NEWS & CURRENT AFFAIRS
26 August 2006
Saturday 26 August 2006 22:15-23:00 (Radio 4 FM)
Debate series in which the advocate of a controversial thesis faces a panel of heckling critics.
Islamic extremism is being fuelled rather than countered by the government's anti-terrorism strategy, argues Gita Saghal - of Women Against Fundamentalisms. Gita argues that the groups identified by the government as moderate are nothing of the kind. Challengers include Islamic thinker Tariq Ramadan, former Guantanamo Bay inmate Moazzam Begg and Daud Abdullah, of the Muslim Council of Britain.
