UK Government Strategy Has ‘Double Standard’ When Dealing With Extreme Right and Islamism, Says Independent Review

UK Government Strategy Has ‘Double Standard’ When Dealing With Extreme Right and Islamism, Says Independent Review
A mural bears the logo of the ISIS terrorist group in the village of Albu Sayf, Iraq, on March 1, 2017. Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images
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An independent review of the British government’s Prevent strategy has found it is “not doing enough to counter non-violent Islamist extremism” and “has a double standard when dealing with the extreme right-wing and Islamism.”

The review was ordered by former Home Secretary Priti Patel in 2019 but on Wednesday her successor, Suella Braverman, said the government would be accepting all 34 recommendations in the report.

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