Muslim First, British Second

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Duration: 30 minutes

MI5 say that they cannot keep tabs on all of the country's Muslim extremists.

As ministers prepare to announce a new counter-terrorism strategy, Panorama asks whether we should isolate or talk to the radicals, and examines suspicions that government-funded community projects are being covertly used to gather intelligence.

  • About Muslim First, British Second

    As ministers prepare to announce a new counter terrorism strategy, Panorama asks should we isolate or talk to the radicals - and examines suspicions that government funded community projects are being covertly used to gather intelligence.

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  • UK to shift anti-terror strategy

    Muslim leaders who undermine British values will be isolated, in a change to UK anti-terrorism policy, BBC Panorama learns.

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  • Tackling extremism: 'Education not indoctrination'

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    Usman Nawaz is a 19-year-old moderate Muslim and member of the Youth Parliament for Rochdale. As one of 23 advisers on the government's Young Muslim Advisory Group he is an active voice in the Muslim community. He spoke to Panorama's Richard Watson about what he thinks should be done to tackle extremism in Britain.

  • Chief Constable denies infiltration of Muslim groups

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    Sir Norman Bettison, chief constable of West Yorkshire, denies accusations that the government's anti-terrorism Prevent Strategy is being used as a cover to infiltrate Muslim groups in the UK.

  • Muslim community under scrutiny?

    Panorama's Richard Watson speaks to a man in Leeds who voices his concern that the Muslim community in the UK is under unfair scrutiny

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Jeremy Vine
Participant
Richard Watson
Producer
Jim Booth

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