On May 15, 2025, Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) responded publicly to my earlier opinion piece, in which I described being subjected to interrogation at Changi Airport on two separate occasions in 2023. Rather than addressing the concerns I raised about academic freedom and the treatment of scholars in transit, the Ministry issued a serious and troubling claim: that I had “made online postings that support the actions of the Islamic State.”
This accusation is both incorrect and deeply misleading.
Let me state clearly: I have never supported the Islamic State (IS), nor have I ever made any online postings that endorse its actions. On the…