October 2015

Together Against Prevent

OUSU to prevent PREVENT | Jack Schofield, Cherwell
http://www.cherwell.org/news/oxford/2015/10/31/ousu-to-prevent-prevent

The scattergun attack on extremism | Dan Sutton, Cherwell
http://www.cherwell.org/comment/opinion/2015/10/27/the-scattergun-attack-on-extremism

Britain’s Counter Extremism Policies are Criminalising Muslim Thought and Expression | Jahangir Mohammed, Public Spirit
http://www.publicspirit.org.uk/britains-counter-extremism-policies-are-criminalising-muslim-thought-and-expression/

Students’ union rejects government funds in protest over ‘entryism agenda’ | Daniel Boffey, the Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/oct/24/nus-rejects-government-cash-entryism-protest

The dangers of UK’s new counter-extremism strategy | Peter Oborne, Middle East Eye
http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/dangers-uks-new-counter-extremism-strategy-82825185

Prevent Strategy: ‘Teachers aren’t counter-terrorism experts and don’t want to be members of the security service’ | Russell Hobby, TES News
https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-views/prevent-strategy-%E2%80%98teachers-aren%E2%80%99t-counter-terrorism-experts-and-don

Islington Council to challenge Prevent scheme in wake of ‘eco-terror’ incident | James Morris, Islington Gazette
http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/education/islington_council_to_challenge_prevent_scheme_in_wake_of_eco_terror_incident_1_4274760

Anti-extremism drive puts British values at risk, says police chief | Vikram Dodd and Alan Travis, the Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/oct/19/government-extremism-crackdown-hurt-uk-values-peter-fahy-manchester

‘One Nation Counter-Extremism Strategy’ Risks Further Undermining Fight Against Terrorism | Muslim Council of Britain
http://www.mcb.org.uk/one-nation-counter-extremism-strategy-risks-fight-against-terrorism-191015/

Government launches hunt for extremists across public sector | Alan Travis. the Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/oct/19/new-counter-extremism-strategy-revealed-theresa-may

‘Prevent’ is the real free speech issue | Husna Rizvi, Varsity
http://www.varsity.co.uk/comment/8971

Teachers’ extremist fears over boy, 10, after he complains about lack of prayer room | Daily Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/11927303/Teachers-extremist-fears-over-boy-10-after-he-complains-about-lack-of-prayer-room.html

Prevent: Failing Young British Muslims | Sadek Hamid, Public Spirit
http://www.publicspirit.org.uk/prevent-failing-young-british-muslims/

The Prevent duty and its government-centred context | Bharath Ganesh, Public Spirit
http://www.publicspirit.org.uk/the-prevent-duty-and-its-government-centred-context/

Why Campaign Against the Arms Trade is one of the groups standing ‘Together against Prevent’ | Tom Barns, CAAT
http://blog.caat.org.uk/2015/10/09/why-caat-is-one-of-the-groups-standing-together-against-prevent/

The Channel programme: helping vulnerable people or nudging them towards radicalisation? | Stephanie Petrie, The Conversation
https://theconversation.com/the-channel-programme-helping-vulnerable-people-or-nudging-them-towards-radicalisation-48863

Large proportion of those referred to UK deradicalisation scheme are under 18 | Mark Tran, the Guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/oct/08/large-proportion-of-those-referred-to-uk-deradicalisation-scheme-are-under-18

Anti-terrorism strategy ‘Prevent’ is considerably flawed | Natasha Ion, The Student Newspaper
http://www.studentnewspaper.org/anti-terrorism-strategy-prevent-is-considerably-flawed/

The questions raised by Prevent ‘naming and shaming’ | Times High Education
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/blog/questions-raised-prevent-naming-and-shaming

UK: Keyword warning software in schools raises red flag | Simon Hooper, Al-Jazeera
http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2015/10/uk-keyword-warning-software-schools-raises-red-flag-151004081940435.html

Times Higher Education reports that “sections of a Downing Street statement that accused universities of hosting hate preachers are identical to those featured in a report by a controversial thinktank”, Students Rights (a project of the Henry Jackson Society)
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/no-10s-extremism-report-mirrors-text-thinktank-study

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