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| Cameron unveils strategy to beat Islamist extremism | Cameron unveils strategy to beat Islamist extremism |
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| David Cameron has set out the government's strategy to defeat the "poison" of Islamist extremism. | |
| He pledged to tackle extremist ideology and "the failures of integration" which he said had led to hundreds of Britons joining Islamic State (IS) militants. | |
| The prime minister promised to act to "de-glamourise" IS by making young people aware of the "brutal reality". | |
| He set out plans to enable parents to have children's passports cancelled if they feared they were at risk. | |
| In a speech in Birmingham on the government's five-year plan to defeat home-grown extremism , Mr Cameron set out four major issues - countering the "warped" extremist ideology, the process of radicalisation, the "drowning out" of moderate Muslim voices, and the "identity crisis" among some British-born Muslims. | |
| He talked about Britain as a "multi-racial, multi-faith democracy" and as a "beacon to the world". He said no-one should be demonised and moderate Muslims also hated the "sick world view" of extremists. | He talked about Britain as a "multi-racial, multi-faith democracy" and as a "beacon to the world". He said no-one should be demonised and moderate Muslims also hated the "sick world view" of extremists. |
| "I want to work with you to defeat this poison," he said. | "I want to work with you to defeat this poison," he said. |
| He said the government's strategy included plans to: | He said the government's strategy included plans to: |
| Mr Cameron said: "This is how I believe we can win the struggle of our generation. | Mr Cameron said: "This is how I believe we can win the struggle of our generation. |
| "Countering the extremist ideology; standing up and promoting our shared British values; taking on extremism in all its forms, both violent and non-violent; empowering those moderate and reforming voices who speak for the vast majority of Muslims that want to reclaim their religion; and addressing the identity crisis that some young people feel by bringing our communities together and extending opportunity for all." | "Countering the extremist ideology; standing up and promoting our shared British values; taking on extremism in all its forms, both violent and non-violent; empowering those moderate and reforming voices who speak for the vast majority of Muslims that want to reclaim their religion; and addressing the identity crisis that some young people feel by bringing our communities together and extending opportunity for all." |
| He also spoke about a lack of confidence when it came to enforcing British values, referring specifically to forced marriage and female genital mutilation. | He also spoke about a lack of confidence when it came to enforcing British values, referring specifically to forced marriage and female genital mutilation. |
| "No more turning a blind eye on the basis of cultural sensitivities," he said. | "No more turning a blind eye on the basis of cultural sensitivities," he said. |
| He said the UK needed to "de-glamorise" the extremist ideology and conspiracy theories used by groups such as IS, also known as Isil. | He said the UK needed to "de-glamorise" the extremist ideology and conspiracy theories used by groups such as IS, also known as Isil. |
| "This is a group that throws people off buildings, that burns them alive... This isn't a pioneering movement, it is a vicious, brutal and fundamentally abhorrent existence," he said. | "This is a group that throws people off buildings, that burns them alive... This isn't a pioneering movement, it is a vicious, brutal and fundamentally abhorrent existence," he said. |
| "And here's my message to any young person thinking of going out there. You won't be some valued member of a movement - you are cannon fodder for them. | "And here's my message to any young person thinking of going out there. You won't be some valued member of a movement - you are cannon fodder for them. |
| "They will use you. If you are a boy, they will brain wash you, strap bombs to your body and blow you up. If you are a girl they will enslave and abuse you. That is the sick and brutal reality of Isil." | "They will use you. If you are a boy, they will brain wash you, strap bombs to your body and blow you up. If you are a girl they will enslave and abuse you. That is the sick and brutal reality of Isil." |
| BBC home affairs correspondent Daniel Sandford said giving worried parents the power to have their children's passports removed if they suspected them of planning to travel abroad to join a radical group was a concrete step. | |
| At present, children can be made a ward of court and then the local authority can prevent them travelling, or parents can go to the police who could act in certain circumstances, he said. | |
| Our correspondent said the emphasis of Mr Cameron's speech was on the "battle of ideas" but added it could be about 10 years too late. | |
| "The government doesn't have to convince well-integrated young people that Britain is a good democracy, a place of great opportunities where they can practice their religion freely," our correspondent said. | |
| "The people they have to persuade are the young people who are already, to a degree, lost - and that is a big challenge for the government." | |
| Tracking Britain's jihadists | Tracking Britain's jihadists |
| The stories of those who have died, been convicted of offences relating to the Islamic State conflict or are still in Syria or Iraq. | The stories of those who have died, been convicted of offences relating to the Islamic State conflict or are still in Syria or Iraq. |
| Mr Cameron said it was not enough for extremists to say they opposed IS. | |
| This would be setting the bar for acceptability "ludicrously low", and groups should be expected also to condemn conspiracy theories, anti-semitism and sectarianism, he said. | |
| "We need to put out of action the key extremist influencers who are careful to operate just inside the law but who clearly detest British society and everything we stand for," he said. | |
| Mr Cameron attacked the National Union of Students for "allying itself" with the Islamic advocacy group Cage, one of whose officials earlier this year described the IS militant nicknamed Jihadi John as a "beautiful young man". | |
| But the NUS has responded by saying it wouldn't work with Cage "in any capacity". | |
| The government is expected to set out a wider counter-extremism strategy later this year which will include legislation. | The government is expected to set out a wider counter-extremism strategy later this year which will include legislation. |
| Police and security services believe at least 700 extremists have travelled to fight with IS militants who have taken control of large swathes of Iraq and Syria, with half since returned and posing a domestic terror threat. | Police and security services believe at least 700 extremists have travelled to fight with IS militants who have taken control of large swathes of Iraq and Syria, with half since returned and posing a domestic terror threat. |
| Talha Asmal, 17, from Dewsbury, is believed to have become Britain's youngest ever suicide bomber when he reportedly blew himself up in Iraq last month. | Talha Asmal, 17, from Dewsbury, is believed to have become Britain's youngest ever suicide bomber when he reportedly blew himself up in Iraq last month. |
| Mr Cameron has suggested he could soon seek Parliament's approval to extend UK military air strikes from Iraq into Syria, telling a US television network he wanted Britain to "step up and do more" to "destroy this caliphate". | Mr Cameron has suggested he could soon seek Parliament's approval to extend UK military air strikes from Iraq into Syria, telling a US television network he wanted Britain to "step up and do more" to "destroy this caliphate". |