| Author (Corporate) | Deutsche Welle |
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| Series Title | Article |
| Series Details | 6.2.11 |
| Publication Date | 06/02/2011 |
| Content Type | News |
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United Kingdom Prime Minister David Cameron sparked controversy with a claim on the 5 February 2011 that greater emphasis should be placed on integration in a bid to tackle Islamic extremism. In a speech to the Munich Security Conference, Cameron said young British Muslims who found no strong, collective identity in Britain were instead drawn to violent Islamist ideologies. The Prime Minister identified segregation and separatism as key issues behind the threat of Islamic extremism and called for a 'shared national identity' to replace 'the doctrine of state multiculturalism'. Mr Cameron stressed the difference between Islam as a religion and Islamic extremism as a political ideology, and said that Western countries need to confront extremism rather than practice a 'hands-off tolerance'. |
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| Source Link | http://www.dw-world.de/ |
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| Subject Categories | Security and Defence |
| Countries / Regions | United Kingdom |
