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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Alasdair Soussi

What’s in the UK’s new definition of ‘extremism’

British Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michael Gove on Downing Street in London, in January. On Thursday he announced the government's new definition of 'extremism' [Hollie Adams/Reuters]

United Kingdom Communities Secretary Michael Gove has unveiled the government’s new definition of “extremism” to the House of Commons amid heightened domestic tensions since the onset of Israel’s war on Gaza in October.

The veteran Conservative Party politician said on Thursday that the new definition seeks to tackle the rise of Islamophobia and anti-Semitism in Britain.

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