Singapore will continue to crack down on foreign religious preachers sowing discord and seeking to divide its pluralistic society, said acting minister-in-charge of Muslim affairs Faishal Ibrahim.
During a recent fireside chat with Malaysian journalists, Faishal, also Singapore’s senior minister of state for home affairs, said the Singaporean government carefully vets all religious speakers to ensure their preachings are not divisive.
“We have (our own) criteria as some topics are sensitive,” he said, adding that Singapore does not condone violence or extremism as such actions could disrupt the country’s social harmony.
In 2017, the government barred renowned Islamic preacher Ismail Menk, from Zimbabwe, and Haslin Baharim, a Malaysian, from entering Singapore, on grounds that their “segregationist and divisive teachings” were incompatible with the country’s multi-racial, multi-religious framework.
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