Indonesian preacher denied entry had radicalised people in Singapore: Shanmugam

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Somad has claimed suicide bombings are legitimate martyrdom operations. They also noted that Somad had made highly derogatory, denigrating remarks about Christianity, by saying "infidel spirits" live on the crucifix.

Somad has also labelled non-Muslims as kafirs, or infidels, and preached that Muslims should not accept non-Muslims as their leaders, saying non-Muslims could conspire to oppress Muslims and "slit their throats"

The language, the rhetoric, as you can see, is very divisive - completely unacceptable in Singapore

The reason given by Somad, in a YouTube video posted on Wednesday, was that Singapore was "Tanah Melayu" (Malay land) and part of Riau, as well as a "Temasek Malay Kingdom". "Therefore, our sovereignty is irrelevant. We are not a separate country from his perspective

we take a zero-tolerance approach and even-handed approach towards any form of hate speech and divisive ideology.

Qn: To what extent is conflict between countries due to differences in ideology?