Psychological studies of Singaporeans who support the Islamic State (IS) have revealed five drivers behind their radicalisation. In a presentation during the East Asia Summit, a symposium on religious rehabilitation and social reintegration, Ministry of Home Affairs psychologist Hu Weiying…
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Identifying weak religious grounding as a common trait among radicalised individuals here, national leaders yesterday reiterated the need for a holistic approach to counter the threat of terrorism. Speaking at the East Asia Summit Symposium on Religious Rehabilitation and Social…
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In an essay published October 3, 2014 in the French newspaper Marianne, French Muslim philosopher Abdennour Bidar, author of Self Islam: A Personal History of Islam (Seuil, 2006); Islam without Submission: Muslim Existentialism (Albin Michel, 2008), and A History of Humanism in the West (Armand Colin, 2014),…
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PARIS (AFP) – World leaders, including some who are normally implacable foes, on Sunday linked arms in unprecedented scenes of solidarity during an historic march against terrorism in Paris. Walking arm in arm alongside President Francois Hollande were a string…
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Thousands were today paying tribute to dead Muslim police officer Ahmed Merabet using the rallying cry ‘JeSuisAhmed’ after the heroic officer was gunned down in Paris. The celebration of Mr Merabet, who was killed as he begged for his life…
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