The following is my answer to a Quora
question: “Given
the recent trend of ISIS members returning to their home countries, I have seen
some people argue that not all of them should be convicted given we cannot
necessarily prove they did anything wrong while at ISIS. Would this stand up in court?”
I am answering this strictly from a
Singaporean perspective. Firstly, being a member of a terrorist
group, with the stated goal of undermining and attacking the state, is itself
an offence under the Constitution and the Sedition Act, which carries the death
penalty. Singapore may also choose to
detain non-combatants, such as the family members under the Internal Security
Act, which allows for detention without trial for a period of two years,
renewable indefinitely.
Secondly, there is nothing to be gained by
the spectacle of a trial. It serves as
propaganda, and can be spun into a recruiting tool. The best way to deal with these extremists is
to consign them to ignominious oblivion. It is not a coincidence that every Singaporean
ISIS fighter subsequently ends up dead. We have learned well, from the
Israelis.
The wives of ISIS fighters should be
treated the same as the husbands. If
they are pregnant, let them give birth, then hang them with the rest. It saves us the cost of housing them, feeding
them and rehabilitation. Muslim funerals
are cheap. The children should be taken
away and fostered out to other families. Children are a resource that should not be
wasted.
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