Counter-terrorism

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 22 March 2010.

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Photo of Diane Abbott Diane Abbott Labour, Hackney North and Stoke Newington 2:30, 22 March 2010

Does the Home Secretary agree that if by "Islamism" one means people who support the religion of Islam, that is not, in itself, a threat? However, subversive and criminal activity is to be found among some members of the Muslim community. The danger of trying to tar the entire Muslim community with the same brush is that that undermines our efforts to engage with the community, and to fight terrorism and crime.