In the wake of the terrorist attacks in 2017 that took the lives of 36 innocent people in London and Manchester, I was asked by the Home Secretary to look at the threat of extremism in England and Wales.
Today, after 18 months of evidence gathering, my Commission is releasing a report, “Challenging Hateful Extremism” which has identified a new category of harmful extremist activity; and how we should respond to it.
The Commission describes hateful extremism as behaviours that incite and amplify hate or engage in persistent hatred or make the moral case for violence.
Drawing on hateful, hostile or supremacist beliefs our report shows how it is causing harm to individuals, communities and wider society. [The Telegraph] Read more
