A number of British ambassadors to Muslim countries held meetings with Muslim leaders and residents in hot spots under a government strategy to fight extremism.
Last July, British ambassador Sir William Patey met twice with Muslim residents in Redbridge and Essex to explain the British foreign policy to them.
He also met with Muslim residents in Edinburgh in September for the same purpose.
British ambassador to Morocco also met last month with Muslim residents in northwest London.
Overall, 25 ambassador and senior diplomats in several Muslim countries, including Pakistan, Bangladesh, Iraq, Syria and Tunisia, met with British Muslims in several hot spots to draw their support for the British foreign policy.
Senior Muslims were also dispatched by the Foreign Policy to Muslim countries to refute reports about the maltreatment and abuses of British Muslims.
British Muslims, estimated at some 1.8 million or nearly three percent of the population, have been critical of Britain’s foreign policy for fueling extremism in the country.
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