ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the regulation of Islam in Singapore, noting its singular position in Singapore’s state-religion relations. While the constitution makes it the responsibility of the government to protect, safeguard, support, foster, or promote Islam and to administer Muslim personal laws and its religious affairs, the state’s accommodative measures have also given rise to certain anxieties for the Muslim community in Singapore. Islam is subject to greater regulatory control by virtue of its formalization and bureaucratization, while Muslims and Islamic activities are also subject to greater state scrutiny. Thus, the impact of such strong accommodation is far more ambivalent than may sometimes be assumed.
