Na'eem Jeenah at University of Johannesburg Palestine Solidarity Forum seminar, 2014.Some rights reserved.British Prime Minister David Cameron is a calculated hypocrite on the question of Muslim radicalisation. In July, in the wake of the attack on British tourists (among others) in Tunisia, he announced a counter-extremism strategy to stop the spread of extremist movements such as the Islamic State (IS).
His four-pronged strategy includes de-legitimising the ideology that underpinned these movements – especially those that argue for an Islamic caliphate - and emboldening the Muslim community to counter extremism from within. For Cameron: ‘The adherents of this ideology are overpowering other voices within Muslim debate, especially those who are trying to challenge it’.
Yet in a self-defeating move, his government has prevented one of the most prominent voices countering radicalisation of the IS variety from entering the United Kingdom (UK), a South African called Na’eem Jeenah.
