۱۰ فروردین ۱۴۰۳ |۱۹ رمضان ۱۴۴۵ | Mar 29, 2024
Terror police recall guidance listing ‘standard Muslim beliefs’ as signs of extremism

Human rights groups condemned the 12-page document produced by counter terrorism police in south-east England for undermining ‘free expression and discrimination’.

Hawzah News Agency - (London - UK) - Counter terror police are recalling official guidance which suggested that ‘Muslims who believe they are oppressed’ could be a sign of extremism. Human rights groups condemned the 12-page document produced by counter terrorism police in south-east England for undermining ‘free expression and discrimination’. Titled ‘Safeguarding young people and adults from ideological extremism’, the document lists a number of groups and examples of ‘extremist or worrying behavior to look for’.  

Human rights groups such as Liberty and CAGE as well as the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) claim that the guidance is worryingly broad and includes ‘normative Muslim beliefs’. Concerns have been raised that if a person of a Muslim background were for example to speak of China’s persecution of Uighur Muslims or of discrimination against Muslims in India, then this could be mistakenly linked to radicalization. The guidance was issued as part of the government’s Prevent strategy, a program designed to tackle both far-right and religious radicalization. Under the Prevent scheme, there is a statutory duty for public sector workers, such as NHS staff, teachers and social workers, to identify those deemed to be at risk of radicalization.

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