Hans Rustad Sir Mark Rowley, who used to head up Britain’s counter-terrorism response until his retirement last year, warned that we must be “less tolerant of intolerance on social media” amid concern that it is fuelling extremist violence.
He said the failure to regulate the internet had allowed people who promote hatred to flourish unchecked and build up large followings.
Writing alongside Dame Louise Casey, the government’s former integration tsar, he said: “We should be much less tolerant of intolerance in the Wild West of the internet and social media.
“Timidity over using regulation to assert what we stand for only allows the intolerant who support violent extremism to grow their
“In counterterrorism we can’t just build bigger barriers in front of mosques, synagogues and public buildings.”
Dette er skremmende tale. Hvis noen løper Christchurch-terroristens ærend så er det Rowley. Hans mål var å øke polarisering og motsetninger. Det er den fellen Rowley går i.
Han sier ikke ett ord om islamistisk hatprat. Folk som lever i virkelighetens verden vet hva det betyr. Islam hører til, mens konservative er ute.
Trygghet
Innenriksminister Javid sier ingen gruppe skal føle seg utrygge.
Home Secretary Sajid Javid said on Sunday night he was “determined that every individual and community should feel safe to live their lives. To any communities who are feeling vulnerable and under threat I say we are with you. You benefit our country, you are part of our country, part of us”.
“We must stand together as a society and reject the terrorists and extremists who seek to divide us.
“Now’s the moment for us all to challenge the hatred, ignorance and violence they peddle and stand up for the kind of country we are and want to be.”
Men jødene har følt seg utrygge i lang tid. Hvorfor må det et angrep på muslimer til før regjeringenn begynner å snakke om trygghet?
Terrorangrep
Politisjef i Surrey, Neil Basu, sier de har klassifisert angrepet på ungdommen som et terrorangrep. Det gir dem anledning til å benytte utvidede fullmakter.
Etter 9/11 var det kritikk av krenkelse av personvern. Nå er det knapt en motforestilling. Når det gjelder å beskytte vestlige land mot innfødt terror, sparer man ikke på noen ting. Da nevnes ikke menneskerettigheter.
Mr Basu said: “Whilst this investigation is still in its infancy, it has hallmarks of a terror event, inspired by the far right, and therefore it has been declared a terrorism incident.
“This allows us to use all of the specialist capabilities available to establish the full circumstances of this attack.”
He added: “Police are committed to tackling all forms of toxic extremist ideology, which has the potential to hreaten public safety and security.”
Police patrols around mosques and in areas with large Muslim communities have been stepped up and the public is being reminded to remain vigilant.
