July 2017

Together Against Prevent

Government risks ‘alienating’ Muslims with response to terror attacks, watchdog warns | Lizzie Dearden, The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/terror-attacks-uk-isis-government-alienating-muslims-report-independent-reviewer-terrorism-a7862016.html

Documents show Prevent used to censor Glasgow School of Art student’s work | Claire Kopsky, Index on Censorship
https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2017/07/documents-show-prevent-used-to-censor-glasgow-school-of-art-students-work/

Anti-terror strategy Prevent could stigmatise Muslim students say Huddersfield academics | Tony Earnshaw, Huddersfield Examiner
http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/anti-terror-strategy-prevent-could-13283614

‘Prevent duty’ ineffective, stigmatises Muslim students – research | Study International
https://www.studyinternational.com/news/prevent-duty-ineffective-stigmatises-muslim-students-research/

The Prevent duty is two years old. What’s really going on in schools and colleges? | Joel Busher, Tufyal Choudhury & Paul Thomas, Democratic Audit
http://www.democraticaudit.com/2017/07/04/the-prevent-duty-is-two-years-old-whats-really-going-on-in-schools-and-colleges/

‘Our criticism of Prevent is based on facts, not myths’ | Asim Qureshi, Al Jazeera
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2017/07/criticism-prevent-based-facts-myths-170703072558455.html

Anti-extremism Prevent drive ‘risks stigmatising’ Muslim students, Coventry University finds | James Rodger, Coventry Telegraph
http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/anti-extremism-prevent-drive-risks-13272566

Michael Gove’s ‘brain flip’ poisoned schools extremism debate | Andrew Faux, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2017/jul/04/michael-gove-extremism-trojan-horse-schools

Teachers fear Muslim students are stigmatised by anti-radicalisation Prevent scheme | Ben Farmer & Harry Yorke, The Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/03/teachers-fear-muslim-students-stigmatised-anti-radicalisation/

The Government Has Been Told To Resolve Its “Broken Relationship” With Muslim Communities | Aisha Gani, Buzzfeed
https://www.buzzfeed.com/aishagani/the-government-has-been-told-to-resolve-its-broken

Prevent strategy stigmatising Muslim pupils, say teachers | Sally Weale, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jul/03/prevent-strategy-anti-radicalisation-stigmatising-muslim-pupils-teachers

Teachers’ fears over Prevent anti-terror programme | BBC News
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-40456794