Representatives of over 20 Muslim organisations and Mosques in Reading attended a “Community Forum” in Reading Town Hall on Wednesday the 2nd of December regarding the local “Preventing Violent Extremism” (PVE) policy to make sure all communities in attendance know that this work is not being done in the name of, or with the support [...]
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Part 3/3 of a debate on Reading Radio in September 2009 with Mohammad Jihangir, Mustafa Chaudary, Superintendent Steve Kirk (Reading Police) and Shah jahan (A founding member of www.pvecrisisgroup.com) regarding the governments Preventing Violent Extremism Agenda (PVE) in Reading. Issues covered in this part include: ‘Islamism’ Who are training the PVE police? PVE action plans [...]
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Part 2/3 of a debate on Reading Radio in September 2009 with Mohammad Jihangir, Mustafa Chaudary, Superintendent Steve Kirk (Reading Police) and Shah jahan (A founding member of www.pvecrisisgroup.com) regarding the governments Preventing Violent Extremism Agenda (PVE) in Reading. Issues covered in this part include: The prioritiation of PVE in Reading through the adoption of [...]
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Part 1/3 of a debate on Reading Radio in September 2009 with Mohammad Jihangir, Mustafa Chaudary, Superintendent Steve Kirk (Reading Police) and Shah jahan (A founding member of www.pvecrisisgroup.com) regarding the governments Preventing Violent Extremism Agenda (PVE) in Reading. Issues covered in this part include: Background to PVE Definition of Extremism The continuing changing nature [...]
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/oct/16/anti-terrorism-strategy-spies-innocents Government anti-terrorism strategy ‘spies’ on innocent Data on politics, sexual activity and religion gathered by government Buzz up! Digg it Vikram Dodd guardian.co.uk, Friday 16 October 2009 20.15 BST Article history The government programme aimed at preventing Muslims from being lured into violent extremism is being used to gather intelligence about innocent people who [...]
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At a full Council meeting more local organisations and the two remaining Mosques who were still to publicly distance themselves from the PVE agenda submitted a statement in the form of questions to the leader of the council regarding PVE. This statement was independent from the Crisis Group initiative and signatories who were distancing themselves [...]
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Muslims target of Government plan June 24, 2009 A Government plan to counter violent extremism could “isolate, stigmatise and alienate” the Muslim community. Yet in Reading, the only cases of violent extremism in recent years involved an animal rights activist and a white supremacist. Last night, the target of general criticism at Reading borough’s full [...]
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Contrary to media reports regarding the state of PVE in Reading, it would appear that out of 20 Mosques and Muslim organisations there is now only one Muslim organisation that is ‘on board’ with the PVE agenda. However there is no evidence that this organisation has consulted the community it claims to represent before it [...]
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There is now an established debate nationally regarding the dangers of the governments PVE agenda. One of the priority groups that are being targeted by this agenda nationwide is Muslim women. The An-Nisa Society is a womens group that was established over 20 years ago and is based in West London. They initially received PVE [...]
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/feb/17/counterterrorism-strategy-muslims Anti-terror code ‘would alienate most Muslims’ • Draft strategy brands thousands as extremists • Ministers ponder plan to be unveiled next month Vikram Dodd The Guardian, Tuesday 17 February 2009 Article history The government is considering plans that would lead to thousands more British Muslims being branded as extremists, the Guardian has learned. [...]
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By Anika Bourley: Bradford councillors have hit out at claims that local authorities are not doing enough to tackle violent extremism. Communities Secretary Hazel Blears said councils must come out of their comfort zone and tackle extremism in any way needed. She said a point had been reached where work needed to be stepped up, [...]
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Reading Muslim PVE Crisis Group featured in a 40 minute BBC Radio 4 documentary on PVE. Strangely the Radio Four piece did not refer to the RM PVE Crisis Group by name but some of the key issues were covered. Here is a summarised version of the documentary with comments from Lord Nazir Ahmed, RM [...]
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The recent convictions of three young Muslim men on charges of conspiracy to cause explosions highlight the ongoing and real threat of terrorism. In video messages explaining their motivations the culprits make a clear and explicit linkage between their intentions and the impact of Western foreign policy in Muslim lands. Yet despite it coming from [...]
