Islamist terrorism the best and deadliest menace in UK: Report
An evaluation of ‘Prevent’, one of many 4 strands of the United Kingdom authorities’s anti-terrorism technique ‘Contest’, launched on Wednesday has declared Islamist terrorism because the “primary threat” to the nation, “consistently accounting for the majority of terrorist attack plots both carried out and thwarted by the intelligence services.”
Further noting that at present, 80 per cent of the Counter-Terrorism Police community’s stay investigations are Islamist, the report supplied suggestions to fight it.
‘Prevent’ is without doubt one of the 4 essential areas of the UK government-led programme- Contest, to stop British individuals from being drawn into terrorism. The different three strands of this system are: Pursue, Protect and Prepare.
The impartial assessment of the UK’s scheme to stop terrorism was carried out by Commissioner for Public Appointments William Shawcross and printed Wednesday (February 8).
Islamist terror termed the deadliest and best menace in UK
The report recognized pro-Khalistan extremism and the radicalisation of British Muslims by rhetoric emanating from extremist clerics in Pakistan referring to blasphemy and Kashmir as among the many rising terrorist threats dealing with Britain.
The report cautioned that Pakistani rhetoric is “inflaming anti-India feeling, particularly around the subject of Kashmir” in UK Muslim communities. It additionally warned towards a false narrative being unfold by a small variety of pro-Khalistan teams working within the UK.
“There is an element of crossover between those who seek to impose limits around blasphemy with those who voice incendiary rhetoric on Kashmir. I have seen evidence of UK extremist groups, as well as a Pakistani cleric with a UK following, calling for the use of violence in Kashmir. I have also seen evidence demonstrating that flashpoints related to Kashmir lead to a significant surge in interest from UK Islamists,” Shawcross stated within the assessment.
On the difficulty of pro-Khalistan extremism, the report added, “Prevent should also be mindful of pro-Khalistan extremism emerging from the UK’s Sikh communities. A false narrative is disseminated by the tiny number of pro-Khalistan groups operating in the UK that the government is colluding with its counterpart in India to persecute Sikhs.”
“Such groups’ narratives glorify violence carried out by the pro-Khalistan movement in India. While the current threat is low, praise for violence overseas and a simultaneous belief in a state-led campaign of repression domestically is a potentially toxic combination for the future.”
Commissioner for Public Appointments William Shawcross, who carried out the assessment, steered 34 suggestions to counter Islamist terrorism, which the report stated stays the first and the deadliest terrorist to the UK.
The assessment was commissioned by Priti Patel when she was dwelling secretary, and present dwelling secretary Suella Braverman has accepted all of the suggestions.
Taking to Twitter, Suella Braverman stated she intends to “swiftly implement” all the suggestions from the assessment into the Prevent technique. She stated that the assessment underlined the place actual reform is required to strengthen the nation’s struggle towards radicalisation. The suggestions counsel a necessity to raised perceive the Islamist ideology which underpins the predominant terrorist menace dealing with the UK.
“For everyone to feel at home here, extremism must be rooted out”
Home Secretary @SuellaBraverman on strengthening the UK’s struggle towards radicalisation. pic.twitter.com/tBWayF7iOC
— Home Office (@ukhomeoffice) February 8, 2023
“I wholeheartedly accept all 34 recommendations and am committed to quickly delivering wholesale change to ensure we are taking every possible step to protect our country from the threat posed by terrorism,” stated Suella Braverman.
Islamic terrorism has grow to be an rising downside within the United Kingdom. Last yr, amidst the anti-Hindu assaults in Leicester, British MP Bob Blackman had come ahead in help of the neighborhood and raised considerations in regards to the Islamist assaults in Leicester.
Attacks on Hindus in Leicester and Birmingham
The Hindu neighborhood within the UK, significantly in Leicester and Birmingham, is beneath assault by the Islamists. What initially seemed to be a conflict between the 2 communities following the T20 match between India and Pakistan turned out to be a well-planned and well-organized assault on Hindus, their houses, companies, and properties in Leicester.
Several arrests have been made by the Police following the assault on Hindus within the metropolis. Later, calls have been made by the “Islamist influencers” to assemble in Birmingham to circle a Hindu temple to mark a “peaceful protest” towards an occasion the place Sadhvi Ritambhara was scheduled to seem.
Despite the occasion being postponed every week earlier than the scheduled date, the Islamists circled the Hindu temple, hurled abuses, and threatened to assault Hindus in the event that they have been followers of BJP and RSS.
