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Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE) & the Prevent Strategy - A Muslim Response
17 February 2009
An-Nisa Society is today launching its response to the government's Prevent Strategy programme to counteract violent extremism
in Muslim communities.
In 2007 the government gave £6 million to to local authorities under the Pathfinder fund. Last year the government started rolling out £80 million of funding, £40 million of which is being given over three years to "support local authorities and community groups in improving the capacity of local communities to resist violent extremism" through the Prevent Strategy.
The Prevent Strategy targets the whole Muslim community as a
potential terrorist threat and intends to embed counter-terrorism
strategies targeting Muslims across the core services of local
councils. Our response analyses the report, its implications and flaws
and offers constructive recommendations as to what the government
should be doing to address violent extremism.
- Preventing Violence Extremism (PVE) & Prevent - A Muslim response by An-Nisa Society. Read more ... PVE_and_Prevent_-__A_Muslim_response.pdf
- An-Nisa was funded through Pathfinder for our British Muslim or Wot? Project. Since then we have turned down any further funding through Prevent. Read Final Report & Recommendations...BMW_Final_Report_May08.pdf
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Find out more about PVE and Prevent
- In Reading the Reading PVE Crisis Group consisting of various Muslim groups in the city is protesting against the Prevent Strategy. They are taking the matter up with their Chief Executive. Read their letter and other information on their blog http://pvecrisisgroup.com/letter-to-reading-local-authority/
- "Members of my YOT team felt that it was going down a slippery slope once we paint everyone with these views as terrorists. Many of my colleagues in the YOT team said most young people, whether Muslim or not, among our clients are anti-establishment and anti-system. This is because they are in the criminal justice system and are very mistrustful of adults in positions of authority such as the police, courts and that includes government. .." Muslim social worker, Youth Offending. Read more... PVE_Experience_of_Social_Worker.pdf
Feedback on Prevent
We are collating information about Prevent and how it is being implemented in order to:
Promote awareness of PVE and the Prevent strategy and its implications.
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Network with others concerned about PVE and Prevent.
If you have any information or views about PVE and Prevent please contact us on info@an-nisa.org and, if appropriate, we will put up on our website. Please forward this paper as widely as possible.
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Links and Resources
Government Reports
- The Prevent Strategy http://security.homeoffice.gov.uk/news-publications/publication-search/prevent-strategy/
- National Indicator 35: Local Government Performance Indicator on Preventing Violent Extremism http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/747537.pdf
- Local authorities that have received funding in support of work to prevent violent extremism http://www.communities.gov.uk/documents/communities/pdf/826963.pdf
- PVE: Next Steps for Communities. Download
Definitions
Institutional_Islamophiobia.pdf
Social_Exclusion_&_Social_Inclusion.pdf
Media Coverage of Prevent
Newsnight - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vNYiVXAWnwI
Inside PVE - Islamophonic Podcast - Guardian Online www.guardian.co.uk/world/audio/2008/nov/04/terrorism-islam
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