His comments came amid increased concern for the safety of MPs, some of whom have been threatened and faced protests at their homes.
Mrs Braverman claimed that while she may have been sacked for speaking out against the appeasement of Islamists, she said she would do it again.
This was “because we need to wake up to what we are sleep-walking into: a ghettoised society where free expression and British values are diluted. Where sharia law, the Islamist mob and anti-Semites take over communities,” she said.
“We need to overcome the fear of being labelled Islamophobic and speak truthfully. Enough of the hand-wringing and apologies. Turning a blind eye to fanatics has got us into this terrible situation: it needs to stop.”
Her comments come after William Shawcross, the independent reviewer of the Government’s counter-terror Prevent programme, warned in an interview with The Telegraph that Islamist extremism was not being effectively tackled by the Government, leading to an increased threat to the safety of the public.
Referencing Mr Shawcross’s warning, Mrs Braverman said it was critical to resist attacks on the Prevent programme - which requires councils, police and schools to identify potential extremists - from campaign groups which had labelled it “Islamophobic” and “racist.”
Mrs Braverman, who published Mr Shawcross’s review of Prevent last year, said: “We need to get over our cultural timidity to refer budding Islamists, where they are a threat, into the programme.
“The Government has failed if 75 per cent of MI5’s caseload consists of Islamist terrorism yet the proportion of Islamist referrals into Prevent is only 11 per cent and falling. It’s not Islamophobic to challenge Islamist fanatics; it’s a civic duty.”
She backed Mr Shawcross’s recommendation for schools to be issued with guidance to stop blasphemy laws being introduced by the “back door” and exploited by extremists to silence critics and stymie “perfectly lawful” criticism of religions including Islam.
It follows high-profile cases, including Batley Grammar School where a teacher was driven out of his school by “a mob of extremists” and into hiding after showing pupils a satirical image of the Prophet Mohammed.
“We cannot allow teachers to be hounded out of schools because a picture of Mohammed was shown, or children to be censured because a Koran was scuffed accidentally. In this country, it is perfectly lawful to criticise any religion or God. One may disagree passionately, but it is not criminal,” she said.