Government-backed Islamophobia group linked to foundation that slammed counter-extremism programme The Aziz Foundation said that Prevent 'actively harms Muslims' as a Tory MP described the move as 'deeply concerning'

(GB News) Supporters of a highly-controversial plan to set “appropriate limits to free speech” about Muslims have been given up to £2.6million by the government to police and monitor “Islamophobia.”

The British Muslim Trust has been awarded a £1million-a-year contract by ministers to “combat hate against Muslims.”

The trust — which only launched its website today — replaces the group Tell Mama, which had done the job for the last 13 years but withdrew after what it called a “smear campaign” against it by Islamists and the far-right.

The new group is co-run by the Aziz Foundation, which has said that the government’s counter-extremism Prevent programme “actively harms Muslims.”

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