A 16-year-old Singaporean student, who identified as a white supremacist despite being ethnically Chinese, has been issued a restriction order under the Internal Security Act

Experts say that white supremacists are able to attract followers from different races because of the many ideals under it, such as anti-Muslim, anti-Semitism and anti-LGBTQ+, among others

Such ideology is sufficiently all-encompassing and generic to allow for youths to believe in them, even if they are contradictory, experts said

In light of recent cases, Singapore also needs to evolve its anti-terrorism strategy to focus on extremism that is not necessarily fueled by religion