JD Vance branded 'spectacularly naive' after blasting Britain over indoctrination fears

Reacting to the news, Mr Vance said: "Some of our best Muslim allies in the Gulf think the Islamist indoctrination in certain parts of the west is too dangerous."

But the Director of Foreign Policy at Pickthall House Fayz Ahmed gave a damning verdict on the words of the Vice President.

Speaking to Ben Leo on the Late Show Live, Mr Ahmed said: "I think JD Vance, his tweet is a classic example of an American observer with absolutely no context of British politics saying something spectacularly naive.

"His reaction is incredibly naive. And I think we need to study why the UAE is interested in countering violent extremism in the UK."

The foreign policy expert added the topic had been under Government review since 2014 under the then-Prime Minister David Cameron.

The conclusion of that review identified issues with the Muslim Brotherhood, but it "does not justify proscription or the banning of the organisation because they don't pose a violent threat in Britain".

Mr Ahmed added: "We do have almost 40,000 Islamists on our terror watch list. So we have genuine issues that we need to address.

"What we don't need to be doing is taking advice on countering violent extremism from an autocratic, despotic regime that itself has ties to violent movements such as the RSF in Sudan, or the Wagner group, which is a proscribed organisation in the United Kingdom."

Widening the scope of the debate, Ben asked about Islamism in general.

He asked: "They've got Sharia law and they've got very strict rules on certain things holding hands, kissing in public, maybe being gay as well.

"But the fact of the matter is, when was the last Islamist terror attack in the UAE? Do you agree that they are handling their extremism problem better than the West, than the UK?"

But Mr Ahmed argued the UAE would not have an issue with political violence since the Government does not permit any form of political dissent.

He continued: "We shouldn't be allowing narratives that are pertinent to the UAE to be entering the British discourse on how we keep our country safe.

"The UAE has a vested interest, in particular, about suppressing all forms of political Islam in order to preserve their own monarchies. That's what's really going on here."

Ben followed up: "What's wrong with that, though? What's wrong with preserving your country and your nation and your culture and your high trust rate society and your low crime levels."

Admitting there is "absolutely nothing wrong" with the move, the foreign policy guru added: "They can run their country as they see fit.

"What I think is a problem is the idea that we are regularly lobbied by the UAE to start implementing policies that are beneficial to their countries, but not necessarily beneficial to our own country.

"The UAE has enormous influence in Whitehall. We have extensive lobbying."

Mr Ahmed further explained the UAE owns swathes of British assets to exert influences over the British Government in pursuit of their own self-interest.

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