Mr Jenrick argued that decades of mass immigration and the “abject failure of integration” had allowed Islamists who were “unrespecting of British institutions of law and order, violent or openly threatening violence” to gain a foothold.

As a result, he suggested police forces were now either unable to fully enforce the law or were too intimidated to do so.

"They believe they would be overwhelmed if they tried to enforce the law. They are too defeatist to try. Or perhaps they believe it better not to, as the sight of their failure would be catastrophic for faith in them and in the rule of law as we've known it," the Shadow Justice Secretary slammed. Mr Jenrick warned that failing to confront Islamist extremism would have severe consequences for British society. He warned an empowered radical movement would lead to the “ubiquity of Sharia courts, cousin marriage, hate preachers in mosques (enjoying charitable status), rampant antisemitism”. “Our foreign policy will be increasingly dictated by Islamism, rather than by any traditional understanding of British interests. Women's rights will be further undermined. Our country will be a more threatening and violent place,” the former cabinet minister predicted. When will the country, and particularly the ineffective government, wake up to the threat from the evil ideology of islam?