London examines domestic terror threat

LONDON, June 8 (UPI) -- London unveiled a revised strategy aimed at preventing extremist ideology at the community level though critics said the measure isn't good enough.

British Home Secretary Theresa May launched revisions to the so-called Prevent strategy outlined in 2007. May said the 2007 measure didn't do enough to curtail extremist ideology that inspired would-be terrorists in the United Kingdom to launch attacks.

May was quoted by the BBC as saying the revised strategy would target "those forms of terrorism which pose the greatest risk to our national security, currently al-Qaida and those they inspire."

The revised Prevent strategy calls on the British government to consider a "national blocking list" that would focus on violent and other radical Web sites.

Critics argue the revision don't go far enough.

Maajid Nawaz, executive director of counter-terrorism think tank Quilliam, told the BBC that May's strategy was a good initial step. However, May's definition of extremism was "so broad that it fails to distinguish between Islamists and politically active Muslims inspired by Islam," he said.