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Policy Exchange

On July 12, Policy Exchange launch a new report, When Progressives Treat with Reactionaries: The British State's flirtation with radical Islamism. Authored by Martin Bright, Political Editor of the New Statesman and with a preface by Jason Burke, Europe Editor of The Observer and author of an acclaimed book about al-Qaeda, it argues that the British State continues to spurn moderate Muslims, preferring to deal with more unsavoury partners.

After 7/7, the Prime Minister rightly stated that the rules of the game had changed. Earlier this year, in an address at the Foreign Policy Centre, he specifically identified the ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood and of Wahabbism as sources of the poisoning of the discourse between Muslims and non-Muslims. Martin Bright's work shows that whatever Tony Blair may say, inside the Government which he heads, little has changed.

July 17, 2006 at 12:14 AM in Muslim background | Permalink | Top of page | Blog Home