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Posted: Aug 03, 2007 6:23 a.m. - Subject: One in 11 British Muslims backs suicide bombers
One in 11 British Muslims backs suicide bombers
As many as one in 11 British Muslims agree with and proactively support terrorism, a Government adviser has warned police.
Haras Rafiq also told officers at Scotland Yard that up to 20 per cent of the Muslim population ’ sympathise’ with militants, while stopping short of being prepared to ’blow themselves up’.
His remarks underline the scale of the task facing Gordon Brown to win the hearts and minds of Muslims, only a week after he promised an extra £70million to councils and community groups to fight extremism.