LONDON: British PM David Cameron has prevailed in a hotly debated cabinet review calling for crackdown on moderate and non-violent Islamic organizations to counter terrorism. The details of this policy will be unveiled by home minister Theresa May perhaps as early as Tuesday.
Cameron's press office told TOI that it does not discuss details of cabinet meetings, but did not deny Cameron's pushing through with the new policy. Government sources revealed Cameron had said that even moderate Muslim organisations could be breeding grounds for extremists and a stepping stone to violence. Among those who strongly opposed Cameron's position was Pakistani-origin chairperson of Conservative party, Baroness Sayeeda Warsi. However, she was instructed not to air her disagreement in public.
The strategy, known as 'Prevent', will provide a broader definition of extremism, expanding this to include non-violent NGOs which advocate Sharia law in Britain.
They will now be considered ''un-British''. May's declaration could, in fact, warn Muslim groups that public funding will be withdrawn from them unless they meet more stringent conditions. The head of the Indian Muslim Federation (IMF) in the UK, Shamsuddin Agha, said this was scare-mongering. But he distanced IMF from hardcore Muslims by stressing: ''We're Indian Muslims. Its a different brand of Islam.''
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