DAR AL HARB - U.K.: PANDERING TO MOSLEMS IS NOT THE ANSWER

At last – the Government admits that pandering to Islam is not the answer
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“By constantly pandering to the demands of noisy religious extremists, the Government has allowed them to dominate debate on Islam on campuses. Now, at last, the Government has realised that encouraging a greater involvement for Muslim students in the mainstream of community life will achieve better results. If such students are not given the opportunity to split themselves off — which has happened in some places — then fewer will be open to persuasion by those determined to create resentment and discontent. University is somewhere you go to have your mind opened, not closed by some hateful version of religious ideology.”

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Though I am not at all sure that the government has ceased to pander:

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The new guidelines have overcome previous objections by removing many references to extremism in the name of Islam and focusing on the importance of academic freedom.

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What's the point if you cannot say EXTREMISM & ISLAM in the same sentence?!?


Pertinent Links:

1) At last – the Government admits that pandering to Islam is not the answer

2) PDF file of the new report