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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Adam Forrest

Government has left ‘vacuum’ for extremists with Prevent strategy that fails to engage Muslims, says adviser

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The government failed to engage Muslim communities with its counter-extremism Prevent strategy and has created a “vacuum” for Islamists, a senior adviser has warned.

Dame Sara Khan, the independent adviser for social cohesion, said winning support for the counter-terror programme must be done in a “much better way”, saying the current strategy was “no longer fit for purpose”.

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