Security and Counterterrorism
UK counter-terror chief warns tech and social media firms must do more to combat increasing threat of ‘remote radicalisation’
Mark Rowley, Britain’s top counter-terrorism officer, has criticised technology and social media firms for their lack of commitment in countering the online terrorist threat. Isis’ recent emphasis on supporters carrying out ‘lone wolf attacks’ has made the phenomenon an increasing reality, and some Islamic communities are taking theological steps to counter this threat.
- Discrimination and Xenophobia
- Interfaith and Multicultural Engagement
- Mosques and Community Centers
- Muslim Advocacy and Organizations
- Other Countries
- Public Opinion and Islam in the Media
- Radicalization
- Security and Counterterrorism
- Technology and the Internet
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Youth and Pop Culture
4th ‘Forum for Peace’ promotes interfaith engagement to counter extremism and tackle Islamophobia
The event, run by the Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies, brought together Muslim and non-Muslim delegates from around the world to discuss the global issues of countering extremism and tackling Islamophobia.
Islamophobic letter campaign, titled ‘Punish a Muslim Day’, circulated throughout UK
The Islamophobia watch group, TellMAMA, reports of a threatening letter which publicises so-called ‘Punish a Muslim Day’, a day of violence against Muslims on April 3rd. The campaign encourages acts of violence such as pulling women’s headscarves and bombing mosques.
Proceedings begin to deport El Hadi Doudi, Marseille’s Salafist Algerian imam
On March 8 a commission of magistrates began the process of deporting the influential Salafist Algerian imam El Hadi Doudi at the Interior Minister Gerard Collomb’s request. Doudi is suspected of having conducted radical and hateful preaching against Jews and those he refers to as “unbelievers” in his Marseille mosque. The committee follows the deportation…
Spectator article criticises reaction to ban on primary school girls wearing headscarves
A January article from the Spectator discusses the emergence of two distinct Muslim cultures in Britain. Cohen writes of the reaction to St Stephen’s primary school in Newham banning the wearing of the headscarf for girls under the age of eight, drawing links to issues of Muslim engagement with public life and counter-extremism efforts in the UK.