June 2017

Together Against Prevent

Theresa May’s counter-extremism plan will create an incompetent police state | Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed, Open Democracy
https://www.opendemocracy.net/digitaliberties/nafeez-mosaddeq-ahmed/theresa-may-s-counter-extremism-plan-will-create-incompetent-p

Muslim children as young as nine branded terrorists in wake of recent terror attacks, reveals Childline | May Bulman, The Independent
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/nine-year-old-children-terrorists-race-faith-hate-bullying-childline-manchester-arena-terror-attack-a7810051.html

A Corbyn-led government should start by scrapping the Prevent Strategy | Ava Nanopolous, Open Democracy
https://www.opendemocracy.net/eva-nanopoulos/corbyn-led-government-should-start-by-scrapping-prevent-strategy

Andy Burnham pledges to replace Prevent strategy in Manchester | Josh Halliday, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jun/22/prevent-andy-burnham-greater-manchester-muslim-communities

Why criminalising non-violent extremism won’t prevent terrorism | Daniel Kirkpatrick, The Conversation
https://theconversation.com/why-criminalising-non-violent-extremism-wont-prevent-terrorism-78973

UN says Prevent extremism policy is ‘inherently flawed’ | George Greenwood, BBC News
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-40286861

What Britain needs to fight terrorism is evidence – not ideology | Sayeeda Warsi, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jun/05/britain-fight-terrorism-evidence-ideology-prevent-muslim-community

How should we deal with UK extremism? By erasing inequality | Faiza Shaheen, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jun/06/uk-extremism-manchester-london-attacks-inequality

We will not tackle extremism by stigmatising Muslim citizens | Tariq Ramadan, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jun/05/we-will-not-tackle-extremism-by-stigmatising-muslims

Theresa May’s talk about British values puts all Muslims under suspicion | Myriam Francois, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jun/04/theresa-may-british-values-muslims-terror-threat

The ‘Trojan Horse’ plot? A figment of neo-Conservative imagination | Peter Oborne, Middle East Eye
http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/trojan-horse-plot-figment-neo-conservative-imagination-1295765958