Lee Kuan Yew: To Stop Terrorism, Go After the Queen Bees, Preachers
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ I have always believed that to address Islamic militancy, we have to address its root: Wahhabism, and to address Wahhabism, we must begin by muzzling the so-called moderate Wahhabis, as part of security policy. People do not become radicalised overnight. Wahhabi exceptionalism begins with little steps, from delegitimising neighbours, moderate practices, to segregation from non-Muslims in all manners from refusing to greet them to attending functions. The way forward to make a statement by banning their celebrity preachers, people like Isma‘il ibn Musa Mink and Nu’man Ali Khan, and then organisations, books, and then looking into criminalising association in the same manner we have done with groups like Hizb ut-Tahrir. In that light, we should begin with eyes wide open, and recognise that organisations like MUIS and PERGAS are essentially compromised, and require more oversight. Currently, they are part of the proble...