.... Rather than simply winding up Prevent, the Government then changed course, instead putting money into kosher (so to speak) Muslim organisations that did not oppose western democracy.
But according to the Communities and Local Government select committee report earlier this year, this has only led to increasing paranoia among some Muslims, who felt they were being spied on.
It concluded: “There is a sense that Government has sought to engineer a ‘moderate’ form of Islam, promoting and funding only those groups which conform to this model. We do not think it is the job of Government to intervene in theological matters…” [telegraph.co.uk] Read more
