Tag: COUNTER EXTREMISM

UN condemns Prevent and demands payout for victims

Dr. Layla Aitlhadj 8 Min Read

After strong evidence has proved that Prevent has been targeting children, the UK government is under mounting pressure to act.

Their problem with Muslims

Dr. Asim Qureshi Dr. Salman Butt 1 Min Read

In this episode of Empowered by Islam21c, we look at one of the masterminds behind the recent "extremism" redefinition.

Government shuts Civil Service Muslim Network

Shaheer Choudhury Zishan Khan 14 Min Read

The Deputy Prime Minister's inflammatory move to suspend the Civil Service Muslim Network during Ramadan is condemned.

409 Muslim leaders reject Gove extremism stunt

Shaheer Choudhury 7 Min Read

An unprecedented number of Imams and scholars across Britain have urged the backing of the MAB, MEND, and CAGE.

Michael Gove’s Muslim obsession behind extremism rethink

Shaheer Choudhury Dr. Salman Butt 10 Min Read

By expanding the definition of "extremism", the government is continuing to kettle Muslims while falsely portraying us as "extreme".

Newly released list of Prevent Priority Areas proves the policy is oppressive at the core

Dr. Layla Aitlhadj 7 Min Read

By injecting funds into the oppressive Prevent programme in areas with high concentrations of Muslims, the government can no longer claim that it is unbiased against Islam. 

Uyghur Muslims – Between a Rock & a Hard Place

Abdul Wahid 10 Min Read

The Uyghur Muslims of East Turkestan are forced between the ‘rock’ of Chinese communist oppression and the ‘hard place’ of being a tool of Western foreign policy, writes Abdul Wahid.

Would you appoint Nigel Farage for a Brexit “independent” review?

Abdul Wahid 9 Min Read

Prevent is in crisis, and the "independent review" to save its image is like putting lipstick on a pig, writes Abdul Wahid.

UK Government’s widely discredited Prevent strategy faces independent review

News Editor 9 Min Read

“In allowing an ‘independent review’ of PREVENT to go ahead the Government has conceded that the policy lacks any trust or credibility.”

Slough community voices frustration against “Prevent lobby”

Hamad Momin 12 Min Read

Lobbyists for the government's failing Prevent strategy attended a community event in Slough last night. They did not receive a warm welcome.