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The Islamists and the far right have a common interest in presenting Islamism falsely as the historical and living mainstream worldwide. The far right do it to target Muslims; the Islamists do it to recruit their children. Religious solutions to that last challenge lie in the hands of the traditional classical Islam, not the state. But government must at least know whom it is dealing with, act accordingly, protect members of all faiths and none, and actively work for the one-nation ideal. The strategy offers at least a glimpse of it, so I will not, when the time comes, seek to test the opinion of the House on my amendment. I welcome the strategy’s publication, but now the real work begins.