Muslim leader launches anti-radicalisation website

A Muslim leader in Ireland is to launch a new “anti-radicalisation” website on Thursday in a bid to eliminate the threat posed by extremism.

Shaykh Dr Umar Al-Qadri said the site would provide an information and contact service, including a confidential system for reporting radical preachers or suspect foreign fighters.

He said a small number of European Muslim youth, including Irish, have travelled to Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan to join militant groups, such as al-Qaeda, Isis and Taliban, in recent years.