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The Limits of British Values
The UK Government recently announced its Counter Extremism Strategy, a document which refers to ‘British values’ 54 times. Within this report, extremism is defined as ‘the vocal or active opposition to our fundamental values, including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and the mutual respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs.’ These are…
Paris terror attacks: We Muslims must hunt down these monsters who make a mockery of our religion
Twelve years ago, I converted to Islam to marry a Tunisian. It was a purely formal conversion. I remained fundamentally agnostic until 20 months ago, I experienced a spiritual revelation, started to believe in God and to practise my religion of adoption. We must take the lead in fighting and hunting down extremists, not just…
According to poll Dutch anti-Islam party biggest of the country
If today elections would be held the Dutch anti-Islam party PVV (Party for Freedom) would win 35 seats in parliament and thus become the biggest party of the Netherlands. It is the second time since the breakaway of PVV-leader Geert Wilders from the Dutch Liberal Party (VVD) in 2004. This emerged out of the opinion…
France starts anti-jihadi ad campaign to counter Islamic State
A new French government ad campaign features mourning families to discourage young people from joining extremists in Syria – an attempt at a counter-narrative against an Islamic State publicity machine that churns out huge amounts of propaganda. More than 500 people have left France to join Islamic State and other jihadi groups in the war…
Can France’s new ‘stop jihadism’ counterterrorism program prevent westerners from joining ISIS?
“Our son lived in a very privileged atmosphere. He liked music, he liked sports, he did sketch comedy,” said Veronique, a blonde white woman, speaking from her apartment in Paris. “And then one morning he leaves for Germany, and then from Germany he never came back.” Veronique, identified only by her first name in a video…