LONDON, Aug. 8 (UPI) -- A senior Muslim police officer in Britain has warned about what he calls Islamophobia, which he says has created a generation of angry young Muslims.
Speaking at a conference of the National Black Police Association in Manchester, Tarique Ghaffur, assistant commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, said country's tighter anti-terror laws indirectly discriminate against Muslims, the Independent reports.
The senior Asian officer claimed misuse of stop-and-search tactics and other tough anti-terrorist measures could lead to the criminalizing of minority communities in the country.
He warned young Muslims who are angered by the new laws could become vulnerable to extremists, the report said.
Ghaffur called for an independent judicial inquiry into the radicalization of young Muslims following the London bombings last year, the report said.
