More than 95 per cent of government “deradicalisation” initiatives fail to work, with the people delivering them often too scared to mention religious extremism and choosing to talk about “Islamophobia”, a government report has found.
Around 500 people have attended a three-day training camp designed to help Muslims oppose and counter extremism and terrorism within their community.
The Conservatives will beef up the counter-radicalisation Prevent strategy if victorious in next month’s general election, the Home Secretary Amber Rudd has said.
The UK’s largest Muslim organisation has denounced the government’s Prevent counter-terrorism programme and is set to launch an “anti-government” rival within months.
Nearly half of all those deemed to be at risk of becoming radicalised by Islamic State are refusing to take part in the government’s flagship de-radicalisation program, new figures have revealed. MPs are calling for participation to be made mandatory
Nearly 4,000 people were referred to the Government’s flagship de-radicalisation scheme last year – almost two and a half times more than the previous year. But although it was designed to tackle Islamic State radicalisation, just one third of those referred
Referrals to a British government anti-radicalisation scheme doubled in 2015, according to figures published on Monday. The figures from the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPPC), which were released to the BBC, show that 2,003 under-18s were referred to the Channel
