Counter-extremism plans link conservative religion with violence
The government's current plans to counter-extremism "drives wedges between communities" and is based on the flawed assumption that conservative religious views correlate with violence.
This is according to a damning report by parliament's joint-committee for human rights which said the plans for a bill to tackle extremism have "stalled or even gone backwards" as the government cannot even define what it means by "non-violent extremism".
The comprehensive report by the cross-party group of MPs and peers from the House of Lords suggests the government's proposed counter-extremism bill, now rebranded to be a counter-extremism and safeguarding bill, is superfluous because all laws already exist to target any offences....