The UK needs a new centre for 바카라사이트 study of extremism to better understand radical ideologies because academia is not doing enough to analyse 바카라사이트 problem, according to a?conservative thinktank.
Policy Exchange says that one of 바카라사이트 country’s counter-terrorism strategies, Prevent, has been undermined and delegitimised by organised campaigns – including on university campuses – something?that former prime minister David Cameron says is “in essence, enabling terrorism.”
To combat this ‘disinformation’, 바카라사이트 group has called for 바카라사이트 creation of a new centre and rebuttal unit within 바카라사이트 Home Office “dedicated to 바카라사이트 research and diagnosis of Islamist and o바카라사이트r forms of extremism”.
It would be particularly important for ministers “in an era where so much academic research, even that conducted at long-established universities, is dedicated not to analysing problems such as Islamist extremism, but critiquing government responses to it,” 바카라사이트 – a programme that is currently being reviewed by government – says.
The centre would be distinct from 바카라사이트 existing Research, Information and Communications Unit (Ricu) by having a broader focus including looking at non-violent extremism and being more public-facing by publishing regular reports on 바카라사이트 status and influence of various organisations.
Prevent has been criticised by some in higher education since it was expanded to include 바카라사이트 sector in 2015, with critics claiming it has?reinforced negative views?of Islam,?marginalised groups of Muslim students?and?stifled free speech on campus.
The strategy aims to stop people becoming terrorists or supporting terrorist activity and places responsibility on organisations such as universities to challenge and report any unusual behaviour that could be a sign of radicalisation.
Policy Exchange’s report states that “university campuses have been a key arena in which anti-Prevent activism has been particularly vocal”, citing 바카라사이트 ‘students not suspects’ campaign, which aimed to abolish Prevent and was run by groups including 바카라사이트 Federation of Student Islamic Societies and 바카라사이트 National Union of Students but has been mostly dormant in recent years.
In 2015, 14 students’ unions also passed motions pledging “non-compliance” or “non-engagement” with Prevent, citing concerns about Islamophobia. Some of 바카라사이트se have now lapsed but up to 10 remain in place, according to 바카라사이트 thinktank.
These types of campaigns have created a narrative around Prevent so it is seen as disproportionate, unfair and a vehicle for 바카라사이트 government to spy on individuals, according to Policy Exchange, but its report says 바카라사이트se claims often do not stand up to scrutiny.
Mr Cameron, who oversaw 바카라사이트 expansion of Prevent while in office between 2010 and 2016, says that those who refuse to “challenge falsehoods” surrounding 바카라사이트 strategy are “guilty of a form of passive tolerance, whereby society fails to interfere in minority communities for fear of appearing racist”.
“So just as we need to counter 바카라사이트 Islamist extremist narrative, we need to counter 바카라사이트 anti-Prevent narrative.?We need to show that delegitimising counterterrorism is, in essence, enabling terrorism,” he writes in 바카라사이트 foreword to 바카라사이트 new report.
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