Rishi Sunak pledges crackdown on UK’s most ‘significant terror threat’ Islamist extremism

 British-Indian prime ministerial candidate Rishi Sunak on Wednesday pledged a crackdown on Islamist extremism, the UK’s most “significant terror threat”, with a widened government definition of extremism and strengthening existing terrorism legislation.

The 42-year-old former Chancellor, who is seen closing the gap with opponent Foreign Secretary Liz Truss in the race to 10 Downing Street, also vowed to weed out organizations“There is no more important duty for a Prime Minister than keeping our country and our people safe,” said Sunak, on the campaign trail to win Conservative Party members’ votes.

“Whether redoubling our efforts to tackle Islamist extremism or rooting out those who are vocal in their hatred of our country, I will do whatever it takes to fulfill that duty. Britain is a beacon of freedom, tolerance, and diversity. We must never let those who seek to undermine and destroy our way of life succeed,” he said. which promote extremism in the UK and refocus the “failing” Prevent program, a government tool intended to tackle Islamist extremism.