Terror watchdog warns of backlash to anti-extremism bill

‘Plans to crackdown on non-violent extremism may prove counterproductive among Muslim communities and actually fuel terrorist recruitment, the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation David Anderson QC has warned.

In an annual report published on Thursday, Anderson cautions that a poorly thought out counter-terror strategy may backfire.

“If the wrong decisions are taken, the new law risks provoking a backlash in affected communities, hardening perceptions of an illiberal or Islamophobic approach, alienating those whose integration into British society is already fragile and playing into the hands of those who, by peddling a grievance agenda, seek to drive people further towards extremism and terrorism,” he writes.’

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