Short Press Release 07/10/15 -
The Prime Minister David Cameron in today’s Conservative conference speech, spoke about countering both violent and ‘non-violent extremism’. As you can guess this was in relation to so called ‘Islamic extremism’.
*note- we do not suggest that there aren’t elements of individuals that take the religion of Islam and use its texts/beliefs out of context to promote and pursue their evil and barbaric aims. We will always denounce/condemn and stand on the front line against these individuals. However, likewise there is other forms of extremism, such as the ever growing far right extremists, that must not be neglected; as there growth leads to the further growth of such extremist spoke about above.
In the speech, David Cameron…
1) failed to outline the effects of other right wing extremism and how they can effectively be combatted.
2) mentioned extreme exceptional cases of failed multiculturalism, such as certain communities failing to integrate, but used the example of Islamic schools and madrasahs- to almost suggest that muslims were the problem with integration in the U.K.
3) Again in terms of failed multiculturalism, he mentioned the problems of forced marriages and rightly so. However, the problem exists all over the subcontinent, yet he singled out Pakistan as a failed example. Research has recently shown how ‘paki’ or ‘Pakistanis’ is used as a form of Islamophobia. Just as on occasions ‘zionist’ is used as a slur against Jews as a form of anti-semitism.
Just to list a few..
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But let’s not forget, how the PM and his government act like they understand why young Britons turn to extremism. Where was the engagement with young British Muslims? #openchallenge
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