The duty of a prime minister

The new security measures proposed by the Prime Minister will prove to be controversial and radical as there is a definite change in the rules of the game. The response by most British people and security agencies post 7/7 have been very dignified and calm, bar some isolated incidents of hate crimes in the past couple of weeks. Most of the proposals by the Prime Minister to be frank were due.

Although Britain typifies as a country of free speech there needed to be a gag on hate preachers whose main aim is to divide communities and create hatred along racial grounds. The creation of Londonistan is also due to the fact that there were not enough surveillance over these sympathisers of terrorism. It is also laughable that radical groups such as Hizbut Tahrir and Al Muhajiroun were not banned in the UK although they (Hizbut Tahrir) were banned in other Muslim-dominated nations such as Pakistan and Egypt. It was high time the British government did so.

The other significant proposal was regarding asylum-seekers, where anyone who has any links with terrorism will not be granted asylum in the UK.

This probably means that it will be in contradiction to the Human Rights Act, and if need be, it should be scrapped as the Act gives into severe loopholes of abuse, as proven in recent years. 7/7 also proved that the threat not only comes from Islamist asylum-seekers and non-British but also British-born Muslims.

In order for Britain and the West to prevail in the War on Terror they should have the mainstream moderate Muslims on their side. They will most probably hold the key as to who emerges victorious in this global fight against nihilistic terrorism, and therefore, the support of British-based Islamic organisations such as the Islamic Society of Britain on these counter-terrorism measures must be applauded. It is also the duty of the British Prime Minister to strike a balance between fighting terrorism and holding on to the age-old civil liberties and there are sure to be rough roads ahead.