SINGAPORE: On Jul 13, Indonesian preacher Abdul Somad Batubara visited Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and apparently stayed for an hour’s conversation. The controversial preacher has been ...

The city-state's recent deportation of Abdul Somad Batubara, a radical Indonesian Muslim preacher, demonstrates its intolerance for any kind of extremism.

Singapore’s racial and religious fault lines are sharp, reflecting its status as an ethnic Chinese majority state located in what is perceived as a Malay Southeast Asian world. In this context, the ...

Singapore’s decision to deny entry to Abdul Somad Batubara has been criticised assiduously by the Indonesian preacher on social media. It has certainly generated considerable controversy, not least ...

SINGAPORE — A Singapore group of Islamic scholars and teachers called on Muslims to reject people like Indonesian preacher Abdul Somad Batubara, who they said possessed and propagated views "opposed ...

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SINGAPORE - Indonesian preacher Abdul Somad Batubara had been on Singapore authorities' radar for some time, when it emerged that some individuals investigated for radicalisation had been watching his ...