Conservative MPs have attacked Jacqui Smith's apparent rebranding of Islamic terrorism as "anti-Islamic activity". The move comes after the Home Secretary's first official speech on radicalisation, in which she repeatedly used the phrase "anti-Islamic" to describe the activities of Muslim extremists. advertisement At one point Mrs Smith said: "As so many Muslims in the UK and across the world have pointed out, there is nothing Islamic about the wish to terrorise, nothing Islamic about plotting murder, pain and grief. "Indeed, if anything, these actions are anti-Islamic." Conservative MP Philip Davies complained that the Home Office appeared to be spending too much time discussing what to call terrorism as opposed to actually fighting it. "Whenever anyone refers to Islamic terrorism, they are not saying all Muslims are terrorists," he said. "Everybody knows what people mean is terrorists doing it in the name of Islam, misguidedly. "If the Government spent less time worrying about this, and more time worrying about things such as having effective border controls, we would be getting somewhere." The criticism comes as ministers reportedly move to drop the term "war on terror" and refer to jihadis as "criminals" in an attempt to stop glorifying acts of terrorism. The Home Office has denied that any words or phrases have been banned. |
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