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By Majed Iqbal – Rochdale has been the target of clear government agendas with dedicated recruits from the local community under the banner of Preventing Violent Extremism. Communities minister, Hazel Blears after taking over her failed predecessor, Ruth Kelly, in this field has embarked on creating various ‘larger than life’ projects which singles out the Muslim [...]
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The real side of PVE The above diagram highlights the type of attention Muslims can expect to receive purely due to their Religious or Political views. This diagram can be downloaded from the following PVE document: http://www.indymedia.org.uk/media/2008/07//403360.pdf
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Fridays Evening Post write up of the Local Authorities draft action plan only raises further questions about PVE. Why the focus on Muslim Women? Is there any evidence that our Mosques have been hiding terrorists? What are the “early signs” of extremism? Interestingly earlier this year RCRE admitted that the approach of engaging all communities [...]
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Interesting, so according to the PVE strategy this person is being radicalised by some sort of Islamist ideology! – well of course not he isn’t even Muslim! A Tilehurst man appeared in court today charged with terror offences after being arrested at a railway station. Neil Lewington appeared before City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court charged [...]
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Islamic centre backs crisis group 6/11/2008 Reading Islamic Centre has said it did not back a statement issued by the Reading Council for Racial Equality (RCRE) regarding a Government initiative to prevent extremism. A group of Muslims in the town has recently launched the Reading Muslim Preventing Violent Extremism (RMPVE) crisis group following concerns that [...]
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RM PVE Crisis Group welcomes Dr. Ibrahim Nasr, Chairman of Berkshire Arab Community Association, and Peter Burt, a former member of Reading’s Local Strategic Partnership, as official advisers. Ibrahim and Peter’s advice has already proven invaluable and we welcome their support for RM PVE Crisis Group.
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A recent email received from the Reading Islamic Centre stating their position on PVE and Reading Muslim PVE Crisis Group. from: Iftikhar Kabir <mail@readingislamiccentre.com> reply-to: mail@readingislamiccentre.com to: pvecrisisgroup date: 3 November 2008 14:42 subject: PVE We, the management committee at Reading Islamic Islamic on South Street would like to clarify the following: 1. Reading Islamic [...]
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Here’s an interview with the PCC, only a few weeks ago (28.9.08) on the 1Ummah FM Ramadan Radio station they distanced themselves from the PVE agenda. We’re hearing a different story now, seems to be a bit of a u-turn going on! You can get the mp3 file from: http://www.filedropper.com/pccpveclip280908
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UK Police Map Muslims IslamOnline.net & Newspapers The new strategy will be based on “neighboring profiling.” CAIRO – Scotland Yard will map nook and cranny in Britain to prevent British Muslims from turning to extremism and to stamp out zones potential to create extremists or terror sympathizers. “You have to assess where the need is [...]
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UK Extremism Plan Upsets Reading Muslims IslamOnline.net & Newspapers Under the strategy, 300 officers have been deployed to monitor areas of potential “radicalization” in Muslim areas. CAIRO – Muslims in the southern British town of Reading are protesting a government strategy to fight extremism for targeting the Muslim community in the city. “We hope that [...]
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Muslims protest at extremism initiative By Chine Mbubaegbu 31/10/2008 A group of Muslims in Reading feel victimised by a Government initiative designed to tackle violent extremism and feel it could cause more harm than good. A crisis group has been set up with the support of more than 1,000 Muslims in Reading who object to [...]
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The Reading Muslim PVE Crisis Group was a short term initiative to communicate the change in opinion within the Muslim community in Reading in relation to the implementation of the government’s Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE) agenda and the dangers that this misguided agenda poses to community relations. RM PVE Crisis Group is supported by local Mosques [...]
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Reading Muslim PVE Crisis Group To: Mr. Michael Coughlin, Chief Executive, Reading Borough Council, Mr. Steve Kirk, Thames Valley Police 27th October 2008 Re: Position of the Muslim Community in relation to PVE in Reading We are writing to you to explain the position of the Muslim community in Reading with regards to the Preventing [...]
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