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Blair seeks to tackle extremism in UK
www.chinaview.cn 2005-07-14 03:53:32

    LONDON, July 13 (Xinhuanet) -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Wednesday called for tougher laws and a global drive to tackle the "evil" ideology behind the London bombings which had killed 52 and injured over 700.

    He made the call when taking questions from members of parliament (MPs) at the House of Commons, the British Broadcasting Corporation reported.

    Blair said there would be "profound shock and anxiety" after it got round that three if the bombing suspects were Pakistani British.

    He told MPs that talks will begin on new laws against incitement and instigation of terrorism as well as on deporting people trying to "incite hatred".

    Consultations would start in the next few weeks over possible new anti-terror legislation due to be published this autumn, he said.

    The laws would focus on measures deemed necessary by the policeand security services to "combat the incitement and the instigation of terrorism as well as the acts of terrorism themselves".

    "We will look urgently at how we strengthen the procedures to exclude people from entering the UK who may incite hatred or act contrary to the public good and at how we deport such people if they come here more easily," he continued.

    Blair met Muslim MPs on Wednesday morning to discuss how to tackle "this evil within the Muslim community". He urged the mobilization of the "moderate and true voice of Islam".

    "It is an extreme and evil ideology whose roots lie in a perverted and poisonous misinterpretation of the religion of Islam," he noted.

    The prime minister condemned any attacks on British Muslims, saying the vast majority were decent and law abiding.

    Following Tuesday's discovery of four bomber suspects, the police are now seeking the masterminds behind the attacks and looking for a fifth person in connection with the attacks last Thursday. Enditem

    

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