Prevent alienates the Muslim communities it claims to engage.

Evidence

‘Prevent’, as a key element within ‘CONTEST’, the UK government’s counter-terrorism strategy, has been criticized as discriminatory and counterproductive from the outset. Through its specific targeting of Muslim communities, Prevent has been regarded with suspicion as a tool to collect intelligence (Dawson 2016: 6). And the criticisms of Prevent have been stronger, more specific and more widespread since the approach made it the responsibility of schools, universities, hospitals, local councils, prisons, etc. to prevent individuals from becoming terrorists. From trade unions whose members are now legally mandated to work with Prevent to international human rights research and policy organizations (Rights Watch UK 2016, Open Society Justice Initiative 2016) and UN institutions, the same concerns are raised again and again: Prevent is discriminatory in its operation, if not its intent, with the consequence that it alienates the very people it claims it wants to engage with; contrary to the ‘British values’ it extols, in its implementation Prevent involves denial of basic human rights. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 390

Categorization

• QUESTION: Worth chasing: how does Prevent’s institutionalization across education/health/local govt constitute state-level Islamophobia, and how does this institutional argument compare to Bleich’s individual-attitude definition?
• XREF: connects to: Counter-terrorism policy forced Muslim groups into complicity or exclusion. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 145; Perceived or actual discrimination deters Muslims from pursuing careers in security and uniformed services. — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 294; Prevent is discriminatory in operation and alienates the Muslims it aims to engage — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 385 (+6 more)

Related

• Prevent is discriminatory in operation and alienates the Muslims it aims to engage (similarity 0.95)
• Prevent counter-terrorism policy harms and alienates British Muslim communities. (similarity 0.95)
• Prevent’s first phase explicitly placed its burden on Muslim communities (similarity 0.91)
• Prevent policy is discriminatory, disproportionate, and counterproductive (similarity 0.90)
• Prevent is a racist, Islamophobic state policy causing concrete harms (similarity 0.90)
• Prevent’s stated all-threats remit masks a clear targeting of Muslims (similarity 0.88)
• UK Prevent duty chills campus free speech and Muslim activism. (similarity 0.88)
• Counter-terrorism policy forced Muslim groups into complicity or exclusion. (similarity 0.85)
• The UK’s counter-terrorism apparatus decentralizes surveillance into everyday public institutions, which enables discrimination. (similarity 0.84)
• Integration policy must be decoupled from counter-terrorism aims. (similarity 0.84)
• Counter-terrorism policy must comply with statutory equality obligations (similarity 0.84)
• UK counter-terror funding redirected civic support away from Islamophobia work. (similarity 0.83)
• Prevent funding was compulsory for authorities with large Muslim populations (similarity 0.82)
• Integration rhetoric predates anti-terror policy and lacks an evidence base (similarity 0.82)
• Most Prevent ‘suspicious’ referrals are lawfully behaving Muslim children who are traumatized. (similarity 0.82)

Broader Connections

• Prevent is discriminatory in operation and alienates the Muslims it aims to engage #corroborates (1.00) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 385
• Prevent counter-terrorism policy harms and alienates British Muslim communities. #corroborates (1.00) — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 437
• Prevent is a racist, Islamophobic state policy causing concrete harms #expands (0.85) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 426
• Prevent’s first phase explicitly placed its burden on Muslim communities #qualifies (0.75) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 387