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@astrologica wrote:

This from the Prime Minister yesterday:

" We have to stop this seed of hatred even being planted in people's minds, let alone allowing it to grow". He went on "It is not good enough to say that Islam is a religion of peace and then deny any connection between the religion of Islam and the extremists.

These extremists are self-identifying as Muslims. From Tunisia to the streets of Paris, these murderers all spout the same twisted narrative that claims to be based on a particular faith". He added, " We can't stand neutral in this battle of ideas".

He also said that more needed to be done to tackle elements in Muslim communities who were allowing extremism to spread by tolerating or ignoring it.

He said " Unwittingly or not, those who promote extremist views-even if non-violent themselves- provide succour to those who want to commit, or get others to commit, violence".

He called for a greater effort to promote integration of Muslims in the wider community, by moving away from segregation in our schools and communities and inspecting and shutting down educational institutions that are teaching intolerance.

And that is from our Prime Minister, who obviously doesn't think that ordinary Muslims are doing enough to disassociate themselves from extremism.

There.....I have been paying attention.

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I'm unable to find the quote where David Cameron said he 'doesn't think that ordinary Muslims are doing enough to disassociate themselves from extremism'.

However from the same Prime Minister today at Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons:-

I am happy to join the right hon. Gentleman in that, and some of the strongest and best statements following the Paris attacks have been made by a series of British Muslims who have come together to say that these attacks are in no way carried out in their name. I do think—we talked about this yesterday—that this raises an important issue, because it cannot be said often enough that these butchers of ISIL are no reflection of the true religion of Islam, which is a religion of peace. At the same time, we must recognise that whether these terrorists are in Tunisia, Egypt, Paris or London, they spout the same bile that they claim comes from the religion of Islam. That is why we must take apart what they say and prove that that is not the case. It is not good enough to say that there is no connection between these terrorists and Islam; they are making a connection, and we need to prove that it is not right. As we do so, the support of Muslim communities and scholars is vital, and I commend them for their work.