(National-UAE) It has been 10 years since Sir John Jenkins’ landmark inquiry into the Muslim Brotherhood in the UK was wrapped up but he says the need to understand the movement’s role is now even more pressing.
The former diplomat was commissioned by then-British prime minister David Cameron in 2014 to examine whether the organisation was contributing to extremism and fracturing social cohesion.
These concerns are as prescient as they were back then, if not more so given the way the war in Gaza is shaping the political narrative among British Muslims.
Asked if he believes his report was a wasted opportunity, Sir John replied with a firm “yes … it’s what I’ve said.”
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