(National-UAE) The UK government is creating a “blacklist” of organisations under a new definition of extremism which would see their funding cut.
Several Muslim groups are likely to be on the list after being singled out in government reports.
The groups facing the measures as part of Communities Secretary Michael Gove’s extremism review would be banned from receiving public funds, engaging with government agencies and appearing at university campuses.
The government would stop short of criminalising such groups, unlike Hizb ut-Tahrir which it proscribed in January.
However, groups expected to be on the list have suggested it would amount to a curb on freedom of expression.
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