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Places of worship should remain welcoming and open: Shanmugam
Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam, flanked by Christian and Muslim leaders at Yusof Ishak Mosque in Woodlands yesterday, said he was heartened by the strong statements put out by the various religious authorities following news of the Protestant Christian youth s plan to attack Muslims here. TNP PHOTO: CHONG JUN LIANG
Minister rejects idea of beefing up security at places of worship, says they should remain welcoming
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Places of worship should not be turned into fortresses but remain welcoming and open, Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam said yesterday, as he called on the wider community to instead counter radical ideologies by educating young people against far-right extremism.
President of NCCS Reverend Keith Lai (second from left) meeting the Mufti of Singapore Dr Nazirudin Mohd Nasir (second from right) with other Christian and Muslim leaders, on Jan 28, 2021. - ST
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Christian and Muslim religious leaders in Singapore met on Thursday (Jan 28) to reaffirm the mutual trust and understanding between the two religious communities and condemn the plot by a Protestant Christian youth to attack Muslims at two mosques here.
The meeting was held at the Yusof Ishak Mosque in Woodlands, one of two sites targeted by a 16-year-old Singaporean of Indian ethnicity who was inspired by the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings, a tragedy which claimed 51 lives in New Zealand.
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PARLIAMENT on Friday dismissed a motion to force politicians to reveal the identities of the funders of cash and goods they donate during the ongoing Covid-19 crisis.
The motion was tabled by the Democratic Party of Lesotho (DPL’s) proportional representation legislator, Limpho Tau, on Friday. Mr Tau had asked the government to compel legislators and other politicians to disclose the sources of all their donations to the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offences (DCEO).
“This honourable house resolves to urge the government to promulgate regulations that will oblige all members of parliament and other politically exposed persons to disclose and clear with the DCEO the source and origins of funds used to purchase food packages and other aid they donate to the public,” Mr Tau said in his motion.
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