Oral question asked in the House of Lords, by Lord Lester of Herne Hill (Liberal Democrat). It was answered on Wednesday, 3 February 2016.
Islam Extremism
- Question
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My Lords, is the Minister aware that I have tried four times to get a straight answer to a Parliamentary Question about whether, in countering extremist ideology, the Government are concerned about the preaching and teaching of Wahhabism in mosques and Muslim education bodies in Britain that are funded from overseas? Could he please answer that question with a yes or no?
- Answer
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We are concerned as a Government—as we all are—about any kind of funding which seeks to harm and disturb the nature of our society. The noble Lord referred to a particular issue; the review that has been set up was set up with that very intention: to look at all forms of extremism that seek to influence or distort Islam in a way which is not conducive to the fundamental shared values we enjoy in Britain today.
Secondary information
- Type
- Oral question
- Reference
- 768 c1787
- Session
- 2015-16
- Oral question type
- Supplementary
- Chamber / Committee
- House of Lords chamber
- Subjects
- Finance Reviews Islam Radicalism
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