The money is to be spent on training 400 young Muslims as voluntary work leaders and will fund projects they set up. Projects in the pipeline include football and cookery groups.
The three-year project will be run by a consortium called the Muslim Youth Development Partnership, which includes crime reduction charity Crime Concern and Muslim groups the Karimia Institute and Muslim Hands. The youth leaders will also have a mentoring role to address extremist views. It is hoped 4,500 young Muslims will get involved in the activities.
Crime Concern's service manager Mohammed Yaseen said: "One of the key aims of this early intervention and mentoring approach is to challenge the extremist views of young people and promote community cohesion and citizenship."
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