Cameron to fast-track UK counter-terrorism measures
New legislation aimed against extremists radicalising young people to be unveiled
UK Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to unveil new legislation to tackle radicalisation during the National Security Council (NSC) meeting on Wednesday.
The UK has been a passively tolerant society for too long allowing a narrative of extremism and grievance to be fostered
The measures would be formally announced in the Queen’s speech on 27 May. Cameron will say the UK has been a “passively tolerant society” for too long, allowing a “narrative of extremism and grievance” to be fostered, according to extracts of speech published by the Financial Times.
Among the proposed measures, Cameron will include disruption orders to prevent extremists of airing their political and religious views in public, with the intention of preventing young people from radicalisation.
Some mosques proven to radicalisation hubs could be closed, and increased immigration restrictions will be imposed. Additional plans to extend the so-called “snoopers charters” are set to be introduced later on over the course of the parliament, The Guardian reported.
We’re talking about the extremism that undermines the values that makes us this great pluralistic society
“We’re talking about the extremism of all sorts that’s seeking to promote hatred, that’s seeking to divide society, that undermines the values that makes us this great pluralistic society,” Home Secretary Theresa May told the BBC on Wednesday.
She stressed that “no one is questioning that different views cannot be expressed” but pointed out that “extremist preaching, this message of intolerance that can lead down a path of radicalism” would be banned.
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