Radicalization
Facebook bans Britain First a week after the anti-Muslim extremist group’s leaders were jailed for religiously aggravated harassment
The leader and deputy leader of Britain First have been jailed for the religiously aggravated harassment of Muslims, and the group’s Facebook pages have been banned for inciting hatred. Facebook’s actions follow calls from authorities for social media firms to do more to combat hate speech.
Mayor of London launches #endthehate campaign to combat hate speech
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has launched a hashtag campaign to encourage action against hate speech. He launched the #endthehate campaign through a video on his personal and mayoral Twitter feed in conjunction with his keynote address to SXSW 2018, and also called on social media companies to do more to combat it.
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.
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…