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the eastern city of chittagong. now on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson. hello and welcome to political thinking. the queen has expressed her hope that her platinum jubilee celebrations will focus on what brings us together, on what unites us, not what divides us. my guest on the programme has had to spend much of her career worrying about exactly the opposite, about extremism and how to counter it. she is dame sara khan. herjob now is the government's independent adviser for social cohesion and resilience. before that, she was the country's first counter—extremism c...

on what unites us, not what divides us. my guest on the programme has had to spend much of her career worrying about exactly the opposite, about extremism and how to counter it. she is dame sara khan. herjob now is the government's independent adviser for social cohesion and resilience. before that, she was the country's first counter—extremism commissioner. born and raised in bradford to pakistani parents, she once said, "there is something going horribly wrong with the muslim communities. we need to have an open and honest debate about that." words which won her praise from some,...

They are a0 years old now and they tell me the impact it had on them, it continues to have an impact on their lives. 0r people, young kids who have ended up in prison because of extremism. their whole lives thrown away. the idea that we should not have a safeguarding programme to save kids, to safeguard kids, i think is terrible, particularly now when we are seeing children as young as 12, as the counterterrorism police are telling us, are increasingly being arrested for terrorism offences. that is a real threat and danger and we need to safeguard vulnerable children from that. munira mirza us...

Sara khan saying hello, you realise what these people are all about? if your dad was not there to do it, that would not have been a bad thing and that should not be seen as a threat? no, if it is there to... if we understand what safeguarding... look, i had spoken to people for example 0k, who were radicalised into extremism, by far right activists when they were teenagers, but they are a0 years old now and they tell me the impact it had on them, it continues to have an impact on them. 0r people, young kids who have ended up in prison because of extremism and their whole lives are thrown away....