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Need to ensure secular space for all: Minister

Source: The Straits Times 4 Jun 2009 Page B6

Second Minister for Finance and Transport Minister Lim Hwee Hua addressed some 360 students from 54 secondary schools

Asked by a student to elaborate on laws to protect secularism here, she referred to the recent leadership tussle in the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware) and [...]

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No bright line between religion and politics

Source: The Straits Times 27 May 2009 Page A18 (Edited excerpt from a speech by NMP Thio Li-ann in Parliament yesterday.)

What is the situation in Singapore? DPM Wong emphasised the secular nature of the political arena and how keeping ‘religion’ and ‘politics’ separate was a key rule of political engagement.

What this means specifically is that [...]

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The virtues of secularism

Source: The Straits Times Page A22, 20 May 2009
Article by: Kishore Mahbubani

Imagine that there is a religious organisation in Singapore which believes that it is immoral for teenage girls to be forced to expose their arms, legs and faces when they go to school. They say: ‘There’s a line that God has drawn for us, and we don’t [...]

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The virtues of secularism

Source: The Straits Times Page A22, 20 May 2009
Article by: Kishore Mahbubani

The people who led the takeover of Aware did not realise that they were pushing a rule that could undermine the delicate social and political fabric of Singapore. There is one simple political reality that many Singaporeans have not fully absorbed. It is not normal for [...]