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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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