Sara Khan interview: ‘Idiot Muslims silence the moderates within our community’

Telegraph: Khan, who is the daughter of Pakistani Muslims, knows whereof she speaks. She has herself experienced abuse from almost every direction. Islamist extremists have branded her an apostate; the far-Right considers her part of the liberal establishment. Her frustration is that, time and again, the response to horrific events is to treat the symptoms rather than the underlying disease. “It’s a sticking plaster. It’s like the Government’s £250m package for security around synagogues and Jewish schools. Why aren’t we addressing the fact that more people are embracing anti-Semitic conspiracy theories? Why aren’t we reducing the number of people who subscribe to these dangerous narratives?”…