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Britain
Cameron: 'I will gag the hate clerics'
2013-05-26
...and I shall pay for the duct tape...
David Cameron is planning new powers to muzzle Islamic hate preachers accused of provoking terrorist outrages such as the killing of soldier Lee Rigby.

The Prime Minister wants to stop extremist clerics using schools, colleges, prisons and mosques to spread their 'poison' and is to head a new Tackling Extremism and Radicalisation Task Force (TERFOR) made up of senior Ministers, MI5, police and moderate religious leaders.
Assuming they can find one of the latter...
The high-powered group will study a number of measures, including banning extremist clerics from being given public platforms to incite students, prisoners and other followers -- and forcing mosque leaders to answer for 'hate preachers'.

A senior Whitehall source said: 'The PM is determined to challenge the poisonous narrative of extremist clerics and confront religious leaders who promote violence.'
One easy way to 'challenge' them would be to deport the ones who are not British citizens. They can spew their hatred from their country of origin, be it Egypt, Pakistain or Mauritania. Preaching hatred such be considered sufficient grounds for revocation of any visa or residency permit, either in Britain or in the U.S. As we like to say on our side of the pond, the Constitution is not a suicide pact...
The move comes as it was revealed that Woolwich suspect Michael Adebolajo was known to MI5 after being held over terror charges in Kenya and deported to the UK.The Mail on Sunday has been told that Adebolajo was offered cash by MI5 to work for them -- then sought legal help to 'get them off his back' after refusing to do so.
I find it hard to believe that MI5 could be this clueless; but then again I look at some of the bone-headed things our government has done with hateful immigrants...
The Government, police and security services and religious and ethnic leaders have all struggled to come to terms with the Woolwich outrage.
That is a major part of the problem right there. It should not be hard at all to come to terms with terrorism, murder and outrage...
Government insiders say Mr Cameron's new TERFOR group is intended to 'disrupt' the activities of extremist clerics wherever they preach their 'hateful message'.

One said: 'We are looking at the range of powers and current methods of dealing with extremism at its root, as opposed to just tackling criminal violent extremism. And we will look at ways of disrupting individuals who may be influential in fostering extremism.
You 'disrupt' them best by deporting them. Just repeating in case you missed it...
'We cannot allow a situation to continue where extremist clerics go around this country inciting young people to commit terrorist acts. We will do everything we can to stop it.'

The source stressed that Mr Cameron was 'aware of the importance of avoiding a kneejerk reaction,' and added: 'This new group will study the issue in great depth before acting.
And study, and then study some more, and then ask 'why do they hate us', and then decide that it's the fault of the British people, and then recommend to Parliament that they give the foreign preachers more benefits...
'There is no question of restricting freedom of speech -- this is about preventing people spreading the message of extremism and radicalisation in a totally irresponsible and reckless way. We cannot stand by and let people whip up violent hatred of Britain and its values and culture with the appalling consequences that we have seen.'
Wow: an outbreak of common sense. Wonder if it's contagious...
Mr Cameron will tell moderate Muslim groups they must be much more proactive in condemning pro-terrorist clerics. He believes that while mainstream organisations such as the Muslim Council of Britain have unequivocally condemned the slaughter of Drummer Rigby, they have failed to take a similar firm stance in the past.

Mr Cameron will also ask police and security chiefs for more details on the number of young people who have been radicalised like Drummer Rigby's murderers.

'It is hard to measure the extent of radicalisation but we know there are many hundreds of individuals,' said one source. 'We have to encourage clear condemnation from groups that those vulnerable to radicalisation may listen to. TERFOR will want a better assessment of the size of the problem so they know what they are dealing with and can counter it.

'We must find ways to identify and tackle radicalisation in places which can be very hard to reach, such as unregulated schools and madrasahs. We must ensure imams and other religious leaders are not promoting extremist messages.

'Mosque committees need to be held to account for the choice of imams they make. And those attending religious services need a route to express their concern about extremist messages they hear at mosques.'
Posted by:Steve White

#4  I'll believe it when I see it.
Posted by: DarthVader   2013-05-26 22:56  

#3  A good starting point would be to use Singapore as a template.
Posted by: tipper   2013-05-26 21:34  

#2  Who among these is most likely to be declared a 'hate cleric' by the Western political class:

Terry Jones, Geert Wilders, Pamela Geller, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Nasrallah, Khamenei, the Afghan judge responsible for the apostate's death sentence, the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia ("All churches in the peninsula must be destroyed!")?
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660   2013-05-26 17:54  

#1  They ban Michael Savage, but subsidize the hate vermin in their midst. YJCMTSU
Posted by: Procopius2k   2013-05-26 12:28  

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