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Article: How we can rid Britain of violent extremism
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- New Statesman
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- July 16, 2007
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Terrorism does not exist in a vacuum. What must be addressed is the political ideology of Islamism that inspires it. By Shiraz Maher
Following the Glasgow attacks last month, I was filled with dread about how Muslim leaders might respond. Over the past two years there has been a general tendency to condemn terrorist attacks and follow with an almost mandatory caveat linking them to British foreign policy - "If Tony Blair hadn't . . .", "If we weren't in Iraq . . ." The community response was refreshingly different this time. The vast majority of Muslim groups overwhelmingly condemned the attempted atrocities outright. No ifs, no buts.
This shift is encouraging, but does not go far enough. ...