{"id":9339,"date":"2025-11-06T13:11:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T05:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=9339"},"modified":"2025-11-06T13:11:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T05:11:37","slug":"identity-politics-and-the-malay-muslim-community-penat-lah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=9339","title":{"rendered":"Identity Politics and the Malay-Muslim Community? Penat lah"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Top image: RICE Media<\/h5>\n

Every few years, the spotlight swings back to the Malay-Muslim community as if the country has forgotten that we\u2019ve already had this conversation. Again, we find our identity and loyalty examined on national television and in Parliament.\u00a0<\/p>\n

When Coordinating Minister for National Security K Shanmugam brought up identity politics in Parliament<\/a>, invoking Noor Deros and the Workers\u2019 Party (WP) during the GE2025 hustings, it was framed as a warning: A righteous call to keep race and religion out of political scheming.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The effect felt familiar. Sure, the big-picture conversation was about political ethics, campaign conduct, and the fear of civic division. But watching the hour-long speech unfold as someone from a minority community who\u2019s long had to think carefully about belonging, it was hard not to feel like it was really about us<\/em> again\u2014a cautionary tale of what could go wrong if Singapore ever lets identity politics take root.<\/p>\n

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