Radicalization
UN representative criticises Prevent duty for impacting racial equality in the UK
The UN special rapporteur on racism, Professor Tendayi Achiume, has criticised the Prevent duty for fuelling distrust among ethnic minority communities and for impacting racial equality in the UK. Her comments came as she observed that Brexit has contributed to an environment of increased “explicit racial, ethnic and religious intolerance” in the UK.
Preacher, businessman, father: the story of a French Salafist
A Le Monde reporter spoke with a French Salafist and recounted her experience: His name is Atef, he is a large, bearded man with laughing eyes. At 35, he believes in Allah as he does “Heaven and Earth”. It was during the winter, on the terrace of a bakery in Cannes, facing the beach. He arrived on…
Director General of MI5 warns of “unprecedented” danger of Islamist terrorism
MI5 Director General, Andrew Parker, has told a symposium of his European counterparts in Berlin that Islamist terrorism represents an “unprecedented” danger to the EU, along with the threat of Russian aggression.
Manchester bomber came from strict Salafi family and was radicalised by family of al-Qaeda terrorist, according to his cousin
In an exclusive interview with The Sunday Times, a cousin of Salman Abedi, the bomber responsible for the 2017 Manchester terror attack, discusses Abedi’s radicalisation. He says Abedi came from a strict Salafi family and was radicalised by family of an al-Qaeda terrorist.
Farhad Khosrokhavar: ‘urban structure’ is a significant radicalization factor
Sociologist Farhad Khosrokhavar recently published a piece in Le Monde, in which he argues: “In Europe, one of the most significant, even essential, factors of jihadist radicalization is the city. Not just any city. We’re talking about the urban ‘jihadogen’, which breeds jihadism.” “In the near-totality of European countries, there are neighborhoods where the number of…