Britain’s Conservative Muslim Forum has issued a report on UK “security,” and if you hadn’t been following the news from the UK, you might not believe what it says: Muslim Tories: ‘Iran has right to nuclear arms’.

A body set up by David Cameron to advise the Conservatives on Muslim issues has criticised the Government’s relationship with Israel and concluded that Iran has “legitimate” reasons for wanting nuclear weapons.

The Conservative Muslim Forum also wants the compulsory history curriculum in schools changed to give “full recognition to the massive contribution that Islam has made to the development of Western civilisation”.

It also argues that preachers who advocate a rejection of democracy and its institutions should not be denied entry into Britain.

The report says: “Regardless of whether one finds Israel a congenial country or not, on any objective assessment of the type of unqualified support given to Israel by the current government it is not conducive to British national interests as this could damage Britain’s relationships with 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide, including those in Britain.”

It concludes that passage with: “In all our dealings with Israel, we must remember the plight of the displaced Palestinians.”

The group calls on the party to be more sympathetic towards Iran. It says: “Given Iran’s position in the Middle East, facing a nuclear-armed Israel, Iran appears to have legitimate reasons for seeking nuclear weapons for defensive purposes.”

The full report is here (PDF), and it’s even worse than the Telegraph’s summary. Clearly, support for extremism reaches the highest levels of the UK Muslim community; this group is chaired by Lord Mohamed Sheikh, given a peerage in 2005 by Michael Howard.

More commentary at British blog ConservativeHome’s ToryDiary: Tory Muslims’ report defends Iran’s nuclear ambitions and offers comfort to extremists.