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Muslims must root out 'cancer' of radicalisation

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This is precisely what has been missing from the Muslim response to the ongoing atrocities of Daesh . Sadiq Khan, the most senior Muslim in Labour’s ranks, has spoken out  at a Westminster lunch for journalists, about his fears that his teenage daughters could be tricked into going to Syria by online jihadists and disclosed that he had grown up in south London with boys who went on to act in “terrible ways”. Khan is the first Muslim I have heard who has the courage to be honest about the reality of the situation, stating: “Extremism isn’t a theoretical risk. Most British Muslims have come across someone with extremist views at some point – and so have I. “It’s affected my personal life, my friendships and my career. People I knew as a boy have gone on to hold extremist views, and even to act on them in terrible ways.” Mr Khan recalled that when he worked as a lawyer he had the “horrible” task of representing people with extremist views: “I’ve lost count of the ...