US presidential candidate Donald Trump has been criticised for claiming British Muslims are "absolutely not reporting" suspected terrorists.
The Republican front runner said he would hit Islamic State "so hard you wouldn't believe it" if he is elected to the White House.
The group has claimed it was responsible for Tuesday's Brussels terror attacks that left more than 30 people dead.
Mr Trump claimed in an interview that Muslim communities were not doing enough to stop attacks like the bloodshed in the Belgian capital.
He told ITV's Good Morning Britain: "When they see trouble they have to report it. They are not reporting it. They are absolutely not reporting it and that is a big problem."
The tycoon-turned politician caused controversy last year when he demanded a block on Muslims entering the US and claimed parts of London were "so radicalised" police were "afraid for their own lives".
More than half a million people put their names to a petition calling for Mr Trump to be banned from entering the UK.
He added in the interview: "I would hit ISIS (another name for IS) so hard you wouldn't believe it and I would get the people over there to put up their soldiers because it's about time that somebody did it.
"But I would have such back-up like you've never seen before in terms of air power, air strikes etc."
Mr Trump denied he was racist, saying: "I'm not 'anti' anything; I'm just common sense, I say it like it is.
"I have great respect for Muslims, I have many friends that are Muslims.
"I am just saying there is something with a radicalised portion that is very, very bad and very dangerous."
Miqdaad Versi, assistant secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Britain, told the same programme Mr Trump's claims were "just not true".
He said: "What we have to recognise is when some of these statements are made that fuel this idea of bigotry and really fuel the thing that terrorists themselves want - that Muslims are apart from the West and cannot be seen as equal citizens - these things are not good for our society."
The Metropolitan Police's Deputy Assistant Commander Neil Basu said police had received "increasing volumes of calls" to a dedicated anti-terror hotline since it was established, which he said was a "measure of success".
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