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One of Britain's most senior Muslim figures, Lord Ahmad, believes there has been "a real step change among progressive-thinking imams" in the Islamic community towards those who "peddle hatred against the Jewish community".
Lord Ahmad, a Conservative peer and the prime minister's special representative for freedom of religion and belief, was speaking after delivering an address to the United Nations General Assembly last week in which he spelled out a renewed commitment by the British government to stamp out antisemitism.
Lord Ahmad, who formerly worked with Prime Minister Theresa May in the Home Office as communities minister, said: "I'm proud to reaffirm Britain's commitment to combatting the scourge of antisemitism."