I hope our current governments stubbornness doesn't discourage these young Muslims from pushing forward into places such as the civil service. Its the voice of an anti-extremist, passionate and educated young person, who understands the dangers in Britain's modern communities, that we are so destitute of.

The guy who stuffed a bomb in his underpants and boarded a plane was a moslem student. Fact!

FOSIS is an extremist umbrella group, whose goals are

1) To normalise Islamic extremism amongst Muslim students - burkas, beards, seeing the world 100% from an Islamic fundamemtalist viewpoint

2) To promote political Islam, esp its hatred of western style democracy, womens rights, equality in general and freedom of speech in particuler

3) To downplay Islamic radicalism and terrorism - Babar Ahmed is a self-avowed jihadi and extremist, and FOSIS has harboured that Nigerian underpants bomber, and three convicted jihadi terrorists, who were presidents of their Islamic societies!

Nabil - you have been rumbled! Everyone in Government knows your extremist agenda, and I am pleased that they have broken off all contact with your sick organisation...

You're right gerry, FOSIS does hate women and democracy. That's why they've used a democratic process to elect two female Vice-Presidents for the past two years. Clearly they haven't pulled the wool over your eyes!

Wow it seems that FOSIS is doing a better job at being analytical than the government. It's clear from comments by Flashbuck and gerry, that there are people who simply don't want to look at evidence and prefer biased notions upon which to base their decisions. I believe these types are referred to as trolls?

They're bashing FOSIS for alleged anti-women rights motions and extremism when clearly their VP is a democratically elected woman and they've been working with the government to try to understand the roots of extremism better. If educated UK muslims are like those in FOSIS who work based on evidence and with critical analytical minds, then truly the government does need the likes in order to improve this nation. Muslims, I salute you and look forward to working with you.

This is an absolute disgrace. From all corners of the government, we hear the so called cry for Muslims to do more to engage with the citizens of this country. And yet when a well established organisation like FOSIS seeks to do just that, it has the door slammed in its face by the very hand welcoming it. MP May (as well as others who have commented here) would do well to remember the positive contribution Muslims students and non-students alike make to this country.

How about 'Moslem student groups' ceasing their campaign of violence, intimidation, racism and religious bigotry against Jewish and Gay students? Colleges in Birmingham, Luton and east London are now no-go areas to Jews and Gays.

OKAY FIRSTLY LEARN TO SPELL IT'S MUSLIN ON MOSLEM.
Second I would try and argue against my fellow Caucasians but their illiteracy already proves my point. =_=' Sometimes I'm sad to live in a country of such bigots.

"The absence of evidence is deafening". Quite - even as loud as the sound of one hand clapping? Or perhaps in a more modern context - some expression of being "nudged"?

And where we read; ""British values" signify social justice, to protect the rights of individuals and of society, and our very democracy in the hands of citizens gives the right to force the government, our elected representatives, to debate the extradition of this man in parliament."

If I was after a fast track into the civil service I should think it better to keep things simple -say something like the Lord Chief Justice once said about justice -ie here in the UK justice is about human values.

Therefore and actually our very democracy doesn't force anybody ( elected, appointed or otherwise) to do anything without fully informed and properly obtained consent - though I read it's the in thing for the government and it's agencies to give us a nudge..whatever that means in practice can be anybody's guess, probably.

But here in the commons the ordinary member of the public can happily trust members of Parliament will kindly do what we ask of them without fear or favour, please. (this is actually because nobody has got a proper job description, I think.)

Thus said, our Home secretary has acted quite properly, I think. I should think it wise to heed what she has to say, if one wanted to get a job in the Civil service.

But apart from that I'm not sure what a debate in Parliament about a particular person's plight, however hapless, can achieve. Even so, it is undoubtedly a terrible situation if it's true our systems between them can effectively waste the lives of an ordinary member of the public in this frustrating manner -This is when we need a fast track to somewhere sensible, it seems to me.

Sara M - yes, FOSIS has declared that all Muslims female students should wear either the veil or the niqab, and that from the VP! Lovely, and very tolerant (not)..

The truth is that FOSIS is by any definition an extremist group - just look closely at its aims, goals and methods..it is profoundly anti-democratic, homophobic, misogynist and pro-terror.

Thank heaven that everyone in Government has realised just how extreme FOSIS is...and I pray that the security services have got its members fully under surveillance and infiltrated.

In response to Flashbucks comments about " 1 in 3 Muslim students agree that killing in the name of islam is justified FACT"

What about the Millions we have killed in the name of "Democracy" and spreading "freedom"??

Its people like you that allow these illegal wars to continue because you actually believe the propaganda put out in this country. Not only that, but you then go and re-gurgitate it all over the internet like a parrot!! FACT!! I doubt youve ever had an original thought such is the depth of your programming.

The above article has a small but important factual error. David Cameron did not attack multiculturalism in his speech; he attacked something he calls "state-multiculturalism." Sadly many commentators fail to notice this point. I have covered it in more detail in my piece http://www.mohammedamin.com/Community_issues/Multiculturalism-v-state-mu...

Lets stop talking about integration, lets talk about living together, acting together, contributing together, for the sake of our common future

What the Muslims should do is to refuse the victim mentality, its not the question to be liked or not to be liked, its a question of rights, its a question of understanding, its a question of self-respect

Dillon - Can you honestly say that an event with the Civil Service Fast Stream,full of aspiring Muslims wanting to work for Her Majesty, is 'buttering' up to Muslims? :S What part of Muslim students would love to work for Her Majesty's Civil Service is a problem for you? Clearly, with the cancellation of such an event Muslims students want to know why (it is only natural - after all, so much has been said about the lack of Muslims contributing to society).

I think the point is that Muslim students are already trying to engage, yet the government, in all its political buffoonery, seems intent on shutting them out. Another misstep by the Coalition.

Can't wait to see how neocons try to justify this. If I have this right:
1) British Muslims considered by some to be self-ghettoising, benefits-scrounging, 'other'-loathing oxygen thieves
2) Muslim organisation with robust democratic procedures attempts to hold access event to encourage the next generation of Muslims and Muslim leaders to work in the civil service.
3) Home secretary thinks this is a bad idea
4) Neocons see the name 'Ahmad' and think "terrorist sympathisers".
5) Actions in 3 and 4 are not evidence-based, but that's ok because evidence-based opinions are exclusively for lawyers and judges?? Because a hunch is enough? Because neocon lobbyists who subvert democracy and the rule of law are going to be viewed positively in history? Because 'they're Muslim'?

*popcorn at hand*