Islamic extremism

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Against Complacency: new article on the MCB’s Soundings

Posted by Bigmouth ⋅ June 9, 2011 ⋅ Leave a Comment

A revised version of my blog article, Theresa May and Coalition Government accused of ‘complacency’ over re-hashing failed New Labour policies has now been published on the MCB’s Soundings web-page as part of its PREVENT 2011: towards informed responses feature. You can view the revised version, Against Complacency, by clicking here.

As well as my own article, there will soon be responses to the Coalition Government’s review of the Prevent strategy posted from such commentators as Richard Jackson, David Tyrer, Shamim Miah, Alana Lentin, Derek McGhee, Fahid Qurashi, Yahya Birt, Yunis Alam, Katherine E. Brown and Laura Zahra McDonald amongst others. Already published is an article by my colleague Basia Spalek entitled, A Top Down Approach.

Additional: Media responses to Theresa May’s comments about ‘complacency’

Posted by Bigmouth ⋅ June 7, 2011 ⋅ Leave a Comment

Following on from the blog post, I have given interviews to BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio WM and BBC1′s ‘Midlands Today’ programme. Just in case you are interested in seeing some more of this, you can do so by following the links below:

Live interview with Shelagh Fogarty & Phil Mackie broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live (about an hour in)

Listen here

Theresa May and Coalition Government accused of ‘complacency’ over re-hashing failed New Labour policies

Posted by Bigmouth ⋅ June 6, 2011 ⋅ 8 Comments

The Home Secretary, Theresa May, today pre-empted the publication of the revised Prevent strategy by criticising universities for their apparent “complacency” in tackling radicalisation and Islamic extremism on campus.

In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, May said:

“I think for too long there’s been complacency around universities. I don’t think they have been sufficiently willing to recognise what can be happening on their campuses and the radicalisation that can take place. I think there is more that universities can do”