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cem
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Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 3:41 pm Post subject: UK gov't: Believing in armed resistance considered extremism

UK government: People who believe in armed resistance would be considered as extremists

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/feb/17/counterterrorism-strate gy-muslims

Anti-terror code 'would alienate most Muslims'

by Vikram Dodd, Guardian, 17 February 2009

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The government is considering plans that would lead to thousands more British Muslims being branded as extremists, the Guardian has learned. The proposals are in a counterterrorism strategy which ministers and security officials are drawing up that is due to be unveiled next month. […]

According to a draft of the strategy, Contest 2 as it is known in Whitehall [i.e. the UK Government], people would be considered as extremists if:

• They advocate a caliphate, a pan-Islamic state encompassing many countries.

• They promote Sharia law.

• They believe in jihad, or armed resistance, anywhere in the world. This would include armed resistance by Palestinians against the Israeli military.

• They argue that Islam bans homosexuality and that it is a sin against Allah.

• They fail to condemn the killing of British soldiers in Iraq or Afghanistan.

Contest 2 would widen the definition of extremists to those who hold views that clash with what the government defines as shared British values.

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related links:

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2009/02/14/9-arrested-by-terror-po lice-en-route-to-gaza-gaza-bound-aid-van-set-for-mammoth-journey/

Nine arrested in England by terror police en route to Gaza

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/please-dont-hate-us-uk- ad-campaign-to-target-extremism/

Please don’t hate us: UK ad campaign to target extremism

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2009/01/09/gaza-attack-fuels-al-qa ida-extremism-in-the-uk/

Gaza attack fuels Al Qaida extremism in the UK

http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/riz-khan-indias-911-the -aftermath-mumbai-attacks-in-the-british-press/

Mumbai attacks in the British press

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