Dr Altaf Hussain was interviewed for the BBC Wales 'Sunday Politics' show with Arwyn Jones following the recent atrocities in Paris and Mali.
Previously, Altaf had released an article in response to these events, that was covered extensively by the local press.
The full text of Altaf's article is below:
"As we stand united with France, and stand against the evil that would seek to destroy our freedom in the most abominable way, our focus inevitably now shifts to what our next steps must be in the battle against this evil.
There will doubtless be much debate as to whether we can or should commit forces to the ground, and rightly the question of how we safeguard our borders will arise. These are all vitally important decisions that our governments simply have to get right.
Recent events in Paris serve to highlight that we can no longer see this as a distant conflict in a region far removed from our everyday lives – it is a war that is not only on our doorstep but that has become interwoven with the fabric of our way of life. This presents us with challenges not only in foreign policy, but with questions that arise immediately close to home and require an answer.
At the root of problem we face is the notion of ‘multiculturalism’. This idea has guided so much of our policy in recent decades – and it is quite simply the wrong approach.
The idea of having communities that identify on the basis of race, colour or religious faith living side-by-side - yet never properly integrating with each other - is a recipe for discord. It creates conditions where a distorted world view – a world view that allows for murder in the name of God and one that is repugnant to true believers from all faiths– may find an ideal breeding ground.
When you keep people apart from each other as matter of policy, and encourage communities to develop in parallel whilst never fully integrating with each other, you encourage people not to get to know each other. When people do not know each other, it is less easy for them to trust and co-operate with each other. It is not too difficult to see how an evil mind could, from this starting point, ruthlessly exploit this set of affairs in setting about the task of corrupting young people and brainwashing them into accepting a corrupted world outlook.
Multiculturalism has run its course. We must focus all our efforts on encouraging integration between all religious, racial and cultural groups – celebrating our diversity and each person’s uniqueness - but removing the barriers which keep people apart.
There is a difficult conversation that we need to have, and one which people of all faiths and political colours have ducked out of for too long. The stakes are now too high to avoid this conversation any longer. We need to be brave in our approach and have this conversation urgently".