Muslims ‘risk voluntary apartheid’
(ananova.com) Shadow Home Secretary David Davis launched a stinging attack on Muslim leaders for risking “voluntary apartheid” in Britain and expecting special protection from criticism.
Mr Davis issued a stark warning of “closed societies” being created in Britain, and said religious divides threatened to “corrode” fundamental values such as freedom of speech.
There was a danger that the perfect conditions for “home grown terrorism” were being established, he added.
Mr Davis’s comments – which appear to mark a hardening of the Conservatives’ stance on tackling radical Islamism – came in an article for the Sunday Telegraph.
He wrote: “At its very least, there is a growing feeling that the Muslim community is excessively sensitive to criticism, unwilling to engage in substantive debate.
“Much worse, is the feeling of some Muslim leaders that as a community they should be protected from criticism, argument, parody, satire and all the other challenges that happen in a society that has free speech as its highest value.” (more…)
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