The 27th report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team of United Nations (UN), released on February 3, 2021, said that the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has followers in Sri Lanka, reports Colombo Gazette on February 7. The report said that the Member States expressed concern at the rising number of ISIL sympathizers in cyberspace in South Asia. The report said that ‘Voice of Hind’, the only regional ISIL English-language outlet, was started in early 2020 and is published regularly, and has followers in Sri Lanka. In June 2020, Shahab al-Muhajir, also known as Sanaullah, was appointed by the ISIL core to lead ISIL-K. According to a Member State, al-Muhajir was also appointed chief of the Al-Sadiq office of ISIL, which covers the “Khorasan” region, including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Maldives, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the Central Asian States.