Dr Salman Butt wins compensation for being described in 2015 press release as someone who legitimises terrorism
The home secretary, Priti Patel, has apologised to a Muslim man after the government falsely described him as an extremist hate preacher.
Dr Salman Butt, chief editor of the Islam21c website, was named in a 2015 press release entitled: PM’s Extremism Taskforce: tackling extremism in universities and colleges top of the agenda, as someone who legitimises terrorism. When he took legal action against the government, it initially attempted to defend the libel claim by using a defence of “honest opinion”. But it has now agreed to delete his name from the press release and pay him compensation and his legal costs.
