The manner in which ministers and the media have reacted to accusations of a so-called Islamist plot to take over schools in Birmingham is putting off British Muslims from entering public life, Labour's shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan has warned.
In an interview with The Huffington Post UK, to be published later this week, Khan said society as a whole would suffer if the coverage of the story "deters people coming forward" to serve their communities.
[A COMMENT] One only need to look at what has happened in Tower Hamlets to see what happens when muslims take public office here.
[ANOTHER] Typical reaction from Muslim spokesmen complete rejection of the criticism and its causes regardless of the amount of proof available. Then almost in the same breath they attack those that have exposed their programme of radicalising our kids. [The Huffington Post UK] Read more
