{"id":89154,"date":"2026-09-30T20:46:01","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T12:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=89154"},"modified":"2026-09-30T20:46:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T12:46:01","slug":"committee-formed-to-review-child-safeguards-in-islamic-religious-settings-after-sexual-assault-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=89154","title":{"rendered":"Committee formed to review child safeguards in Islamic religious settings after sexual assault case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Second, the committee will review safeguards and oversight for religious instruction in formal and informal settings, as well as a code of conduct and penalties for religious teachers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This includes precautionary measures while serious concerns or allegations are investigated, and disciplinary action where misconduct is established.<\/p>\n<p>It will look at educating children, young people and parents on appropriate boundaries, raising concerns and seeking help. This includes teaching them about barriers that may discourage or prevent concerns from being raised.<\/p>\n<p>It will also take into account emerging risks, such as online religious influence, digital communications and interactions involving children and young people.<\/p>\n<h2>PREVENTIVE APPROACH\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>The committee will seek to strengthen the systems, culture and practices that prevent harm and surface concerns early, alongside child protection measures where harm has occurred or a child or young person may be at risk, said MCCY and MUIS.<\/p>\n<p>It will also consider how frameworks and protocols tie in with the broader national child safeguarding and protection system.<\/p>\n<p>The committee will seek views from children, young people and parents to understand their experiences and inform its recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Recommendations should be practical and proportionate to institutions&#8217; differing contexts and capacities. Relevant lessons and good practices may also be considered for wider application across other religious settings,&#8221; they added.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the public can also share their views and suggestions through an <a href=\"https:\/\/go.gov.sg\/religioussettingsafeguards\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online feedback form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Assoc Prof Razwana said the committee will look at existing practices and how they can be strengthened further.<\/p>\n<p>It will also look at how safeguarding measures can be put in place &#8220;within the context of being a bit more culturally sensitive&#8221; and applicable within a religious setup.<\/p>\n<p>On emerging risks, she added that society needs to find ways to build the resilience of children and young people, so they can protect themselves from threats online.<\/p>\n<p>She said the committee would like to &#8220;go in and really hear the perspectives&#8221; of what is happening in the institution.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span>We want to understand the ground first before we can come in and give our recommendation,&#8221; she added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While the committee looks at strengthening safeguards, it should not come at the cost of making religious institutions less open or less welcoming to the public, Mr Fathurrahman stressed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cThey should strengthen the trust and give families greater confidence, and at the same time, their children can learn and seek religious knowledge safely,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/committee-islamic-religious-settings-mosques-children-safeguards-sex-assault-6420921\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Second, the committee will review safeguards and oversight for religious instruction in formal and informal settings, as well as a code of conduct and penalties&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=89154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/89155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}