Yvette Tanamal (The Jakarta Post)
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Jakarta ●
Wed, June 8 2022
The current arrest in Singapore of a number of alleged followers of Abdul Somad Batubara, a conservative Muslim preacher from Indonesia, has served to underline the totally different approaches the neighboring international locations have in the case of addressing non secular intolerance, analysts say.
Somad, who has a comparatively massive following, lately made headlines, following his denial of entry into Singapore on May 16. The metropolis-state singled him out as a “religious extremist” unfit to sojourn within the nation, a choice that ruffled feathers in Muslim-majority Indonesia.
The incident additionally affected Singapore, with a number of folks being arrested final week. Singapore’s Law and Home Affairs Minister Okay Shanmugam mentioned they have been being investigated beneath the Internal Security Act (ISA). He didn’t disclose the small print of their detainment, however insisted they have been all followers of Somad.
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