Friday, July 20, 2007

UK: The real fight against terror

by Ben Judah from ISN Security Watch

On a basic level another look should be taken at British hate crime laws, and adjustments should be made where necessary . The government's recent anti-religious hatred bill may need to be reinforced to protect the Muslim community. This community feels anxious and threatened, and deserves greater legal protection. Jihadi preachers, purveyors of hate-filled literature and anti-Semitic bile must be identified and there should be a cultural crack down on white supremacist groups. Society at large should help transform the British Muslim community. More imams should be trained in the UK - and be implored to preach in English - and steps should be taken to ensure that those coming in from Saudi Arabia are not arriving to speak of murder and the Caliphate ... What is needed is a new and intelligent foreign policy, one that does whatever it can to undermine political Islam in the Middle East and elsewhere by promoting stability, development, human rights and secular regimes. This may mean making peace with Syria and dropping much of the privileges accorded to Saudi Arabia.

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