Commission for Countering Extremism

The Commission for Countering Extremism is a British government agency created under Prime Minister Theresa May in response to the 2017 Manchester Arena bombing.

Front cover of the February 2021 report of the Commission: Operating with Impunity - Hateful extremism: The need for a legal framework

History

The idea was mentioned in the 2017 election platform of the Conservative Party, released four days before the Manchester bombing attack.[1][2] May described the Commission as "a statutory body to help fight hatred and extremism in the same way as we have fought racism."[3]

Sara Khan was named head of the new commission in January 2018. The appointment was criticised by former Conservative Party chairwoman Sayeeda Warsi, Harun Khan, the secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, and Labour MP Naz Shah.[4]

On 24 February 2021 the Commission released a report "Operating with Impunity - Hateful extremism: The need for a legal framework".[5]

References
  1. Peck, Tom (27 May 2017). "Theresa May to set up commission for countering extremism". The Independent. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  2. Travis, Alan (17 September 2017). "Paralysis at the heart of UK counter-extremism policy". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  3. "Finsbury Park attack: Theresa May's statement in full". BBC. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  4. Grierson, Jamie (25 January 2018). "Choice of new UK anti-extremism chief criticised as 'alarming'". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
  5. "Operating with impunity: legal review". gov.uk. 24 February 2021.
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