Abstract:
Terrorism and radicalization are threats to national security as they threaten the
stability of a state’s wellbeing. Singapore, located in the Southeast Asia region
with a multi-cultural and multi-religious society, understands that terrorism and
radicalization could hurt their harmonious society that takes decades to be built.
After the discovery of Jamaah Islamiyah (JI) branch in Singapore in the late 2001,
the government has embraced its Muslim community to work against radicalism
and terrorism. Some initiatives are created under the community-driven approach
such as Religious Rehabilitation Group (RRG) and Aftercare Group (ACG) to
help the government providing counselling sessions as well as integrating the
detainees back to the Singapore society. This thesis examines the relation
between the Muslim community and Singapore government in the
deradicalization efforts during 2009 – 2018. This thesis found that although the
Singapore government has its limitation in conducting the deradicalization
efforts, the government has provided means for the Singapore Muslim community
to contribute in the deradicalization efforts in Singapore Muslim identity,
administration of Islamic education, and community financing.
