| How clever of The Times to notice. |
While al-QaedaÂ’s structure may have been shaken it has not been destroyed and it is known for its resilience and reinvention. More significantly, its ideology of intolerance and suicidal violence spreads easily via the internet and is embedded in sections of the British Muslim population, notably on many university campuses.
The ideology is today more potent than the organisation and there are still a significant number of people in Britain who want to put it into practice here or overseas. Al-Qaeda and its mindset remain a danger. |