Britain's Cameron attacks extreme conspiracy theories

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AFP:

July 19 2015

 

London (AFP) - Conspiracy theories of a powerful Jewish cabal or a Western plan to destroy Islam must be challenged in efforts to counter radicalisation, British Prime Minister David Cameron will say on Monday.

 

In a speech in the central English city of Birmingham, Cameron is to announce a five-year plan to tackle home-grown Islamic extremism and help communities integrate in Britain. "You don't have to support violence to subscribe to certain intolerant ideas which create a climate in which extremists can flourish," Cameron is to say, according to released remarks.

 

"Ideas also based on conspiracy that Jews exercise malevolent power or that Western powers, in concert with Israel, are deliberately humiliating Muslims, because they aim to destroy Islam."

 

He is also to attack views that hold poverty and Western foreign policy responsible for terrorism. "This argument, the grievance justification, must be challenged," Cameron will say.

 

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