UK Govt to crack down on 'preachers of intolerance and hatred'

From the BBC today:

Home Secretary Charles Clarke says he will unveil new plans to crack down on "preachers of intolerance and hatred".

The measures are expected to include the power to shut mosques where clerics are thought to back terrorism and the deportation of suicide bomb advocates.

Writing in the Evening Standard, he said the powers will be revealed and acted on in the next few days.

He said the moves, referred to soon after the 7 July attacks, were needed as "the rules of the game" had changed….

…Inciting terrorism directly is already illegal. The new law would attempt to cover indirect incitement.

In his Evening Standard article, Mr Clarke said: "This week I will be publishing and then acting upon new ways of dealing with preachers of intolerance and hatred and extremists who try to exploit the openness of our society to oppress others.

"We must protect the traditions of tolerance that we have established in this country through centuries of struggle and that means cracking down on those who preach intolerance and abuse free speech to justify terrorism, advocate violence or foster hatred."

I asked this question last week, and I will ask it again: Will these measures protect all British Citizens from all forms of hate speech and terrorism?