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A new report published by @SOAS and led by @AScottBaumann has been published.
The authors claim that "Prevent reinforces negative views of Islam and Muslims" and should be scrapped.
But the research doesn't support that conclusion. http://journal.quilliaminternational.com/2020/07/14/does-prevent-really-reinforce-negative-views-of-islam-and-muslims/
The authors claim that "Prevent reinforces negative views of Islam and Muslims" and should be scrapped.
But the research doesn't support that conclusion. http://journal.quilliaminternational.com/2020/07/14/does-prevent-really-reinforce-negative-views-of-islam-and-muslims/
The cart has been put before the horse.
It is considerably more likely that support for Prevent results from domestic islamist terrorism than from the prejudice and bigotry of undergraduates.
It is considerably more likely that support for Prevent results from domestic islamist terrorism than from the prejudice and bigotry of undergraduates.
The authors of the report are surprised to find that, despite years of anti-Prevent agitation, only around 4% of students agreed with the statement:
“Prevent is damaging to university life and other approaches should be taken to tackle security concerns and terrorism’”
“Prevent is damaging to university life and other approaches should be taken to tackle security concerns and terrorism’”
The authors’ opposition to Prevent is completely out of step with British Muslims attitudes in general.
According to this year's Crest study, the vast majority of Muslims support or support with some concerns, the focus of Prevent on islamist extremism. https://www.crestadvisory.com/post/listening-to-british-muslims-policing-extremism-and-prevent
According to this year's Crest study, the vast majority of Muslims support or support with some concerns, the focus of Prevent on islamist extremism. https://www.crestadvisory.com/post/listening-to-british-muslims-policing-extremism-and-prevent
Remarkably, the authors of the report have cited Asim Qureshi, of CAGE – an agitator against Prevent who famously described Jihadi John as a “beautiful young man” – as an academic authority!
That, alone, should set alarm bells ringing.
That, alone, should set alarm bells ringing.
There are two quite remarkable omissions from this report:
First: the depressing saga of the tour of islamist hate preachers who have incited against minority groups around British universities around university Islamic Societies.
SOAS has been particularly bad in this regard
First: the depressing saga of the tour of islamist hate preachers who have incited against minority groups around British universities around university Islamic Societies.
SOAS has been particularly bad in this regard
Secondly, the equally worrying catalogue of students at British universities who have engaged in terrorism.
This report was published in the same week that yet ANOTHER alumnus of a British university who was an ISIS terrorist was killed in Syria. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53376640
This report was published in the same week that yet ANOTHER alumnus of a British university who was an ISIS terrorist was killed in Syria. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53376640
The report shows that, broadly speaking, students have positive views about Muslims and Islam.
This is so, even though the survey questions presented an un-nuanced binary vision of Islam that is, in itself is objectionable: as it offers a false dichotomy.
This is so, even though the survey questions presented an un-nuanced binary vision of Islam that is, in itself is objectionable: as it offers a false dichotomy.
My impression is that the authors do not think that islamist terrorism is a problem at all: except to the extent that it may feed in to bigotry against Muslims.
The report is essentially an exercise in question begging.
This is not academia. It is activism.
The report is essentially an exercise in question begging.
This is not academia. It is activism.
Oh, I see that the Prof has done a Guardian article, making the same tendentious arguments she does in her report. https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/jul/14/prevent-doesnt-stop-students-being-radicalised-it-just-reinforces-islamophobia
