Are the Tories going too far?

The Conservative Party will introduce new powers to close down any mosque which hosts extremists, Theresa May said today.

The new 'mosque closure orders' would give the government widespread powers to close down any premises which are either run by, or welcome, extremist speakers.

May said she would also introduce new banning orders against extremist groups, review the sharia court system and introduce new "extremism disruption orders" against individual extremists.

In a decidedly neo-Conservative speech, May channeled the language of George Bush, saying the nation faced a new battle between "them and us".

she told a press conference in central London.



Those refusing to join this new alliance would feel the full force of the law, she said.



May admitted that she has not secured agreement from her coalition partners for the new measures but said they would be included in the upcoming Conservative manifesto.

Her speech comes at an unfortunate time for the party, as one of their own candidates comes under fire for allegedly trying to form an alliance with the far-right extremists the EDL.

Labour today criticised Theresa May for not acting sooner.

shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said.

Why do you think it's too far?

This is an excellent policy and May is right when it comes to Islamists.. it's them or us.

Well they should target the Islamists not the Mosques. If my local Mosque was closed down I would feel quite hurt especially when it's the only one that is close to me.

Maybe it will make muslims clean up their own house. Closing mosques would be a lot more effective than arresting individuals.

Pressure must be put on the Muslim community not to attend these speeches by radical Imans, this is one way to do that.

Frankly i'd stop them coming in the country but people like free speech.

Mosque committees should prevent radical imams/speakers from giving talks/speeches in their Mosques and I think a lot of them already do. I've been going to the Mosque for years now and never witnessed my local mosques (or any other mosques I've been to) invite radical speakers to give radicalising lectures.

Are you aware how much Muslims donate for the maintenance of a Mosque?

ARe you aware the of the damage a radicalised islamic terrorist can cause?

Places of religious activity have always been dealt with sensitivity, but if they're being used for illegal activity they're fair game.

There were quite a few Catholic churches turned over in NI during the troubles.

And do you think this radicalisation goes on in mosques? A lot of it is from Islamic schools and predominantly the internet. I've never witnessed radicalisation going on in the mosque.

On the one hand it is good because in theory it should lower the possibility of terrorist attacks ultimately, because closing a mosque with an extremist orator prevents large scale indoctrination. It also may deter mosque from allowing extremist speakers within their premises for the fear of being shut down.

But it also has its possible negative effects. Shutting down the mosque due to one extremist being present may cause agitation in the community because they may have no other place of worship or have to commute far to go to a Mosque: if they are devout Muslims this could be quite the change.

Also forgive my naivety but isn't an extremist allowed to express their views? You have extreme nationalist which threaten to hurt other members of society but they are not punished because it comes under the category of free speech. If May only punished Muslim extremist wouldn't that be discriminatory?

I understand the reasons why she have proposed this idea in reality Britain's number of Muslim extremist are rising but I think this could anger more people than needed.