Two different set of comments post terror attacks can lead to seemingly different reactions.

Earlier, the Communities Secretary Sajid Javid told Muslims that they were generally nice people but needed to be a little nicer.

The fact that we are condemning the actions of evil murderous people was not enough for the Conservative high flyer.

He said, “As British Muslims, we rightly condemn terror attacks. But we must go further. It is not enough to condemn. Muslims must challenge too. This will take courage.

“All communities must feel confident in calling out extremism where they see it. It may be uncomfortable, people may feel embarrassed about making judgments, but we can no longer shy away from those difficult conversations.”

I’m not entirely sure which part of the plant Mr Javid has been living on for the past ten years. Most Muslims who have been organising community cohesion events, condemning every single atrocity across the world may well feel a little, well, will feel a little, let’s just say it..pissed off.

The past two weeks have been just as painful for every British Muslim as it has been for the wider community. We have to stop seeing this as an ‘us and them’ thing and more of an ‘us and us’ scenario.

We are all British and yes, we may be Muslim but some us won’t be making comments to ensure we have a good headline in the right wing press.

We are dammed if we condemn and damned if we don’t.

Then, we had Nazir Afzal who talked about how the familiar faces were actually making it harder to engage with the Muslim community.

He was quoted as saying, “Part of the problem is we’re really lazy. We simply just go to the same usual suspects, the same community leaders, that horrible phrase, because we think they know the answers.

“I live in Manchester and I’ve had young people coming up to me and saying ‘I have a voice, I want to say something, but nobody listens to me.’ “We need to give them a voice and also women's groups, because women, particularly in the Muslim community, are already engaged with the families, they’re identifying people at risk. But they’re doing it on a shoe string.”

Most Muslims couldn’t agree more.

But policy makers have always been keen to take the safe option rather than look at the campaigns in hand and choose the most suited individuals and groups.

The Labour party would cosy up to tried and tested groups who had very little in common with the audience they were trying to reach.

Let us be honest, if there is money to be had for pointless projects we will vote for the BNP.

The Conservatives have done exactly the same but have looked to engage groups and individuals who will in some way appease their own narrow views of community cohesion.

Nazir then went on to have a pop at the Muslim Council of Britain accusing them of not taking British values seriously. He went on to accuse some Muslims of putting the scuppers on Prevent.

Again, he had a point, but there is a reason Prevent has got it in the neck. It simply isn’t reaching the parts other anti-radicalisation policies do.