Muscular liberalism

{{Short description|Ideological approach to multiculturalism and democracy}}

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Muscular liberalism is a form of liberalism advocated by former British Prime Minister David Cameron that describes his policy towards state multiculturalism.{{cite news |title=State multiculturalism has failed, says David Cameron |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-12371994 |newspaper=BBC News |date=5 February 2011 |access-date=11 February 2011}}

Cameron coined the term in a speech in Munich on 5 February 2011. According to David Cameron, "Under the doctrine of state multiculturalism, we have encouraged different cultures to live separate lives, apart from each other and apart from the mainstream. We've failed to provide a vision of society to which they feel they want to belong."{{cite news |title=Muslims must embrace our British values, David Cameron says |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/david-cameron/8305346/Muslims-must-embrace-our-British-values-David-Cameron-says.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110207003235/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/david-cameron/8305346/Muslims-must-embrace-our-British-values-David-Cameron-says.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 February 2011 |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=5 February 2011 |access-date=11 February 2011}}

Principles

The theory is that multiculturalism has shifted from tolerating multiple cultures to tolerating multiple value systems, which can be hostile to liberalism.{{cite news |title=Muscle v multiculturalism |url=http://www.economist.com/node/18112127 |newspaper=The Economist |date=10 February 2011 |access-date=11 February 2011}}

Cameron delivered these principles during a speech on Radicalization and the causes of terrorism at the 47th Munich Security Conference in 2011 to tackle growing terrorism so as to be less passive towards religious hate and whip against growing extremist activists through muscular liberalism.

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  • Ban preachers of hate from coming to the host country.
  • Strictly prevent the allocation of public money and donations to groups not being used to tackle extremists.
  • Barr organisations that incite terrorism at host country and abroad.
  • Judge the religious organisations' acceptability to operate in host country based on universal human rights and support for democracy, and encourage integration with host country basic values.
  • Strengthen national identity by allowing people to follow their religion but subscribe to the identity of their host country, by saying "I am a Muslim, I am a Hindu, I am a Christian, but I am a Londoner too".
  • Prevention of extremism in universities and prisons.

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Reaction

Former President Nicolas Sarkozy of France has said that he agrees with Cameron.{{cite news |title=Multiculturalism has failed, says French president |url=https://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110210/wl_afp/francepoliticsimmigrationsociety_20110210231042 |newspaper=Agence France-Presse |date=10 February 2011 |access-date=11 February 2011}}

Peter Hoskin has expressed the opinion that "muscular liberalism" will be the new "ism" which Britain will follow to tackle growing religious terrorism and extremism, subsequently adapted by all European countries including Commonwealth Nations.{{cite news |title=Cameron signs up to muscular liberalism |first=Peter |last=Hoskin |url=http://www.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/6674168/cameron-signs-up-to-muscular-liberalism.thtml |newspaper=The Spectator |date=5 February 2011 |access-date=11 February 2011 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110315082942/http://www.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/6674168/cameron-signs-up-to-muscular-liberalism.thtml |archive-date=15 March 2011}}

See also

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