David Cameron will outline the ‘struggle of our generation’ today: tackling Islamist extremism. The Prime Minister is set to deliver a significant speech in Birmingham, where he will say ‘the root cause of the threat we face is the extremist ideology itself,’ attacking those who blame the West’s foreign policy for the rise of extremism. Cameron will outline the beginnings of a five-year plan to take on the ‘discrimination, sectarianism and segregation’ ideas of groups such as ISIL — but what action will the government’s proposals entail?
On the Today programme this morning, the Home Secretary Theresa May explained why the government believes tackling the ideology itself is key to tackling extremism:
‘Part of it is about a direct counter-narrative in relation to the ideology. It’s also about supporting and encouraging moderate voices in Muslim communities. But there’s another thread running through what we’ll be doing in terms of our counter-extremism strategy.
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