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Blair will say root cause was extremism not Iraq>By Jean Eaglesham>Published: July 18 2005 22:01 Last updated: July 18 2005 22:01>>
Tony Blair will on Tuesday try to persuade Muslim leaders that the root causes of the London attacks lay in warped versions of Islam, rather than political causes such as the war on Iraq.
The distinction is critical because the prime minister hopes to use Tuesday’s meeting with 20 to 30 representatives of the Muslim community to agree action to tackle religious extremists. Such measures are predicated on accepting that religious extremism can pose a threat – an argument some commentators have rejected. Ken Livingstone, the London mayor, has argued the suicide bombings were not caused by “an ideology . . . or even a perverted faith”.
The argument that the attacks were linked to political factors was bolstered on Monday by the Royal Institute of International Affairs, the think-tank, which said the war in Iraq had boosted al-Qaeda. The government’s ability to combat terrorism was hampered by its position as a “pillion passenger” to the US’s war on terror, the Institute said.
The government mounted a concerted effort to reject any such link between its foreign policy and terrorism in the UK. Jack Straw, the foreign secretary, reacted furiously to the think-tank’s report, saying: “The time for excuses for terrorism is over. The terrorists have struck across the world, in countries aligned with the US backing the war in Iraq and in countries which had nothing whatever to do with the war in Iraq.”
Downing Street was scathing about the report, claiming it suggested the UK should ignore threats posed by other states and simply “hope we weren’t attacked”. The prime minister told the cabinet there were people who would blame “anything but faith” for the attacks, his official spokesman said.
Mr Blair told ministers there were “extremists who have a perverse view of Islam who try to use that view to justify events like the London bombings”. Number 10 said it was “simply a statement of fact that in Iraq it is Muslims killing Muslims”.