.... The figures were revealed in a request under the Freedom of Information Act by think tank Claystone, which works to promote social cohesion for British Muslims.
It says the new issue code was introduced in December 2012, three months after Sir William Shawcross was appointed as chairman of the Commission that September.
The following year, Sir William brought in a new board, including former Metropolitan Police counter terrorism chief Peter Clarke, and he has described the cause of Islamic extremism as the 'most deadly' faced by the charity sector.
'The Commission has labelled 55 charities with the issue code "extremism and radicalisation" without their knowledge,' writes Claystone's Adam Belaon in his report, 'Muslim Charities: A Suspect Sector'. [Daily Mail] Read more
