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The role of "Islamist cop" Robert Lambert, in Muslim radical politics, has been an intriguing sideshow for some time now. As head of the Muslim Contact Unit at the Metropolitan Police, Mr Lambert promoted the view that national security was best served by talking to people on the wilder fringes of political Islam, because they were the authentic voices of the Muslim "street". His brand of radical chic was particularly influential on Ken Livingstone when he was London mayor.
It came as some surprise when this humble plod became co-director of the European Muslim Research Centre at Exeter University. That such a respected UK university should provide a platform for Mr Lambert's untested ideas raised a few eyebrows in academia.
However, it soon became clear that he was the placeman of the Cordoba Foundation and IslamExpo, two organisations which promote Islamist ideology in this country.