Tag Archive: Islamic State in Iraq and Syria

RRG Counsellors Saved Two Secondary Schoolboys From Further Radicalisation

One developed an interest in global affairs involving Muslims and became convinced of the need to migrate to an Islamic caliphate. Another penned pro-Islamic State (IS) slogans in his school books that were discovered by his father. In both cases,…
Read more

Faris Abdat: Exclusivism Is Not Taught In Islam, Ignorance Is Cause For Misunderstanding

Nicholas Fang is the the executive director of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs. Yet when he speaks about the causes of terrorism and linking it with what he says is exclusivism in Islam, it shows that he is not…
Read more

Reshuffling in the Civil Service

SINGAPORE – The Public Service Division has announced several changes in permanent secretary appointments, which will take effect from Dec 1. Mr Leo Yip, chairman of the Economic Development Board (EDB), will be Permanent Secretary for Home Affairs. He will…
Read more

Penang-born Husband Took Singaporean Wife and Two Children to Syria, Join ISIS

A 37-year-old Penang-born man has brought his Singaporean family to Syria where they are believed to be in different locations fighting alongside jihadists or supporting them. His Singaporean wife was a 47-year-old widow who had a daughter and a son…
Read more

Photos of First ‘Chinese ISIS Militant’ Emerge Online

IRAQ’S Ministry of Defence has claimed to have captured a Chinese national fighting for the extremist Sunni militant group, Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and posted two photos of an East Asian-looking man with a battered face on…
Read more