for us, multiculturalism, multireligious compact has been part of our identity. and part of the rules of the game from the time we became a country, because if we didn't have it, we wouldn't have survived. we would never have survived. but we are not immune. and we are now having to work harder than ever before. to preserve that compact. to keep that spirit of peace, tolerance and more than peace and tolerance, that spirit of respect, that wanting to engage with each other in day-to-day life. the problem will be with us for a long time to come. i think we can't be wide-eyed about this. it will be with us because even with the vast majority of muslims in our region, not just in singapore but in our region, with the vast majority finding terrorism abhorrent and wanting to live in a multicultural context. even with that being the case, we will face terrorism and that threat for a long time to come because 0.01% of 230 million people in our region is 23,000 people. and we know what 23 people can do. south asia, about 350 million. if you're just taking the muslims alo

he believes in a world which is multinations, multicultural, multireligious, multilanguages because the koran says have your lord, please, unite all mankind. had your lord pleased, he would have made you one nation. had it been god's will, he could have made all of you one religion. so basically he created us in diversity in tones and colors. so basically it is not -- indeed you do not guide who you love. god will guide whoever he wills. a muslim moderate believes jihad is the spiritual struggle without soul and heart to rid oneself of evil and sin, and not a struggle against non-muslims or a war waged to convert none believers or since it is god who guides. i'm not supposed to be a preacher. it is god who guides us rather than people. and so the best jihad is a word of truth before a tyrannical despot. and thus we see that whoever is guided is guided for himself. a moderate believes in religious freedom, because the koran says there shall be no compulsion in religion. this is the truth from your lord. let him who will, believe it and not deny it. and the fact that god on judgment day w

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