Minister in charge of Muslim Affairs, Dr Yaacob Ibrahim, urged Muslims to be more accommodating when dealing with differences in opinions.
He said that Singapore is a multicultural society and therefore it's bound to have differences in opinion. These differences should be tackled with quiet consultation, he said.
The government's official approach, including the advisory issued by MUIS is that Muslims should be non-confrontational.
His comments come at a time when there is growing debate between the religious and LGBT community about the events on 28th June including the annual Pink Dot event celebrating the right to love and also the Wear White campaign which is organized by a group of Muslims.
Recently, Pastor Lawrence Khong of Faith Community Baptist Church, also threw his support behind the Wear White campaign and there is a growing divide around the Pro-LGBT and Anti-LGBT communities.
Yaacob Ibrahim insisted that MUIS's approach was right as it helps to avoid dividing the community.
“Let us find the big-heartedness that we have, to accommodate differences that exist in any society.
That is the approach that we should have taken and I think that is the approach that MUIS has adopted and that's the approach that I'd like to encourage all -- not just Muslims -- in Singapore to deal with differences." he said.