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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/12/cameron-islam-embrace-democracy-extremism
Authoritarian leaders. Cameron will cite Muammar Gaddafi, Hosni Mubarak, the former Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and Assad as he says: "In each case the Arab spring has shown that denying people their rights in the name of stability and security actually makes countries less stable in the end. Over time, the pressure builds up until the people take to the streets and demand their freedoms."
• Corrupt elites. Cameron will cite the Tunisian official who prompted the fruit seller Mohammed Bouazizi to set himself alight after refusing to let him sell his goods. "Corruption denies the people their economic and political stake – the citizenship, the job and the voice that they want. Worse still, it breeds a cynicism and a sense of rage."
• Extremists. The prime minister will say he is not talking about Islam, which he will describe as a "religion observed peacefully and devoutly by over a billion people", and he will also make clear that other religions attract extremists. But he will say: "There is a problem across the globe with Islamist extremism, which is a political ideology supported by a minority." And he will go on to condemn "extremists – some of whom are violent – and all of whom want to impose a particular and very radical, extreme version of Islamism on society to the exclusion of all others. And this total rejection of debate and democratic consent means they believe that democracy and Islam are incompatible."