"Almost a quarter of Singaporeans would allow religious extremists to post views online: IPS Report
SINGAPORE: While it is “unacceptable” or “very unacceptable” for religious leaders to incite violence or hatred against other religions, one in four Singapore residents polled said they would allow religious extremists to post their views online or on social media, according to a working paper published by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) on Thursday (Mar 28).
The paper, Religion in Singapore: The Private and Public Sphere, analyses Singapore data from a multi-country survey conducted in late 2018 for the International Social Survey Program Study of Religion.
The Singapore component of the survey examined the views of a random sample of 1,800 Singaporean residents on issues relating to religious beliefs, religiosity and the role of religion in the private and public spheres.
According to the paper, more than 97 per cent of respondents said religious leaders should not incite violence or hatred against other religions.
But 26.8 per cent of respondents were open to religious extremists posting their views online or on social media.
This is a point of concern, the report said, pointing out that younger respondents were much more open to allowing extremists such freedoms, with nearly half of respondents aged 18 to 25 indicating that they would allow such views to be espoused."
This is an interesting survey results. It deserves more public discussion n further research to better understand what it meant given the younger generation seems to b more open abt letting an extremist to expound his/her views online! Of course. This attitude may extend to any public policy that doesn't gelled with their independent thinking.
I guessed if the same Q was asked abt that that Black Metal Band being banned just hours b4 their concert was supposed to start in early March that their answer will b: it was ludicrous to cancel the concert as the violent lyrics could only reach, n disappoint the less than, 200+ fans. So why bother!!
That's this school of thought. The other school of thought is: u will behave what u believe passionately!!
SINGAPORE: While it is “unacceptable” or “very unacceptable” for religious leaders to incite violence or hatred against other religions, one in four Singapore residents polled said they would allow religious extremists to post their views online or on social media, according to a working paper published by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) on Thursday (Mar 28).
The paper, Religion in Singapore: The Private and Public Sphere, analyses Singapore data from a multi-country survey conducted in late 2018 for the International Social Survey Program Study of Religion.
The Singapore component of the survey examined the views of a random sample of 1,800 Singaporean residents on issues relating to religious beliefs, religiosity and the role of religion in the private and public spheres.
According to the paper, more than 97 per cent of respondents said religious leaders should not incite violence or hatred against other religions.
But 26.8 per cent of respondents were open to religious extremists posting their views online or on social media.
This is a point of concern, the report said, pointing out that younger respondents were much more open to allowing extremists such freedoms, with nearly half of respondents aged 18 to 25 indicating that they would allow such views to be espoused."
This is an interesting survey results. It deserves more public discussion n further research to better understand what it meant given the younger generation seems to b more open abt letting an extremist to expound his/her views online! Of course. This attitude may extend to any public policy that doesn't gelled with their independent thinking.
I guessed if the same Q was asked abt that that Black Metal Band being banned just hours b4 their concert was supposed to start in early March that their answer will b: it was ludicrous to cancel the concert as the violent lyrics could only reach, n disappoint the less than, 200+ fans. So why bother!!
That's this school of thought. The other school of thought is: u will behave what u believe passionately!!
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