Universities 'complacent' over Islamic radicals, Theresa May warns

by Duncan Gardham
Telegraph (UK)
June 6, 2011

https://www.legal-project.org/1446/universities-complacent-over-islamic-radicals

Excerpt:

The Home Secretary has criticised universities for their "complacency" in tackling Muslim extremism as she prepares to publish the Government's updated strategy for countering Islamic radicalism.

Theresa May told The Daily Telegraph that universities were not taking the issue of radicalisation seriously enough and that it was too easy for Muslim extremists to form groups on campuses "without anyone knowing".

She also said the Government would cut funding to any Islamic group that espoused extremist views, and set out the "key British values" to which those seeking support must subscribe. It is understood that about 20 groups are already losing their funding.

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