SINGAPORE — Recent cases of young people who had taken the path of radicalisation are worrying, said President Halimah Yacob as she gave suggestions on how to tackle the trend and also addressed concerns in the Muslim community.
Mdm Halimah was speaking at interfaith group Roses of Peace’s 10th anniversary celebration on Sunday as the group’s patron.
That same day, ISD also said it had also caught another self-radicalised teenager, 16, taking in propaganda from the terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and engaging in Isis-related discussions on various online platforms.who not only supported Isis, but planned to set up an Islamic caliphate on Coney Island.
“These feelings are easily exploited by groups bent on recruiting new followers to support their misguided causes,” she said. Roses of Peace and the relevant agencies it works with can help to fill this need, she said, since it is run by young people of all faiths who “share a common vision of creating a better, more peaceful society”.
“The openness and space that Singapore has provided Muslims to practise their faith and to live as good Muslims co-exist and reside very well within their Singaporean identity.”
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