Syria civil war: Hundreds of radicalised fighters are already back in the UK, warns former MI6 chief

June 22, 2014 Hundreds of veteran fighters from Syria and Iraq are already back in Britain, among them radicalised jihadists intent on mounting terror attacks. And British intelligence services face an “impossible” task in trying to track them, a leading security expert warned last night. The grim warning from Richard Barrett, the former head of…

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Radicalisation, ’Extremism’ and ’Islamism’: Realities and Myths in the ’War on Terror’

The Muslim community in Britain has been under a continuous spotlight since the events of 9/11 and 7/7 in particular. The bombings triggered a wide-ranging debate that sought to understand the processes at work within the Muslim community, map its changes, scrutinise the influences it is subject to and identify events in its recent history…

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