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Desmond says Muslims must 'root out' Daesh

December 10, 2015 11:18
Richard Desmond

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Rosa Doherty,

Rosa Doherty

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Media mogul Richard Desmond has called on British Muslims to do more to distance themselves from Islamist terrorists like IS (Daesh).

The media tycoon said he wanted to see Muslims demonstrating against radical groups. "I want to see them standing up as a community saying we are going to root them out, because we are all scared stiff and it is a worldwide problem."

Mr Desmond, the owner of Express Newspapers, also added his voice to the criticism of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for wanting to ban Muslims from entering the United States.

He said he was concerned by the comments, and by the electoral success of the far-right National Front in France last weekend.

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