Norming "Moderation" in an "Iconic Target": Public Policy and the Regulation of Religious Anxieties in Singapore

• Main Author: TAN, Eugene K. B.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2007
• Subjects: civil society; Islam; religion; Singapore; terrorism; Asian Studies; Public Law and Legal Theory; Public Policy; Religion Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/902; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/1901/viewcontent/Norming_Moderation_in_an_Iconic_Target_Singapore_2007.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The maintenance of a “moderate mainstream” Muslim community as a bulwark against the fraying of harmonious ethnic relations has become a key governance concern post-September 11. In light of the global concern—and often paranoia—with diasporic Islam, Islamic religious institutions and civil society...