Extremism

Saudi Arabia chief foreign promoter of Islamist extremism in UK: Report

 Oil-rich Saudi Arabia is the chief foreign promoter of Islamist extremism in the UK, a new report has claimed, asserting that a "clear and growing link" can be drawn between overseas money and the recent wave of attacks in Britain and Europe.

The Henry Jackson Society, a foreign affairs think-tank, called for a public inquiry into the role of Saudi Arabia and other Gulf nations, BBC reported.

The think-tank said there was a "clear and growing link" between Islamist organisations in receipt of overseas funds, hate preachers and Jihadist groups promoting violence.

However, the UK's Saudi Arabian embassy says the claims are "categorically false".

Ministers are under pressure to publish a report on UK- based Islamist groups.

The Home Office report into the existence and influence of Jihadist organisations, commissioned by former Prime Minister David Cameron in 2015, has reportedly yet to be completed amid questions as to whether it will ever be published.