Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong warned that the violence wrought on Paris last Friday could happen in Singapore. We have to be psychologically prepared for it.
"We are in the middle of a region (where) ISIS is active," he said, referring to terror group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
Some 700 South-east Asians have gone to the Middle East to join ISIS, including some Singaporeans.
The actions of ISIS, he added, were a "completely perverted and wrong interpretation" of Islam.
"It is not true Islam, in the way the vast majority of believers, of Muslims, interpret the religion," Mr Lee said.
But ISIS members declare themselves Muslims even though they know very little of Islam, he noted.
So in a way, to say they had nothing to do with religion was also an "oversimplification".
"The reality is the majority of Muslims do not subscribe to this. Religious leaders in Singapore, particularly Muslim religious leaders, have come out very clearly and firmly to condemn ISIS and this perverted interpretation and inhumane practice," he added.
Source: The Straits Times
Some 700 South-east Asians have gone to the Middle East to join ISIS, including some Singaporeans.
The actions of ISIS, he added, were a "completely perverted and wrong interpretation" of Islam.
"It is not true Islam, in the way the vast majority of believers, of Muslims, interpret the religion," Mr Lee said.
But ISIS members declare themselves Muslims even though they know very little of Islam, he noted.
So in a way, to say they had nothing to do with religion was also an "oversimplification".
"The reality is the majority of Muslims do not subscribe to this. Religious leaders in Singapore, particularly Muslim religious leaders, have come out very clearly and firmly to condemn ISIS and this perverted interpretation and inhumane practice," he added.
Source: The Straits Times
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