This government has so obviously passed its sell-by date, if indeed it ever had a sell-by date. To waste taxpayers money on this nonsense is staggeringly stupid, and staggeringly weak and appeasing too.
No amount of therapy is going to solve this problem. Jacqui Smith and the Home Office, with this proposal, have shown that they have absolutely no idea of the nature of radical Islam, or indeed the nature of Islam itself. Children in kindergarten could come up with better than this!
For God’s sake, find your gonads. It's high time you did! - ©Mark
THE TELEGRAPH: Islamic extremists could escape prosecution and instead receive therapy and counselling under new Government plans to "deradicalise" religious fanatics.
The Home Office is to announce an extra £12.5 million to support new initiatives to try to stop extremism spreading.
The central element of the Home Office plan is a new national "deradicalisation" programme that would persuade converts to violent and extremist causes to change their views.
Controversially, the new plan makes clear that people who fall under the influence of violent organisations will not automatically face prosecution.
Instead, the presumption should be that some such individuals would face therapy and counselling from community groups instead of criminal charges.
Documents being distributed to local councils explain that many people who get drawn into extremism have often suffered some sort of personal trauma or crisis that makes them vulnerable to exploitation.
"We do not want to put through the criminal justice system those who are vulnerable to, or are being drawn into, violent extremism unless they have clearly committed an offence," a Home Office report says.
"It is vital that individuals and communities understand this and have the confidence to use the support structures that we shall be developing." Islamic Extremists Should Get Therapy, Home Office Tells Local Councils >>> By James Kirkup | June 3, 2008
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