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"en.20150128.12.3-036-000"2
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"Mr President, as I speak, we are in a building which is guarded by the Belgian army in full combat dress, and that tells us all we need to know about the terror threat we face from extremist Islam.
We have already witnessed attacks in London, Madrid, Brussels and now Paris. And let us be honest here: it is not a case of ‘if’ there is another attack; it is a case of ‘when and where’. We can prepare all we want, but none of this will be successful if we do not have the cooperation of the Muslim communities themselves. Europe’s Muslims must do more to root out extremists that exist in their midst. They must take responsibility in order to cut out this cancer. May I suggest that they follow the lead of President al-Sisi of Egypt, who recently attended a Coptic Mass and called on Islamic scholars to renounce jihad.
We must also deal with the thorny issue of Turkey. It is the same Turkey which turns a blind eye to extremist Muslims hopping over the border to fight in Syria for ISIS. It is the same Turkey which idly stood by and did almost nothing whilst the border town of Kobane was under attack. It is the same Turkey which has received nearly EUR 1 billion from this place in pre-accession funding, and it is the same Turkey that all of the British political parties, except my own, want in the European Union.
Therefore, if we want to tackle terrorism in Europe, then firstly we need Europe’s Muslims on side; secondly we must hold Turkey to account; and thirdly we must control our own borders."@en1
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