{"id":333545,"date":"2017-11-04T15:59:35","date_gmt":"2017-11-04T14:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/far-right-extremists-milking-uks-political-correctness-on-islamists-former-govt-adviser-rt-uk-news\/"},"modified":"2017-11-04T15:59:35","modified_gmt":"2017-11-04T14:59:35","slug":"far-right-extremists-milking-uks-political-correctness-on-islamists-former-govt-adviser-rt-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/far-right-extremists-milking-uks-political-correctness-on-islamists-former-govt-adviser-rt-uk-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Far-right extremists \u2018milking\u2019 UK\u2019s political correctness on Islamists \u2013 former govt adviser \u2014 RT UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Political correctness is feeding far-right and Islamic extremism, according to a former government adviser. Dame Louise Casey said the failure to address the inequality and segregation of the Muslim community is empowering \u201chorrible far-right tactics.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn our desire to embrace diversity we are creating division,\u201d<\/em> said Casey, the government\u2019s former community cohesion adviser, in a speech to Britain\u2019s top police officers. \u201cThe far right is growing and they are milking it every time we are overly politically correct and unable to deal with Islamic extremism.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Casey said \u201cdifficult conversations\u201d<\/em> must be had on Islamic extremism in order to stop groups like Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS\/ISIL) from inciting further attacks. \u201cIf you\u2019re not alive to the importance of talking about these issues then there\u2019s not much hope\u2026 of stopping these horrible things happening to us,\u201d<\/em> she added.<\/p>\n

The dame was giving her first public address since the publication of her review into community cohesion. Her review concluded that as Britain becomes more diverse it is concurrently becoming more divided along ethnic and religious lines.<\/p>\n

Released in December last year, \u2018The Casey Review\u2019<\/a> described the experience of women in some Muslim communities, who are \u201cless likely to speak English and more likely to be kept at home.\u201d<\/em> Among the report\u2019s recommendations were that migrants take \u201can oath of integration with British values and society\u201d<\/em> and that schoolchildren could be taught about British values.<\/p>\n

Following the publication of the review none of the recommendations have become policy. \u201cIt has been tucked away in the all-too-difficult filing cabinet and it hasn\u2019t seen the light of day,\u201d<\/em> Casey said. \u201cWe need an integration strategy and that\u2019s why the government will continue to fail not just the public\u2026 but the police.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Casey was speaking at a summit of police chiefs and crime commissioners. Following her speech Mark Rowley, who heads the Metropolitan Police counterterrorism unit, said: \u201cWe do see evidence of some of our suspects coming from communities with low integration, both Islamist and extreme right-wing. That does not mean everyone from a non-integrated community is a terrorist.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

While the majority of those on the government\u2019s anti-extremism \u2018Prevent\u2019 program are from a Muslim background, the far right are making up an increasing number of referrals. Data released by the National Police Chiefs\u2019 Council (NPCC) shows the number of far-right referrals rose by 323 cases in 2014\u201315 to 561 in 2015\u201316.<\/p>\n

In December last year, National Action became the first far-right group to be banned<\/a>\u00a0under counterterrorism laws, following its stated support of the murderer Thomas Mair, who killed MP Jo Cox. Home Secretary Amber Rudd labeled the group \u201ca racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic organization which stirs up hatred, glorifies violence and promotes a vile ideology.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n