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Islamist radicalisation at British universities

Peter Tatchell | 29.10.2010 09:53 | Education | Social Struggles | Terror War

Islamist radicalisation at British universities

A Quilliam Foundation report

Study highlights intimidation of women, Jewish, gay and Muslim students

London, UK - 29 October 2010

Islamist radicalisation at British universities

A Quilliam Foundation report

Study highlights intimidation of women, Jewish, gay and Muslim students

London, UK - 29 October 2010

The Quilliam Foundation's latest briefing paper, Radicalisation on British University Campuses: A case study, cites hate incidents at City University in London during the last academic year (September 2009 - June 2010).

The report suggests that academic institutions can become incubators for extremist, intolerant and potentially violent forms of the political ideology of Islamism.

Links to an executive summary and the full report are listed below.

Responding to the Quilliam report, human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, of the LGBT rights group OutRage!, said:

"This report is a wake-up call to complacent university authorities and student unions. They too often look the other way while Islamists foment hatred and intolerance among the student population.

"The vast majority of Muslim students do not share an extremist mindset. They risk
ostracism and denunciation by fundamentalists.

"Quilliam have produced a commendable expose of the way Islamist fanatics are bullying and threatening other students. It highlights sexist, homophobic and anti-Semitic intimidation, and the victimisation of Muslims and non-believers who do not adhere to hard-line fundamentalist Islam.

"Radicalisation often begins with the promotion of misogynistic, queer-baiting and anti-Jewish prejudice; together with the stirring up of hostility against Muslims who believe in other strands of Islam or who have abandoned their faith. Such intolerance is can be a gateway to Islamist extremism. That's why it should never be ignored or tolerated. City University would never host white supremacists who incite racism and racial violence. Why the double standards?" queried Mr Tatchell.

Here are examples of Islamist extremists who have been hosted at City University:
 http://www.petertatchell.net/religion/kill-gays-preacher-hosted-by-london-universities.html

Kings College has also hosted extremist clerics. See here:
 http://www.petertatchell.net/religion/muslim-extremist-hosted-by-kings-college-london.html

The editor of the City University student newspaper, Fran Singh, has first-hand experience of Islamist harassment, especially after she revealed what they were doing.
 fran@cityinquirer.com
0781 799 8889

A spokesperson the Quilliam Foundation said:

"University campuses have been recognised by policy-makers as key places where Islamist ideologies can spread, but the processes of radicalisation involved have often remained unclear. This paper seeks to address this knowledge gap by identifying the factors on a university campus that may contribute to radicalising an individual towards Islamist-inspired terrorism. Whilst the paper does not suggest that everyone exposed to these factors will become a terrorist, it shows how and why exposure to them can increase the risk of radicalisation towards terrorism as well as illustrating the considerable disruption that such radicalisation can have on campus life.

"The paper concludes with specific recommendations for universities, students' unions and government to prevent similar situations from arising on other university campuses.

"Radicalisation on British University Campuses' is the latest of Quilliam's publications to deal with areas where the risk of radicalisation is either high or is poorly understood. Previous reports released in the last year include studies of radicalisation in prisons and on Arabic-language jihadist websites."

An executive summary is available here.
 http://www.quilliamfoundation.org/images/stories/pdfs/radicalisation-on-british-university-campuses-executive-summary.pdf?dm_i=JI3,9VVO,2Q60WK,QMSG,1

A pdf of the full briefing paper can be downloaded here.
 http://www.quilliamfoundation.org/images/stories/pdfs/radicalisation-on-british-university-campuses.pdf?dm_i=JI3,9VVO,2Q60WK,QMSG,1

For further information, please contact Lucy James at the Quilliam Foundation on +44 (0) 207 182 7280 or +44 (0) 7590 229 917.

Quilliam Foundation:  http://www.quilliamfoundation.org/

ENDS
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Peter Tatchell
- e-mail: seaon@petertatchell.net
- Homepage: http://www.petertatchell.net

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Comments

Display the following 13 comments

  1. Peter Tatchell — -
  2. Quilliam Foundation - just a front for the government — info
  3. What's wrong with extremism anyway — anon
  4. Religions cannot be trusted and cannot be left uncontrolled — Queer
  5. Rabid anti gay and pro reactionary article — Queer
  6. Islamaphobic authoritarian nonsense — -
  7. Yep I am islamphobic — Queer
  8. a protest by Peter Thatchell and Outrage! which occurred not 2 weeks before the — a protest by Peter Thatchell and Outrage! which occurred not 2 weeks before the
  9. Who are these people? — Simon
  10. Jasbir Puar LIED — Smackdown
  11. Simon, you having a laugh??? — Queer
  12. West support for Islamic extremism — Simon
  13. EDL Rabbi says Killing Gays is God's Law — Smackdown

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