UPDATE: No Registry for Faith Leaders in Published UK Counter-Extremism Strategy

Country: United Kingdom

Date of incident: October 19, 2015


After a leaked report indicated that the strategy would include the following provision, "pastors, rabbis and other religious leaders will be subject to Government training and security checks and will have to enrol in a 'national register of faith leaders'," the Government's final strategy only calls for "training."

From the Strategy: "It is not government’s role to regulate faith leaders, but government does have a responsibility to ensure that those working in the public sector are suitably trained. The Government will therefore work in partnership with faith groups to review the training provided to those who work as faith leaders in public institutions." Read the entire Counter-Extremism Strategy here