Forward Thinking meet David Anderson QC, Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, 6th January 2015
On Wednesday 6th January Forward Thinking met with David Anderson QC, Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, in order to discuss Forward Thinking’s UK programme building channels of communication between British Muslim communities, and the British Establishment.The meeting addressed the particular challenges of engagement with the Establishment, as articulated to Forward Thinking through its consultations with influential community figures within the diversity of the UK’s Muslim communities. Discussions focused on the judicial aspects of the debate between public security and private freedom, religious literacy in policymaking, and the ability of government to legislate on theological belief.