Robin Mark Phillips
Robin Mark Phillips

International Media Picks Up Report on Britain’s Home-Grown Terrorism

September 24, 2014

My Christian Voice report on Britain’s home-grown terrorism has been picked up by over 83 television stations and media outlets through the world.

The report raised concerns that increasing numbers of British-born Muslims are flocking to the Middle East to fight with ISIS in the growing jihad. The widespread response to the report is evidence of growing apprehension about the radicalization of Muslims within Western democracies.

CBS News quoted me as suggesting that Britain’s homegrown terrorism has been extenuated by “a jihad against free speech.” I told the media station that “By denying any link between terrorism and the teachings found in Islamic text, and then using strong-arm tactics to suppress scholars who might suggest otherwise, the authorities in Britain have left themselves unable to adequately address the challenges posed by home-grown radicalism.”

Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that if British jihadists want to return they should be forced to attend de-radicalisation sessions, which seek to better educate terrorists about Islam. Commenting on the Prime Minister’s proposals in Fox news, I pointed out that “it is incredibly naive to suppose that the basic problem with Britain’s jihadists is that they are simply mistaken about their own religion. They are not traveling to the Middle East to kill Christians because of making one too many mistakes when reading the Quran. It is equally naive to think these jihadists can be re-integrated into the country after the atrocities they have helped to perpetuate in the Middle East.”

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