A housewife and former part-time freelance religious teacher, Ruqayyah binti Ramli, 34-years-old, was issued an Order of Detention (OD) and detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA).
In a statement released by the Internal Security Department (ISD) earlier today (9 June), she was found to have been radicalised by her husband and was previously issued with a Restriction Order (RO) in August 2020.
Her husband is serving three years in prison for possession of terrorism-related propaganda materials after being repatriated to Malaysia.
Investigations at the time revealed and established that she had supported his intention to join and fight for ISIS in Syria.
ISD said that since Ruqayyah was placed on RO, there has been an escalation in her radical behaviour and involvement in activities prejudicial to Singapore’s security.
Efforts at rehabilitating her were scuppered byu her refusal to make any genuine effort to participate.
She continues to support ISIS’s violent actions and believes in the use of violence against the perceived enemies of Islam.
She was therefore detained to prevent her from progressing further down the violent radical path.
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