Irish integration of Muslims ‘essential’ to avert violent sub-culture

THE state needs actively to integrate Muslims into society, to prevent an alienated and possibly violent sub-culture developing, Muslim experts have warned.

Senior British Muslims have said Ireland should learn lessons from Britain, where divisions between muslims and non-muslims have been allowed to develop.

“One of the key issues is to do with identity,” said Maajid Nawaz, former militant and executive director of the Quilliam Foundation, a counter-terrorism think-tank based in London.