Singapore won’t tolerate divisive foreign preachers, says minister

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Acting minister-in-charge of Muslim affairs Faishal Ibrahim says the government will continue to screen religious speakers carefully.   Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/11/29/singapore-wont-tolerate-divisive-foreign-preachers-says-minister   Laporan Lanjut:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/11/29/singapura-tegas-terhadap-pendakwah-asing-memecahbelahkan-kata-menteri   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com  Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5  Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM  Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h  Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp  Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX  Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb  Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj  Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  Download FMT News App:  Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46  App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ  Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP   #FMTNews

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00:00Singapore will continue to crack down on foreign religious preachers sowing discord and seeking

00:05to divide its pluralistic society, said Acting Minister in Charge of Muslim Affairs Faishal

00:11Ibrahim.

00:12During a recent fireside chat with Malaysian journalist, Faishal, also Singapore's Senior

00:17Minister of State for Home Affairs, said the Singaporean government carefully vets all

00:22religious speakers to ensure their preachings are not divisive.

00:26In 2017, the government barred renowned Islamic preacher Ismail Meng from Zimbabwe and Haslin

00:32Baharim, a Malaysian, from entering Singapore on grounds that their segregationist and divisive

00:37teachings were incompatible with the country's multiracial, multivilligious framework.

00:43Beyond monitoring preachers, Faishal said his ministry is working proactively with the youth

00:49to counter extremism at the grassroots level, including conducting mosque visits and holding

00:54sessions in schools.

00:56Faishal was also asked whether Muslim students and women in schools and uniformed services

01:01should be allowed to wear headscarves and he said engagement sessions with all stakeholders,

01:06including community leaders, will continue.

01:09The Singapore government currently has a no-headscarf policy for public schools and uniformed services,

01:15although nurses were granted an exemption in 2021 after several engagement sessions.

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