Radicalization
The London Bridge Attacks brings questions of rehabilitation to the forefront
The debate surrounding the London Bridge attack last week, in which two people were killed and three injured by 28 year old Usman Khan has taken on dimensions more nuanced that those which follow other acts of terrorism in the UK, since the wider question of role and potential of rehabilitation in society has come…
Clumsy government satire seeks to discourage German Muslims from turning to Salafism
North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW), the most populous of Germany’s 16 federal states, has rolled out a new anti-terrorism programme: a satirical YouTube channel called Jihadi Fool. Run by the state’s domestic intelligence agency, the Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz, the channel’s videos are supposed to “fight fire with fire” and drive home “the absurdity of radicalisation, terrorism and…
Anti-Islamic extremist Martin Sellner, linked to Christchurch shooter, permanently banned from entering the UK.
Martin Sellner, an anti-Islamic extremist, has been permanently excluded from entering the UK. Sellner is the Austrian leader of Generation Identity, an organisation which is being investigated in Austria over links to the Christchurch shooting suspect. Austrian authorities have been investigating Sellner’s connections to Brenton Tarrant, who is currently on trial for the murder of 51…
Artists withdraw from Bradford Literature Festival after Counter Extremism funding revealed
Six writers and activists pulled out of the Bradford literature festival[BLF], which took place 28th June – 7th July 2019, after it was revealed that it was funded in part by the UK Home Office Programme, “Building a Stronger Britain Together [BSBT]”, part of the 2015 counter-extremism strategy that funds and supports groups “involved in…
The motivations of the Christchurch mosque shooter
In the wake of last Friday’s shootings at the Al Noor and Linwood mosques in Christchurch, commentators have sought to understand what drove the alleged perpetrator, 28 year old Australian Brenton Tarrant, to commit such a heinous act of barbarity. Ghassan Hage writes that it is, in large part, the result of ‘white nationalism’, which…