UK - Waking up to the threat of Islamism

I'd like to think so but it sounds more like political talk to me. Listen to the double talk as first we are told this:

"The Government is launching a multi-million-pound package to help local authorities tackle Islamic extremism.

Communities Secretary Ruth Kelly also wants local councils to work with the Muslim community to combat Islamophobia."

It's all in our heads. But then we're told:

The scheme, which will be announced later this month, is reported to be worth £5m.

It follows intensive discussions with local authorities on how they can respond to the threat posed by violent extremists.

Ms Kelly told the Daily Mirror: "Extremism is an issue for all of us. Local authorities must rise to the challenge too.

"They have a pivotal role in winning the battle of hearts and minds in local communities.

So, we've gone from it's in our heads to "an issue for all of us" an if it's just islamophobia why this:

A spokeswoman said the announcement was part of a "huge" programme to tackle extremism.

She said this includes schemes to deal with radicalisation in institutions such as prisons, universities, colleges and schools.

Other plans to tackle extremism are to work with law enforcement agencies to improve intelligence-gathering, and supporting civic and theological leadership.

Got that? "Prisons, universities, colleges and schools" In other words Muslim extremism is everywhere. So much for islamophobia, eh?

And while the government is set to spend 5 million pounds to fight Islamism in schools, Scotland's Salmond pledges to fund Muslim schools. That should be a killer for any hopes of the SNP.

You'll hear cries from the left that Muslims are the victims and that Islam, a peacful and tolerant religion, is under attack. I've documented numerous times the undercover investigations into mosques which proves, one thing is being said by Islamic leaders in public and the opposite to Muslims. Here's another.

An undercover investigation has revealed disturbing evidence of Islamic extremism at a number of Britain's leading mosques and Muslim institutions, including an organisation praised by the Prime Minister.

Secret video footage reveals Muslim preachers exhorting followers to prepare for jihad, to hit girls for not wearing the hijab, and to create a 'state within a state'. Many of the preachers are linked to the Wahhabi strain of Islam practised in Saudi Arabia, which funds a number of Britain's leading Islamic institutions.

A forthcoming Channel 4 Dispatches programme paints an alarming picture of how preachers in some of Britain's most moderate mosques are urging followers to reject British laws in favour of those of Islam. Leaders of the mosques have expressed concern at the preachers' activities, saying they were unaware such views were being disseminated.

Sure they were.

Wake up Britain.

Meanwhile, Italy is set to take a look at their Muslim instituions.