An illegal migrant from Iraq was set to be given the all-clear by the government’s deradicalisation programme shortly before he planted a bomb on a London tube at Parsons Green.
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.
Some of the UK’s most prominent Islamic groups have sided with a Muslim Member of Parliament and member of the House of Lords to attack the new head of the government’s Commission for Countering Extremism.
Teenagers and children accounted for half of those referred to the government’s counter-terror initiative over a 12 month period, new data reveals.
One of London’s most senior counter-terrorism police officers has slammed “sections of the community” who are opposing the government’s de-radicalisation programme for “political” reasons.
A member of UKIP’s youth wing has been labelled “far right” by his school and reported to the Government’s PREVENT de-radicalisation programme, which is designed to stop “young people from being drawn into terrorism”.
“Islamist” Muslim groups and community leaders hinder the fight against terror and are interested only in presenting Muslims “as victims” Britain’s most prominent Muslim lawyer has said. In an interview with the Times, Nazir Afzal warned that British Muslim organisations are
The director of the human rights group CAGE, which campaigns against Islamophobia and anti-terror laws, has been arrested under anti-terror laws, police have confirmed.
University lecturers and teachers have been slammed for resisting the anti-terror measures and insisting they have no duty to report student’s being drawn into violent extremism.
LENS, France (AP) — France’s attempts to counter the radicalization of its young people are in turmoil, with a group home intended to turn them away from Islamic extremism empty, the head of a highly publicized nonprofit convicted of misuse of public funds, and plans to segregate prison inmates suspected of harboring jihadi ideas abandoned.
The European Council has joined the chorus of opposition to the UK’s anti-terror and de-radicalisation programmes, claiming they are “fomenting fear and resentment… particular in the Muslim community.”
Children who attend Fathers4Justice and anti-badger cull protests have been considered for the government’s anti-radicalisation programme, Prevent, set up to deter “violent extremism” and terrorism, an MP has claimed.
