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By News Team ⋅
A new counter terror phrasebook has been sent out to police, Whitehall offices and councils telling them how to speak to Muslim communities about extremism without alienating them.
It advises against use of phrases like “jihadi fundamentalist” and “Islamist extremist.”
Instead, it suggests that words such as “violent extremism,” “criminal murderers” and “thugs” should be used, to avoid any suggestion of an explicit link between Islam and terror.
The document warns that the use of concepts like “the struggle for values” or “a battle of ideas” play into the hands of those who wish to fuel the idea of a clash of civilisations between Islam and the West.
A more productive approach is to stress the idea of shared values, it suggests.”This is not intended as a definitive list of what not to say but rather to highlight terms which risk being misunderstood and therefore prevent the effective reception of the message,” states the document, part of a pack created by the Home Office and Department for Communities and Local Government.
A Home Office spokeswoman confirmed that the document had been distributed to “key delivery partners” including chief constables, local authorities and Government offices a few weeks ago.
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