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The British Government “Extremism” Agenda

The British Government “Extremism” Agenda

Adnan Khan On the 3rd December 2013, Jeremy Paxman began the BBC news affairs programme, Newsnight, by questioning whether society was beginning to display signs of a new strand of ‘McCarthyism’. He was, of course, referring [...]

“Islamism” and the “Conveyor Belt to Terrorism” Theory

“Islamism” and the “Conveyor Belt to Terrorism” Theory

In a Spectator article published less than ten days after the London bombings of July 2005, Boris Johnson wrote, when accounting for the attackers’ mindset,  that “Islam is the problem.” Almost eight years later, after the public murder [...]

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 [...]