Following the detention of a 16-year-old Singaporean boy who had made plans to attack two mosques here, it is “really hard to say” what the best way of preventing such self-radicalisation is, said Dr. Paul Hedges, Associate Professor in interreligious studies at RSIS, noting the varying profiles of individuals who have gone down that route. He noted though there are several actions that must be taken. “One, obviously, is the monitoring and blocking of content that may lead to radicalisation, and this is for politicians, social media platforms, et cetera to do,” he said. “But also, in the offline space, education, parents, politicians, religious groups need to socialise people into ways of life that seek to break down binaries of us versus them and stigmatisation of particular groups,” he added.