(Arab News) Muslim groups in the UK linked to the promotion of extremism are set to face funding cuts and greater monitoring under plans presented by UK Home Secretary Suella Braverman, the Times newspaper has reported.
The plans to overhaul Britain’s anti-extremism program — Prevent — comes ahead of the expected release next week of the long-awaited results of the Shawcross review of the program.
Sources told the Times that the review will criticize Prevent for failing to clamp down on, and in some cases financially supporting, Muslim groups linked to extremism.
Some such groups received funding from Prevent’s $48 million reserves allocated to support community groups tackling extremism, the report will claim.
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