Prevent guidance disproportionately targets Islamist extremism despite formally covering all threats.
Evidence
Noting that ‘terrorists associated with the extreme right also pose a continued threat’, the guidance nevertheless places particular emphasis on the dangerous ideology of Islamist extremists (HM Government 2015c). — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 403
Categorization
- ADDENDUM: Directly relevant to ‘On Sacrifice’/‘Grafting’? No — rather adds texture to the racialization-vs.-neutral-camps debate in the Foundations module, showing how formal neutrality in official documents coexists with de facto targeting.
- XREF: connects to: Prevent’s stated all-threats remit masks a clear targeting of Muslims — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia: Still a Challenge for Us…, 398; Selective coverage reduces entire Muslim communities to violent militants. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 498; Anti-Muslim suspicion targets all Muslims, not just violent extremists — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 540 (+3 more)
Related
- Prevent’s stated all-threats remit masks a clear targeting of Muslims (similarity 0.93)
- Prevent’s first phase explicitly placed its burden on Muslim communities (similarity 0.84)
- Prevent alienates the Muslim communities it claims to engage. (similarity 0.81)
- Prevent’s second phase extended its reach to broadly defined extremism and legal duty (similarity 0.81)
- Prevent policy is discriminatory, disproportionate, and counterproductive (similarity 0.80)
- Prevent is discriminatory in operation and alienates the Muslims it aims to engage (similarity 0.80)
- Anti-terror safety demands are displaced onto Muslims disproportionately (similarity 0.80)
- Most Prevent ‘suspicious’ referrals are lawfully behaving Muslim children who are traumatized. (similarity 0.80)
- Prevent counter-terrorism policy harms and alienates British Muslim communities. (similarity 0.79)
- Vague definitions in policy guidance enable prejudice-driven implementation. (similarity 0.78)
- Prevent is a racist, Islamophobic state policy causing concrete harms (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Prevent’s stated all-threats remit masks a clear targeting of Muslims
#corroborates(0.95) — Runnymede Trust (ed. Farah Elahi & Omar Khan), Islamophobia, 398 - Anti-terror safety demands are displaced onto Muslims disproportionately
#corroborates(0.85) — A. Hussain, N. Meer, Framing Muslim Integration, 432 - Selective coverage reduces entire Muslim communities to violent militants.
#expands(0.80) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 498 - Terrorism and extremism are treated as exclusive to Islam
#expands(0.80) - Anti-Muslim suspicion targets all Muslims, not just violent extremists
#expands(0.75) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 540 - Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act enforcement targeted Muslims despite neutral wording.
#exemplifies(0.75) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 259