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Uthman Badar, the spokesman for the radical Islamic group Hizb ut-Tahrir / Picture: Ross Schultz MUSLIM children required to sing the Australian national anthem at school is “forced assimilation”, the spokesman from radical Islamic group Hizb ut-Tahrir said yesterday. Uthman Badar, speaking at an Innocent Until Proven Muslim forum, made the statement to hundreds of supporters in Bankstown. He decried deradicalisation programs, saying they were based on “exaggerated fears of a security threat”. Packed to capacity... yesterday’s Innocent Until Proven Muslim forum Another spokesman, Hamzah Quereshi, told The Daily Telegraph: “The Australian anthem is based upon a particular view in history, it is a reading of history, and it is a statement which conforms to particular values. Now, if one does not share those values, why would they express it? ‘All talk of national security and terrorism is wholly exaggerated.....politicians are pulling the wool over everyone’s eyes’ “I...