REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MANCHESTER - Prime Minister David Cameron insisted that he condemns all form of terrorism after remaining silent in the aftermath of a series of attacks on mosques in West Midlands last month, The Muslim News exclusively reported. According a news letter obtained by Republika, he also said the next meeting of extremism taskforce, the government was going to look into is violence and extremism suffered by Muslims communities.

“I condemn these attacks absolutely, but more important than condemnation is action,” Cameron said after being challenged during a visit to Jamia Mosque in Manchester as the month of Ramadan drew to a close on Thursday. 

“I think we can say that this government has taken action. The police have acted very robustly in response to these attacks. Also the government has changed the PREVENT Strategy to make sure that is was to combat all forms of extremism and violence, including extremism and violence against the Muslim communities.

“I recognize the seriousness of this problem and that’s one of the reasons my extremism taskforce at its next meeting will be looking at the problem of violence against Muslim communities themselves,” he said.

A series of attacks against Muslim targets included three terrorist bombings targeted at different mosques in West Midlands in July. When questioned at the time by The Muslim News Editor, Ahmed J Versi, why the Prime Minister had not condemned the attacks, his spokesperson simply said Cameron was “concerned by the recent events”.

Minister for Faith & Communities, Baroness Warsi, who was also in attendance, also responded to criticism of the Prime Minister suggesting that there had been “huge concern at the heart of government about the attacks on the British Muslim community”. She said that she herself had “issued a statement of condemnation immediately after Tipton” and further added that as part of the government she worked “incredibly closely on this issue of extremism” with the Prime Minister.

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