As part of the Government's counter-terrorism strategy, Prime Minister, David Cameron will be announcing that extremist Islamists and hate preachers will receive the same treatment as paedophiles and will be banned from all contact with children.
This is to ensure that people convicted with terrorism or extremist activity are automatically banned from working with vulnerable people, as well as children, in the same manner as those who are convicted of sexual offences against children.
Cameron said, “I have said before that defeating extremism will be the struggle of our generation. It is one of the biggest social problems we need to overcome. We know that extremism is really a symptom; ideology is the root cause- but the stakes are rising and that demands a new approach. So we have a choice- do we choose to turn a blind eye or do we choose to get out there and make the case for our British values.”
He continued, “The government's new Counter-Extremism Strategy is a clear signal of the choice we have made to take on this poisonous ideology with resolve, determination and the goal of building a greater Britain.”
There will also be a web ban on hate preachers
