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Dr Muhammad Abdul Bari

Dr Muhammad Abdul Bari is an educationalist, writer and freelance parenting consultant (www.amanaparenting.com). He is Chair of London Muslim Centre and former Secretary General of Muslim Council of Britain (2006-10).

A member of the right-wing English Defence League (EDL) shouts at police escorting Islamist demonstrators after their protest outside the US embassy in London on September 11, 2011 during a ceremony to mark the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the United States.

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British Prime Minister David Cameron (C) and London Mayor Boris Johnson (R) meet with members of the local community during a visit to Woolwich, southeast London on May 23, 2013. Prime Minister David Cameron vowed that Britain would be resolute against violent extremism following the gruesome murder of a soldier by two suspected Islamists on a London street. After chairing a meeting of security chiefs the day after the soldier was hacked to death in broad daylight, he said Britain's communities would unite in condemning an attack he described as a 'betrayal of Islam'.

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Dr Muhammad Abdul Bari

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