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The Muslim community in particular has had its loyalty questioned far too often for it not to notice there's a problem (Cordon, 2003) and although social cohesion is the stated aim of the Labour Government we must ask what cohesion can be managed while the 'war on terror' casts an entire group of citizens as the 'enemy within'. The appalling experience of the Muslim minority throughout Europe post-9/11 is testament to the effects of being viewed as the 'other' in liberal societies. Discussions on the suspension of habeas corpus, the legitimisation of stress techniques in interrogation (i.e. torture) and admissions of extraordinary rendition have raised a great deal of alarm. The anti-Terror Control Orders (part of the Prevention of Terrorism Act) are another frightening illustration of New Liberalism's capacity to turn in on itself to achieve its end of the greatest happiness of the greatest number.
We must also ask if it was really a revelation to witness the U.K. General Election campaign of 2005 so focused on the immigration and race-relations issue? Moreover, is this a satisfactory state of affairs for minorities in the secular West?
The New Liberals would say yes but can it be acceptable that an entire culture, indeed civilisation, can impose its history, vision and values as well as societal laws? After all the liberals could never tolerate multiculturalists doing the same through expectations to conform to political correctness.
While constitutional liberalism expects citizens to comply with legislation applied publicly the synchronisation of society cannot take place effectively if people are singled-out as 'other'; left to be assimilated or integrated due to the incongruence in their values with a 'common culture'.
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