The Singapore government announced late last week that three Singaporean men had been detained for terrorism offences in December. However, their arrest has been overshadowed by the successful release of eleven others – the same week – after undergoing a government-sponsored religious rehabilitation program. Run by the Islamic community’s Religious Rehabilitation Group – made up of senior scholars and teachers – the program is now being seen as an important new element in fighting so-called ‘radical ideas’.
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Speakers: Dr John Harrison, Head of the Terrorism Unit at the International Center for Political Violence and Terrorism Research in Singapore; Lim Boon Heng, Singaporean Minister; Reverend John Baldock, formerly of World Conference on Religion and Peace at the United Nations.
