British police chief says muslim community needs to do more to help tackle terrorism

Sir Norman Bettison, the head of West Yorkshire Police and who is also the Association of Chief Police Officer’s spokesman on preventing violent extremism, stated that the muslim community in Britain needs to take a more proactive approach in helping prevent and tackle terrorism. Telegraph

He said there was a fine line between winning the support of the Muslim community and alienating it, but he believed that Muslims needed to do more to tip off police.

"I'm looking for the community to work much more closely with the police in identifying young people that they have concerns about in terms of the people that they're mixing with, the sort of websites that they're going on to and the material that they're reading," Sir Norman said.

"That information can only come from the community itself."

Back in WWII, Japanese Americans were under a lot of scrutiny and suspicion with regards to their loyalty. They proved their loyalty by serving in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team which became the most decorated unit in U.S. military history for its size and length of service. Whereas today, Western militaries are struggling to convince muslims to join and help fight terrorism.