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A Greater Manchester approach to tackling radicalisation

By Ajmal Hussain Filed Under: All posts, British Politics Posted: July 4, 2017

As part of a series of blogs, articles and interviews, examining issues of citizenship and community, Dr Ajmal Hussain, Research Fellow in Sociology at The University of Manchester uses his work with young Muslims to reflect on the challenges facing Greater Manchester in addressing radicalisation. The new Mayor, Andy Burnham, has a timely opportunity to […]

Tagged With: Andy Burnham, counter-extremism strategy, extremism, Greater Manchester, radicalisation

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The Prevent duty: can teachers be judges?

By Bob Hindle Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, Ethnicity Posted: December 14, 2016

Prevent is one of the four Ps that make up the government’s post 9/11 counter-terrorism strategy: Prepare for attacks, Protect the public, Pursue the attackers and Prevent their radicalisation in the first place. Bob Hindle looks at how the Prevent duty is applied in schools and colleges and highlights areas of necessary reform. Teacher decision-making […]

Tagged With: colleges, counter-extremism strategy, education, extremism, MIE, prevent, radicalisation, schools

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Why we need to know what ‘extremism’ is, or isn’t, before we legislate against it

By Hilary Pilkington Filed Under: All posts Posted: June 10, 2016

Prime Minister David Cameron has promised a new ‘Counter-Extremism and Safeguarding Bill’ as part of his ‘legacy programme’ of legislation. But, says Hilary Pilkington, if it can’t distinguish between legitimate grievance and dangerous extremism, we risk adding some very serious fuel to the fire. Fresh from victory in the General Election, on May 13 2015, […]

Tagged With: counter-extremism strategy, English Defence League, extremism, Islamaphobia, political protest

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