Cameron is focusing efforts with Indonesia, the third largest democracy in the world. Indonesia is also the largest Muslim country in the world.
...'Evil threat' (click here)
Speaking at the presidential palace in Jakarta, Mr Cameron, who met with Indonesian President Joko Widodo, said IS posed an "evil threat" faced by both nations.
"We have agreed to step up our joint efforts both to tackle the terrorist threat and to counter the extremist narrative," Mr Cameron said.
He said the UK would "seek to learn" from Indonesia's approach to countering extremism "with an exchange programme between religious and community leaders here and in the UK to foster a better understanding of what works".
IS and other militant groups have been using propaganda in local languages and their support is thought to be growing internationally.
The threat from terrorism will also be discussed with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak later in the tour.
Earlier, Mr Cameron suggested the UK could take military action against IS if there was an imminent threat to British lives....
There is a problem in Indonesia with a British national slated to be executed in a drug trafficking charge. Prime Minister Cameron should ask to bring her home so her family can visit and continue a prison sentence.
July 27, 2015
By Jon Donnison
...But there's one issue (click here) the prime minister might be less keen to talk about.
Lindsay Sandiford, a 59-year-old grandmother, finds herself on death row in Indonesia's notorious Kerobokan Prison, not knowing when she might face a firing squad.
It's two-and-half years since the former legal secretary from Cheltenham was sentenced to death after being caught smuggling 4.8kg (10.6lb) of cocaine from Bangkok to Bali.
Her lawyers argued she was pressured into smuggling the drugs by a criminal gang....
Indonesian law can be very tough. There have been Australians that experienced it's sting. Indonesia is a country of islands and crime can occur without detection by the government and being able to protect citizens. It seems to me Indonesia would want to send this woman to Great Britain and avoid the international problem execution would bring.
...'Evil threat' (click here)
Speaking at the presidential palace in Jakarta, Mr Cameron, who met with Indonesian President Joko Widodo, said IS posed an "evil threat" faced by both nations.
"We have agreed to step up our joint efforts both to tackle the terrorist threat and to counter the extremist narrative," Mr Cameron said.
He said the UK would "seek to learn" from Indonesia's approach to countering extremism "with an exchange programme between religious and community leaders here and in the UK to foster a better understanding of what works".
IS and other militant groups have been using propaganda in local languages and their support is thought to be growing internationally.
The threat from terrorism will also be discussed with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak later in the tour.
Earlier, Mr Cameron suggested the UK could take military action against IS if there was an imminent threat to British lives....
There is a problem in Indonesia with a British national slated to be executed in a drug trafficking charge. Prime Minister Cameron should ask to bring her home so her family can visit and continue a prison sentence.
By Jon Donnison
...But there's one issue (click here) the prime minister might be less keen to talk about.
Lindsay Sandiford, a 59-year-old grandmother, finds herself on death row in Indonesia's notorious Kerobokan Prison, not knowing when she might face a firing squad.
It's two-and-half years since the former legal secretary from Cheltenham was sentenced to death after being caught smuggling 4.8kg (10.6lb) of cocaine from Bangkok to Bali.
Her lawyers argued she was pressured into smuggling the drugs by a criminal gang....
Indonesian law can be very tough. There have been Australians that experienced it's sting. Indonesia is a country of islands and crime can occur without detection by the government and being able to protect citizens. It seems to me Indonesia would want to send this woman to Great Britain and avoid the international problem execution would bring.
