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A woman in a hijab sits on the platform at Aldgate East underground station

Opinion: The Trojan Horse Affair Gave Birth to the Prevent Strategy. It’s Time to Kill It

by Rob Faure Walker

The state-sanctioned Islamophobia exposed by Brian Reed and Hamza Syed lives on in Prevent, writes Rob Faure Walker. It's time to end this disastrous strategy.

Labour MPs Apsana Begum and Zarah Sultana pose for a photo at a restaurant

Opinion: Islamophobia Isn’t Ingrained in British Culture – It’s Fed to Us From the Top

by Zarah Sultana

Zarah Sultana expected anti-Muslim hatred when she became an MP. She also knew exactly who’d be whipping it up. A new report proves her right.

Opinion: Blaming David Amess’ Murder on Social Media Is a Way of Avoiding the Knottier Problems

We don’t yet know what role, if any, social media played in the murder of MP Sir David Amess. But blaming it on that is at best premature, and, at worst, a complete derailment from addressing the trickier root causes.

A bus in the aftermath of the 7/7 bombings

Opinion: The 7/7 Bombings Changed UK Terror Policy Forever

by Azfar Shafi

From expanding the definition of terrorism to the inception of Prevent, the 7/7 bombings provoked changes that have progressively suffocated social and political life in Britain, writes Azfar Shafi.

Gavin Williamson addresses country in covid address

Opinion: To the Free Speech Warriors of the Right, Only Some Speech Matters

by Barnaby Raine

We shouldn’t be confused by the Tories championing free speech one moment, suppressing it the next. It’s always been perfectly clear whose speech matters to them, argues Barnaby Raine.

a protest at which someone holds the banner 'no to Islamophobia, no to war'

Opinion: The Tories Want a Man Who Described Islam As a ‘Terrifying Problem’ to Lead a Review of Prevent

by Ilyas Nadgee

From William Shawcross to David Goodhart, the recently-appointed EHRC commissioner who believes Tory Islamophobia is a paranoid smear, the government is stuffing our democratic institutions with dangerous ideologues. The left must forcefully resist this worrying trend, writes Ilyas Nadgee.

two men sitting next to each other in suits, smiling

Analysis: Pseudoscience, Think Tanks and ‘Intellectual Landscaping’: Exposing the Wilful Ignorance of the Right

by Rob Faure Walker

Since the 1950s, dozens of think tanks, quangos and commissions have sprung up to lend intellectual weight to government policies, from counter-extremism to coronavirus. These institutions, often government-funded and pseudo-intellectual, seek to undermine the role of academia as an impartial and rigorous advisor to ministers. Never has such advice been more needed - it’s time for universities to reassert themselves.

Ash Wednesday: The Woke Brigade Have Gone Too Far!!!1

Free speech is under attack!!1 From something far more dangerous than the government…. Undergraduates.

Why We Need a New Response to the LGBT Sex Education Row

by Sita Balani

With the row in Birmingham over LGBT sex education for primary school moving into its fourth month, Sita Balani argues that this conflict needs to be understood in the context of the Prevent duty in UK schools.

“We Refuse to Be Intimidated by Our University”: the King’s College Activists Fighting Back Against Racial Profiling

by King's students

Earlier this month, King's College London was accused of banning a number of student activists from campus for posing a “security risk” during a visit from the Queen and Duchess of Cambridge. Writing anonymously, some of the students in question argue that what happened to them is part of a far bigger picture.

No, Labour Hasn’t Always Been an Anti-Racist Party

by Aaron Bastani

In recent weeks, many on the Labour right have suggested the party has always been anti-racist, but that under Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership this has changed. Aaron Bastani takes a look at the history of New Labour and argues this couldn’t be further from the truth.

Under the UK’s Counter-Terrorism Strategy, Shamima Begum Was Never Presumed Innocent

by A. Haziz-Ginsberg

On Tuesday Sajid Javid announced Shamima Begum - a schoolgirl who left the UK to join the Islamic State in 2015 - would have her British citizenship revoked. Begum's case shows how the UK's counter-terrorism strategy is grounded in the preemptive denial of innocence and belonging, argues A. Haziz-Ginsberg.

The ‘Super-PREVENT’ Agenda Goes Far Beyond the Law

by Max Harris

Is the overzealous application of PREVENT we see in universities, schools and hospitals actually mandated by law?

Open Letter: The Government’s Education Policies are Attacking BME and Migrant Students

by Unis Resist Border Controls

The home secretary has pledged to reduce the number of non-EU international students enrolled at British universities from 300,000 to 170,000, representing a further attack on migrant and BME students.

The Hijab is More European Than the Tie: Islamophobia and Misogyny

On this week’s episode of KilljoyFM, Ray Filar is joined by Soofiya Andry, Lubaaba Alazami and Shahla Omar as they discuss Muslim feminisms, British identity, Prevent and imperialism

7 Ways the Home Office’s Prevent Strategy is Turning Everyday People into Police

by Matthew Cole

The Prevent strategy is entrenching racism and surreptitiously undermining our civil liberties. Comprehensive new measures build on an existing framework that has been targeting minority ethnic communities since 2001.

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Opinion: The Trojan Horse Affair Gave Birth to the Prevent Strategy. It’s Time to Kill It

by Rob Faure Walker

Opinion: Islamophobia Isn’t Ingrained in British Culture – It’s Fed to Us From the Top

by Zarah Sultana

Opinion: Blaming David Amess’ Murder on Social Media Is a Way of Avoiding the Knottier Problems

by Ash Sarkar

Opinion: The 7/7 Bombings Changed UK Terror Policy Forever

by Azfar Shafi

Opinion: To the Free Speech Warriors of the Right, Only Some Speech Matters

by Barnaby Raine

Opinion: The Tories Want a Man Who Described Islam As a ‘Terrifying Problem’ to Lead a Review of Prevent

by Ilyas Nadgee

Analysis: Pseudoscience, Think Tanks and ‘Intellectual Landscaping’: Exposing the Wilful Ignorance of the Right

by Rob Faure Walker

Ash Wednesday: The Woke Brigade Have Gone Too Far!!!1

Why We Need a New Response to the LGBT Sex Education Row

by Sita Balani

“We Refuse to Be Intimidated by Our University”: the King’s College Activists Fighting Back Against Racial Profiling

by King's students

No, Labour Hasn’t Always Been an Anti-Racist Party

by Aaron Bastani

Under the UK’s Counter-Terrorism Strategy, Shamima Begum Was Never Presumed Innocent

by A. Haziz-Ginsberg

The ‘Super-PREVENT’ Agenda Goes Far Beyond the Law

by Max Harris

Open Letter: The Government’s Education Policies are Attacking BME and Migrant Students

by Unis Resist Border Controls

The Hijab is More European Than the Tie: Islamophobia and Misogyny

7 Ways the Home Office’s Prevent Strategy is Turning Everyday People into Police

by Matthew Cole