Why are we worried about foreign influence on our religious organisations?

Singapore is vulnerable to foreign actors exploiting religious fault lines in our society, or imposing values which may not be appropriate for us and may undermine our religious harmony through our religious organisations. They can exert influence and control on our religious organisations through holding leadership positions, donations or their affiliations with the organisations. In October 2019, following close consultations with religious leaders, the Ministry of Home Affairs introduced amendments to the Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act to strengthen the government’s ability to safeguard against threats to our religious harmony.

For more information, please visit https://www.mha.gov.sg/what-we-do/managing-security-threats/maintaining-racial-and-religious-harmony/