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Forbidden Islam: British Courts bans “Political” Islam in move to McCarthyism

Forbidden Islam: British Courts bans “Political” Islam in move to McCarthyism

The British State has been attempting to develop a version of Islam that is subservient to a secular ideology, ever since the Rushdie affair.   This version of Islam has been widely described as “moderate” Islam in [...]

Totalitarian Britain Keeps on Spreading its Tentacles

Totalitarian Britain Keeps on Spreading its Tentacles

As reported by the Guardian on Monday 29th July: “Officials implementing the government’s revamped Prevent strategy are training frontline university employees in how to spot students vulnerable to extremism. Documents handed to staff claim that students [...]

The PREVENT agenda: Islamophobia and Myths about Muslim Converts

The PREVENT agenda: Islamophobia and Myths about Muslim Converts

Given that I specialise in non-Muslim Britons who convert to Islam, I was particularly interested in chapter 10, verse 159 of the Revised Prevent Strategy which states that ‘people who convert may initially be [...]

The Three Faces of Islamophobia

The Three Faces of Islamophobia

The debates about multiculturalism, security, extremism, and Islamophobia seem inextricably linked. Indeed, in the aftermath of the publication of the review of the government’s security strategy, known as ‘Prevent’, there was significant comment about the rise [...]

Summarised Reactions to “PREVENT ” review

Summarised Reactions to “PREVENT ” review

Matthew d’Ancona: For Cameron, terrorism is the new Cold War “In truth, this struggle more closely resembles the Cold War than the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The most important argument advanced by the rebooted Prevent strategy [...]

PREVENT: Welcome to Totalitarian Britain

PREVENT: Welcome to Totalitarian Britain

The British Home Secretary Theresa May’s performance in the House of Commons on June 7th to announce the publication of its review of the Labour government’s controversial “PREVENT” program proved the adage “old habits die hard” [...]