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A. Z. Mohamed • June 30, 2018 at 5:00 am
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two effective initiatives were, "one defying political
correctness and tackling difficult issues head-on and the other
directly addressing extremism in religious [Islamic] texts."
— The Times.
- Unwittingly,
Home Secretary Sajid Javid showed just why the deradicalization
programs he is defending do not work. He said nothing about the
boy's family's religious faith, radical Islam or the narrative of
hate and intolerance founded on a "radical" interpretation
of the Quran and Sunna to which the boy may well have been
exposed at home, at the mosque and over the internet.
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trouble with Javid's tribute to those Muslims who "stand up
against all forms of extremism" is that bigotry and bloodlust
are not merely figments of Islamist extremists' minds. They stem
from an authentic interpretation of Quranic verses and hadiths,
which currently dominates the Muslim world.
Sajid Javid, Britain's Home Secretary.
(Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)
The vast majority of deradicalization programs in the UK
are at best ineffective and at worst counter-productive, according to a
recent study by the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT, also known as the
"nudge unit"), a social purpose company partially owned by
the UK government, but that works in partnership with the Cabinet
Office.
As the Times reported recently, BIT examined 33
deradicalization programs across Britain, in schools, youth centers,
sports clubs and English-language classes. Most of these are part of
Prevent -- a strategy presented in 2011 to the UK Parliament by the
Secretary of State for the Home Department -- designed to keep
vulnerable citizens from becoming terrorists or supporting any form of
violent extremism inspired by radical Islamist or right-wing
ideologies. BIT found that only two of the programs have been
successful.
The main reason for the failure of the other 31
programs, according to the Times' report on the study, is:
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