Reform's Suella Braverman: UK antisemitism ‘not going to get better’ amid systemic Islamism crisis

Former UK home secretary Suella Braverman, now a Reform UK spokesperson, warns that antisemitism in Britain will not improve without confronting what she calls a systemic Islamism crisis. In an interview with the Jerusalem Post, she accuses British leaders of cowardice and appeasement toward Islamist extremism, citing former prime minister David Cameron's invitation of a Muslim Brotherhood spokesman to Chequers. Braverman outlines a hardline platform including banning the burka, polygamy, and first-cousin marriage, proscribing the Muslim Brotherhood, and deporting Islamist preachers.

Former UK home secretary Suella Braverman, now a Reform UK spokesperson, warned in an interview with the Jerusalem Post that antisemitism in Britain will not improve without confronting what she calls a systemic Islamism crisis. Braverman accused British political leaders, particularly Conservatives, of cowardice and appeasement toward Islamist extremism, citing former prime minister David Cameron's invitation of a Muslim Brotherhood spokesman to Chequers. She said Islamism accounts for 75% of MI5's caseload and linked illegal migration to the security threat, claiming many entering the UK illegally have Islamist tendencies. Braverman outlined a hardline platform: banning the burka, polygamy, and first-cousin marriage; proscribing the Muslim Brotherhood; deporting non-British Islamist preachers; and restricting the Muslim call to prayer. She described Britain as constitutionally a Christian country and urged confidence in its Christian heritage, while stressing she is not calling for banning other faiths. Braverman said many politicians fear being labeled Islamophobic and therefore fail to act. The interview was conducted ahead of the publication of her memoir, 'Patriot: Empire, Betrayal and Hope.'