[ianch99]

Originally Posted by RizzyKing

Theresa may talked about eliminating the safe spaces that allow radicalisation of our youth and while the internet is certainly one of them the biggest safe space in the UK are the mosques. The imans don't stop the radicals and they don't shut them down once they start the radicalisation process and that's one of the biggest problems as places of worship have traditionally been places we do not conduct surveillance. There needs to be a massive change in approach and attitude in relation to islam in the UK as right now it's a fertile breeding ground with increasing numbers of radicals and a non radical section that rarely does anything practical to counter the radicals preferring to keep silent and in some cases adopting a harder view of islam.

I totally agree and the point I was making earlier (obviously badly) that the cuts in community policing only goes to weaken our ability to detect and suppress these "breeding grounds" of Islamic jihadism.