Category Archives: PVE

how to complain before you see the programme!

By bananabrain | Published: March 2, 2010
now, i haven’t seen the “dispatches” programme yet, it’s on my sky+ box waiting to be viewed. however, i was quite amused to be warned by one naeem darr, who i understand is some sort of spokesman for our old friends the muslim safety forum, to have my complaint ready. helpfully, he then went on [...]
Also posted in Activism, Entryism, Farce, Freedom of Expression, Identity Politics, Islamism, Media | 5 Comments

a modest proposal for wootton bassett: islamists love underpants!

By bananabrain | Published: January 4, 2010
although the mainstream media has already picked up the story, we’re sure that the good folk of wootton bassett would nonetheless appreciate a message of support. it appears that they are the latest stop on the publicity circuit for everyone’s favourite islamist nutjobs, the al-muhajigoon squad. predictably, the edl have vowed to picket the mosques [...]
Also posted in Activism, Anti Fascism, Farce, Identity Politics, Media, Obscurantism, Politics | 23 Comments

IHRC: “I Refuse to Buy a Poppy”

By Effendi | Published: November 25, 2009
Following the news that the Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) will share a platform with the MCB and the An Nisa Society at next Monday’s Select Committee hearing in Parliament, now would be good time to find out more on where it stands on Britain’s pledge to support the Afghan people wrest their country from [...]
Also posted in Islamism | 13 Comments

‘Hardcore’ Islamist gets top anti-terror post at Home Office – the JC reports

By Yossarian | Published: November 6, 2009
The JC reports: The appointment of Asim Hafeez as head of intervention at the Office of Security and Counter-Terrorism has caused serious concern among more moderate Muslim advisers across Whitehall. [...] Mr Hafeez was described by one fellow adviser as “hardcore Salafi”. Salafism is a strictly puritanical branch of Islam, often associated with Saudi Arabia. It does [...]
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The Islamist who wanted to come in from the cold

By Guest | Published: November 5, 2009
This is a guest post by Ali Suburbanite **** A few days ago, Shahid Malik MP issued a statement in the Guardian in support of the Prevent initiative. Malik is careful to take pains to explain clearly the Prevent agenda; what it is and what it is not. It is important to set the record straight: Prevent is not [...]
Posted in PVE | 15 Comments

Iranian government employee involved in British ‘Prevent’ programme

By Guest | Published: October 28, 2009
This is a guest post by Sheikh Spear **** Iran is a brutal theocratic dictatorship that executes minors, stones adulterous women to death, persecutes religious and ethnic minorities and murders and imprisons non-violent protestors for calling for free and fair elections. It is also not exactly supportive of the UK’s struggle against Islamist extremism. The Iranian government [...]
Also posted in International Affairs, Islamism, Your View | Tagged , , , | 34 Comments

A Tale of Two Extremes

By Faisal | Published: October 22, 2009
This excellent op-ed by Zafar Khalid Farooq, published in the The News in Pakistan, is well worth the read. The money shot comes at the very end and it is spot on: Even more worryingly, a new generation is being radicalised, often with the very government funds that are supposed to be countering radicalisation. The British Government’s [...]
Also posted in Anti Fascism, Islamism, Secularism | 6 Comments

Preventing Needless Hysteria

By Guest | Published: October 19, 2009
This is a guest post by Alexander Meleagrou-Hitchens **** For the past couple of days, the Guardian has been running scare stories about the Government’s Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE) programme. Gleefully feeding Islamist propaganda about the government’s supposed demonisation of Muslims, it is an irresponsible and potentially dangerous attack. PVE is a strand of the CONTEST strategy [...]
Also posted in Islamism, Your View | 21 Comments

Muslim Brotherhood front-group declares war on ‘ZINC’

By Guest | Published: October 19, 2009
This is a guest-post by Al-Qanaas Al-Masri **** At the risk of sounding like Richard Littlejohn, sometimes you just can’t make it up. In response to the Guardian’s report on Saturday on how the government’s ‘Prevent’ counter-extremism programme is allegedly being used to spy on British Muslims, the British Muslim Initiative, a moribund Muslim Brotherhood front-group run [...]
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Accusations Of Spying Do Not Help Our Fight Against Extremism

By Guest | Published: October 19, 2009
This is a guest post by Khuram **** On Saturday the Guardian published a front page article by Vikram Dodd on the Governments PREVENT strategy. This article claimed there were concerns that the agenda was being used to spy and to gather information.   On Sunday another article by Dodd stated that influential MPs were going to investigate [...]
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