Extremism definition: Muslims warn law change 'risks more division'

A coalition of Muslim groups have warned that the government's planned changes to the definition of what extremism is will "vilify the wrong people".

Ministers will on Thursday publish an update on how extremism is defined in what they say is an effort to crackdown on groups which they say are threatening democracy or British values.

It comes after several large pro-Palestinian rallies were held across the country following the 7 October Hamas attacks.

Groups say the proposed definition "signals an attack on civil liberties by attacking law-abiding individuals and groups that oppose government policy" by labelling them as "extremist".

The current definition defines extremism as "vocal or active opposition to British values".

However, Sky News understands the updated definition is going to include the "promotion or advancement of ideology based on hatred, intolerance or violence or undermining or overturning the rights or freedoms of others, or of undermining democracy itself".

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