then, local leaders make alliances with clerics and give platforms to extremists, all in the search for easy votes. in southeast asia, almost all observers that i have spoken with believe there is another crucial course. exported money and ideology from the middle east, chiefly saudi arabia. a singaporean official told me, travel around asia and you'll see so many new mosques built in the last 30 years that have been funded from the gulf. they are modern, clean, air conditioned, well equipped and wahhabi. how to turn this trend around. singapore's home minister said that the city state's population has stayed relatively moderate because state and society work very hard at integration. he said, we have zero tolerance for any kind of militantsy, but we also try to make sure muslims don't feel marginalized.