Wonder what the BBC will make of this…if anything…..Boris Johnson in the Telegraph….
Radicalisation is a form of child abuse, and the authorities must have the power to intervene
There is that fatal squeamishness about intervening in the behaviour of a “protected group” – in this case ethnic minorities, often but by no means always from the Horn of Africa. There are still Left-wing academics protesting that the war on FGM is a form of imperialism, and that we are wrong to impose our Western norms.
I say that is utter rubbish, and a monstrous inversion of what I mean by liberalism. On the contrary: we need to be stronger and clearer in asserting our understanding of British values. That is nowhere more apparent in the daily job of those who protect us all from terror – and who are engaged in tackling the spread of extremist and radical Islam.
Question is just what is ‘radical’? A book that teaches you to think all non-believers are filthy, immoral and ignorant? A book that tells you to kill the unbeliever? A book that tells you to beat your wife? A book that teaches you to kill gay people?
A book that is used up and down the country and is held up as a book of peace and tolerance.
Curious what is considered radical, or not, these days…especially if you are on the Left.