SINGAPORE — Finding one's identity in a particular group can instil a sense of belonging and affirmation, but at its extreme, such tribalism can lead to beliefs based on falsehoods or an uncompromising ideology, said Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.
DPM Lawrence Wong touring the Majulah Gallery at Khadijah Mosque with the mosque's chairman and Religious Rehabilitation Group co-chairman Mohamed Ali on April 1.SINGAPORE — Finding one's identity in a particular group can instil a sense of belonging and affirmation, but at its extreme, such tribalism can lead to beliefs based on falsehoods or an uncompromising ideology, said Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.
The challenge they pose is accentuated by a world where the major powers are competing with an increasingly zero-sum mindset, and where there is a growing number of armed conflicts that cannot be easily resolved by the global community, DPM Wong added. "Our community groups all over the island have also stepped forward in concrete ways to provide assistance," he noted. "Singapore will continue to work with like-minded countries to help the innocent civilians in Gaza."
DPM Wong noted that, beyond religious counselling, the RRG has in recent years taken on the additional roles of mentoring and tutoring young ISD detainees and supervisees, providing them with guidance and useful life skills.They include a 16-year-old radicalised by far-right extremism who was detained in December 2020. He was released in January 2024, assigned RRG mentors who worked with him to improve his interpersonal skills and self-esteem, and is now pursuing further studies, said DPM Wong.
Ustaz Ali played a crucial role in building trust between Muslims and non-Muslims in Singapore, and his death in 2023 was a great loss for Singapore, said DPM Wong. "When this happens — when people feel lonely, isolated, when our human connections are eroded — it is natural that we tend to revert to our tribal instincts," he said.
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