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The ‘Coney Island caliphate’ and radicalised youth
The detention of Muhammad Irfan Danyal Mohamad Nor highlights the appeal of extremist messaging to its target youthful audience
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A caliphate flag pinned to a tree in Coney Island by radicalised teenager Muhammad Irfan Danyal Mohamad Nor.
PHOTO: ISD
Kumar Ramakrishna
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What is one to make of the bizarre plan of a teenage Singaporean to turn Coney Island into a province of ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria)?
Given the daunting logistical challenges of maintaining the wilayat (province) even if he succeeded in seizing it, it would seem hard at first sight to take Muhammad Irfan Danyal Mohamad Nor and his ambitions seriously.
