruitment and operational presence, primarily in major cities (April 2018)
Jemaah Islamiyah (JI): aim(s): enhance networks in Malaysia and, ultimately, overthrow the secular Malaysian Government and establish a pan-Islamic state across Southeast Asia
area(s) of operation: maintains a recruitment and operational presence, primarily in major cities (April 2018)
Published as “Terrorist groups - foreign based”
- Jemaah Islamiyah (JI):
- aim(s): enhance networks in Malaysia and, ultimately, overthrow the secular Malaysian Government and establish a pan-Islamic state across Southeast Asia
- area(s) of operation:
- maintains a recruitment and operational presence, primarily in major cities (2018)
Jemaah Islamiyah (JI): aim(s): enhance networks in Malaysia and, ultimately, overthrow the secular Malaysian Government and establish a pan-Islamic state across Southeast Asia
area(s) of operation: maintains a recruitment and operational presence, primarily in major cities (April 2018) (2018)
- Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS); Jemaah Islamiyah (2019)
note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T
Rewritten: too little of the 2019 text remains to mark the changes.
Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS); Jemaah Islamiyah (2019)
note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T
The same text in 3 editions, 2021 to 2023.
- Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS);
- Jemaah Islamiyah (JI);
- Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)
note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T
Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS); Jemaah Islamiyah (2019) (JI); Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)
note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T
- Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS);
- Jemaah Islamiyah (JI);
- Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)
note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in the Terrorism reference guide
Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS); Jemaah Islamiyah (JI); Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG)
note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in Appendix-T the Terrorism reference guide
- Abu Sayyaf Group,
- al-Qa'ida,
- Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS)
note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in the Terrorism reference guide
Abu Sayyaf Group, al-Qa'ida, Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS); Jemaah Islamiyah (JI); Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) (ISIS)
note: details about the history, aims, leadership, organization, areas of operation, tactics, targets, weapons, size, and sources of support of the group(s) appear(s) in the Terrorism reference guide
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Malaysia: Terrorist group(s).” The World Factbook, 2018–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/malaysia/terrorist-group-s.