'Liberal Muslims'

Nick Cohen, Observer, 'Comment is Free', It's little wonder liberal Muslims feel betrayed, 15 Mar 09 opinion piece:

"No political movement can hope to win arguments if it turns the best and bravest into its foes. For the most courageous British Muslims, the Labour government and wider liberal society already seem slippery and hypocritical. Soon, they will be irredeemably tainted.

"Take Ansar Ullah, a Bengali leftist from the old school. Like many secularists of his generation, his life has been dominated by the struggle against Jamaat-e-Islami. The party's name is rarely mentioned in our public life, although its supporters in the Muslim Council of Britain and the Islamic Foundation are on the radio almost daily. The Bengali equivalents of British Observer readers know it all too well. They regard Jamaat as we regard the BNP: the sworn and potentially deadly enemy of all their best principles."

Policy Exchange: Choosing our friends wisely: Criteria for engagement with Muslim groups

Telegraph, £90m anti-terrorism project is fanning the flames of extremism , 9 Mar 09 "A new generation of Muslims is being radicalised using the very Government funds that are supposed to be fighting the problem, a new report by the Policy Exchange think-tank says."

The report link is here:

Policy Exchange, Shiraz Maher & Martyn Frampton, Choosing our friends wisely: Criteria for engagement with Muslim groups "Choosing our friends wisely: Criteria for engagement with Muslim groups is an authoritative analysis of Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE), the £90 million centrepiece of the government’s effort to stop the radicalisation of young Muslims."

PDF link is on this page.

Background on Policy Exchange (Wikipedia)

I haven't read this report yet.