The Commission for Countering Extremism has it entirely backwards. The individuals and groups they smear as “far right” for the most part only speak about Islam because of the aspects of Islamic teaching that call for violence against unbelievers and the systematic oppression of women. But the British government is avid to demonize and destroy those whom it gives the label “far right.” It is much more concerned about them than about Islamic jihad terrorists. And so it will have less of the one, and more of the other, and then where will it be?

“Far right poses as protectors of women to target Muslims, official extremism report finds,” by Lizzie Dearden, Independent, October 7, 2019 (thanks to Henry):

Far-right activists are exploiting concerns about the safety of women and children to target Muslims and ethnic minorities, an official report has found.

The Commission for Countering Extremism said some groups “deliberately distort the truth to persuade their audience to adopt discriminatory and hateful attitudes”.

The government agency’s first major report, seen exclusively ahead of its release by The Independent, warned that the tactic was drawing in white communities who would not normally support the far right, and worsening social division.

As part of research into all forms of extremism across Britain, the commission examined a series of protests sparked after a woman claimed she was gang raped by Middle Eastern migrants in Sunderland.

The report said prominent far-right figures including Tommy Robinson, Jayda Fransen and former Ukip leadership candidate Anne Marie Waters used rallies in 2016 and 2017 to “spread anti-minority and anti-Muslim agendas”.

“The marchers said they aimed to improve the safety of women and children locally,” the report said.

“However, their rhetoric targeted ethnic minorities, despite nearly 85 per cent of people convicted of sexual offences in 2018 in the Northumbria Police force area being white.”

Robinson started an online petition with more than 100,000 signatures, and funded a large advertising board and legal support for the complainant via online donations.

Emails were sent to Robinson’s supporters calling for them to join angry “justice” demonstrations that drew 1,000-strong crowds, including an email that was screengrabbed by the Finsbury Park terrorist Darren Osborne.

Local councillors said a string of 13 marches in as many months “whipped up anti-minority feeling” and were linked to a series of hate crimes including a violent attack on Asian men, vandalism and racist graffiti in the area.

The Commission for Countering Extremism said: “Many protesters were not motivated by hate; they had concerns about their safety and the safety of those in the community.

“Far-right agitators exploited these local grievances. Members of the movement had links to banned group National Action. The shared belief of these figures and groups was their antipathy towards minorities, immigrants and particularly Muslims.”

A similar pattern has been seen with the use of grooming gangs as a major far-right recruiting tool, which sees extremists characterise the abuse as committed solely by Muslims….