Could the release of “Britain’s most dangerous extremist” trigger the rise of a fascist movement?
As Anjem Choudary is set to be freed from prison, HOPE Not Hate campaigners warn it could incense both Islamist and far-right groups across Britain.
As Anjem Choudary is set to be freed from prison, HOPE Not Hate campaigners warn it could incense both Islamist and far-right groups across Britain.
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Any surveillance measures have to work alongside a campaign to dismantle the narratives of extremist ideologies.
It’s insulting to the victims and detrimental to Islam’s prospects of reformation if the obvious influence of religion on religious extremism is snubbed.
We have a responsibility to protect where feasible.
The barbarism of IS can never be justified. Yet it is incumbent on political leaders in Britain to try to explain and tackle the very real appeal that fighting in Syria exerts for some.
When moderate Muslim groups use takfirism to tackle extremism, this intolerant doctrine is not challenged but reaffirmed.
Erasing extremist content and prosecuting foreign fighters won’t be enough.
However well-meaning attempts by non-Muslims to define Islam are, they are ultimately counter-productive.