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Theresa May MP Home Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities launched the United kingdom's New Prevent Strategy on the 5th June 2011 in which she states that "Osama bin Laden may be dead, but the threat from Al Qa’ida inspired terrorism is not." Lord Carlile of Berriew QC, who independently reviewed the previous strategy concludes that :"This new strategy defines far more strongly than before the proper scope of Prevent" stating that “It should also provide interested organisations, from the student arena to the worlds of business and politics, with an opportunity they should welcome to declare unequivocally that they oppose extremism and all its consequences.” You can download here The New Strategy, Lord Carlile's review and the Equality Impact assessment that informed the strategy. Over the next few weeks The RecoRa Institute will be reporting reaction to the new strategy. “This new strategy is designed to endure. Already it has to deal with a range of terrorism threats, including Al Qa’ida and right-wing extremism. None is singled out for special treatment outside the operational demands of current threat levels. New groups may emerge as others fade.” “It should also provide interested organisations, from the student arena to the worlds of business and politics, with an opportunity they should welcome to declare unequivocally that they oppose extremism and all its consequences.” You can download the full strategy together with Lord 1. It confused the delivery of Government policy to promote integration with Government policy to prevent terrorism. 2. It failed to confront the extremist ideology at the heart of the threat we face; and 3. in trying to reach those at risk of radicalisation, funding sometimes even reached the very extremist organisations that Prevent should have been confronting. More »
The Journey of the Soul is promoted by the RecoRa Institute as one of few interventions aimed at disengaging young people from the radicalization process that works. More »