June 2016

Together Against Prevent

Row emerges after anti-Muslim literature used to ‘teach pupils about bias’ | Ajay Nair, Ilford Recorder
http://www.ilfordrecorder.co.uk/news/education/row_emerges_after_anti_muslim_literature_used_to_teach_pupils_about_bias_1_4587055

Where next for the counter-#Prevent movement? | Yahya Birt
https://medium.com/@yahyabirt/where-next-for-the-counter-prevent-movement-487454720a85#.4sxtwiu5c

Why Opposition to Britain’s ‘Toxic’ Counter-Extremism Policy Is Growing | Hilary Aked, Alternet
http://www.alternet.org/grayzone-project/why-opposition-britains-toxic-counter-extremism-policy-prevent-growing

Our personal prejudices are blinding us to the rise of far-right terrorism | Maria Norris, New Statesman
http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2016/06/our-personal-prejudices-are-blinding-us-rise-far-right-terrorism

“Five children a day” referred to Channel | MEND
http://mend.org.uk/five-children-day-referred-channel/

Government may need to try again with Prevent definition | Smita Jamdar, FE Week
http://feweek.co.uk/2016/06/20/government-may-need-to-try-again-with-prevent-definition/

Children at risk of sexual exploitation if they don’t join an after-school club, warns school head | Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06/17/children-at-risk-of-sexual-exploitation-and-radicalisation-if-th/

Outrage as school warns parents their children risk ‘sexual exploitation and radicalisation’ if they don’t join after class clubs | Jon Dean, The Mirroe
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/outrage-school-warns-parents-children-8216753

Cultural cold wars: The risk of anti-‘extremism’ policy for academic freedom of expression | Alison Scott-Baumann and Hugh Tomlinson QC, Muslimwise
http://blogs.soas.ac.uk/muslimwise/2016/06/15/question-time-cultural-cold-wars-the-risk-of-anti-extremism-policy-for-academic-freedom-of-expression-alison-scott-baumann-and-hugh-tomlinson-qc/

NUS president calls for scrapping UK’s ‘corrosive’ Prevent programme | Alex MacDonald, Middle East Eye
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/nus-president-calls-scrapping-uks-corrosive-prevent-counter-extremism-programme-1076132693

What to do about Prevent? | Atif Imtiaz, Muslim View
http://muslimview.co.uk/opinion/what-to-do-about-prevent/

I’ve studied radicalization – and Islamophobia often plants the seed | Sarah Lyons-Padilla, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jun/13/radicalisation-islamophobia-orlando-shooting-florida-muslims-trump

EXCLUSIVE: UK ‘grassroots’ anti-extremism campaign produced by Home Office | Simon Hooper, Middle East Eye
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/exclusive-uk-grassroots-anti-extremism-campaign-produced-home-office-422117779

College Christian union supposedly banned by Prevent | Alix Robertson, FE Week
http://feweek.co.uk/2016/06/10/college-christian-union-supposedly-banned-by-prevent/

Andy Burnham calls for ‘toxic’ Prevent strategy to be scrapped | Frances Perraudin, The Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jun/09/andy-burnham-calls-for-toxic-prevent-strategy-to-be-scrapped

UK Government To Spend £1 Million Polling British Muslims On Extremism | Alberto Nardelli, BuzzFeed Europe
https://www.buzzfeed.com/albertonardelli/uk-government-to-poll-british-muslims

UK accused of ‘thought control’ over counter-extremism strategy | Simon Hooper, Middle East Eye
http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-government-accused-thought-control-over-counter-extremism-strategy-1492520509

Prevent Strategy Is ‘Counter-Productive’ But University Chiefs Are Too Scared To Speak Out, V-C Claims | George Bowden, Huffington Post UK
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/prevent-strategy-is-counter-productive-but-university-chiefs-are-too-scared-to-speak-out-vice-chancellor-claims_uk_57519ba8e4b04a0827f198d8

The Government’s Extremism Bill will do little to prevent extremism and much to undermine democracy and civil liberties | Katy Sian, Ceasefire
https://ceasefiremagazine.co.uk/governments-extremism-bill-prevent-extremism-undermine-democracy-civil-liberties/

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