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The West has left itself vulnerable to radical Islam
Europe is witnessing a call to Muslims for global jihad but authorities still fail to take it seriously
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Concerns have been raised that in the huge pro-Palestinian demonstrations over the Hamas-Israel battle, the police have taken hardly any action against unlawful calls for the destruction of Israel, murder of Jews and Islamic holy war. One reason could be that the forces of law and order have themselves been compromised.
Attiq Malik, the chairman of the London Muslim Communities Forum, who was invited into the Metropolitan Police operations room last month to observe the police response to the demonstrations, had led chants of “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” at a pro-Palestinian rally in 2021 and has also railed against “global censorship by the Zionists”. The Met has now severed its relationship with him.
The Crown Prosecution Service has been