Khan visited 20 towns and cities and sifted through 3,000 responses to a call for evidence to produce her first major report, published on Monday, titled Challenging Hateful Extremism. She concluded in her report that the government’s response to extremism was “inadequate”, “unfocused” and urgently needed a complete overhaul. “By co-opting people in this way and promoting their narrative, those activists aggravated social division.”Profile Who is Tommy Robinson? Show Hide Born Stephen Christopher Yaxley-Lennon in 1982, Luton-based Tommy Robinson was co-founder and leader of the English Defence League between 2009 and 2013. The review called on the government to focus on what the commission calls “hateful extremism”, which stands apart from terrorism and violent extremism.

Source: The Guardian October 07, 2019 12:41 UTC