Ministers’ introduction of an official definition of anti-Muslim hostility risks worsening community tensions by allowing Islamists to “undermine our values”, the government’s former anti-extremism tsar has warned.
Lord Walney told The Times he was “deeply concerned” about the definition, unveiled on Monday as part of the government’s social cohesion strategy, which he said could be used by extremists to “deflect scrutiny from their quest to undermine our values and intimidate fellow Muslims”.
