UK counterterror top dog says jihad caused by lack of social mobility and Muslims shouldn’t be forced to assimilate

08/11/2019

Neil Basu, the Metropolitan police assistant commissioner, said better education and opportunities for young people would do more to fight terrorism than 'the policing and state security apparatus put together'.He also said British Muslims should not be forced to 'assimilate', adding: 'Assimilation implies that I have to hide myself in order to get on. We should not be a society that accepts that.'