- Hilary Aked - Islamophobia in the UK: Don’t use Christchurch attacks to justify Prevent Archived Message
Posted by johnhol
on March 26, 2019, 9:33 pm
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Begins: In the wake of the Christchurch massacre, advocates of the UK’s Prevent programme have been arguing in the media that the horrific, racist attack in New Zealand demonstrates the pressing need for the government’s controversial counter-extremism policy. Security Minister Ben Wallace this week said that the government policy targets any ideology, "wherever the threat emerges" - implying it could also counter the far-right. But our new report draws the opposite conclusion. After closely examining the interactions between counter-extremism policies and the Islamophobic far-right in three European countries (the UK, Germany and France), it concludes that far from being the solution to Islamophobic violence, policies such as Prevent are actually a big part of the problem. Continues: https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/islamophobia-uk-dont-use-christchurch-attacks-justify-prevent |
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