What to do to prevent radicalisation: implement Secular Koranism

@pperrin Voters who don't care about Western foreign policy be made to care about it by terrorists who kill them on grounds of nationality.

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 28, 2015

@ntfem They won't care about foreign policy, they will go elsewhere for their holidays...

— Paul Perrin (@pperrin) June 28, 2015

@pperrin Don’t care was made to care, Don’t care was hung: Don’t care was put in a pot And boiled till he was done.

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 28, 2015

.@ntfem But 'caring' is on a trajectory to give UK strong borders, and keep UK safe while stupid EU burns... works for me.

— Paul Perrin (@pperrin) June 28, 2015

@pperrin How likely are we to have a UKIP government in our lifetime? I think we are more likely to have an ISIS government than a UKIP one.

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 28, 2015

.@ntfem ISIS are no more my enemy than the EU commission is. Both would have me erased from existence.

— Paul Perrin (@pperrin) June 28, 2015

@pperrin I imagine if we had an ISIS government they would keep out illegal immigrants better.

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 28, 2015

@pperrin I have a feeling that under an ISIS government we would have a low crime rate.

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 28, 2015

@ntfem Tunisia cheap? Absolutely - it is going for a song now https://t.co/jWRhsOQyBZ

— Paul Perrin (@pperrin) June 28, 2015

@pperrin Not all Muslims are radicalised, and not all radicalised Muslims become terrorists.

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 29, 2015

@pperrin If Muslim terrorism is caused by Western foreign policy then it is easier to that than stop Muslims from being radicalised.

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 29, 2015

It is easier to change that ....

@pperrin To be radicalised is to come to the conclusion that participating in the political process is an exercise in futility.

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 29, 2015

@pperrin Anders Breivik was radicalised and was self-radicalised by exercising his ability to observe and reason.

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 29, 2015

@pperrin The only way to prevent radicalisation is to convince citizens that participating in the political process is *not* futile.

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 29, 2015

@pperrin The only way to convince citizens that participating in the political process is not futile is to allow open debate and resolution.

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 29, 2015

@pperrin From what the government is saying, it is pretty clear that it has no intention of changing its foreign policy to suit objectors.

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 29, 2015

@pperrin Government response to threat of terrorism is simply to take away more of our liberties and impose more restrictions on speech.

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 29, 2015

@pperrin The response of the government is to show that it has factored in the cost of foreign policy and show it is not changing anything.

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 29, 2015

The cost of pursuing British foreign policy is Britons becoming the victims of terrorist violence.

The posh boys of Eton would never be seen dead in a place like Sousse.

@pperrin If you can't beat them, join them? To this end I have devised Secular Koranism. http://t.co/2HKPKUbYSZ

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 29, 2015

@pperrin Secular Koranism explained at http://t.co/2HKPKUbYSZ would allow the West to control the interpretation of the Koran.

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 29, 2015

@pperrin I am suggesting that the *proposed* implementation of Secular Koranism would #prevent the radicalisation of Muslims in the West.

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 29, 2015

How to fight the totalitarian state

Thank you to our great speakers last night & to the audience for vital contributions https://t.co/bg4UphIKOD pic.twitter.com/Lw7v5TWYLr

— PSC (@PSCupdates) June 26, 2015

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Hugh Lanning, Chair of Palestine Solidarity Campaign UK, opens and chairs the meeting
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Jenny Jones, Green Party PREVENT: tackling extremism or criminalising dissent?
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Peter Oborne, journalist.PREVENT: tackling extremism or criminalising dissent?
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Karma Nabulsi, writer and academic at Oxford University.PREVENT: tackling extremism or criminalising dissent?
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Asad Ali,  MEND - Muslim Engagement and Development
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Sally Hunt, General Secretary, University and College Union PREVENT: tackling extremism or criminalising dissent?
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Rosalind McNeill, National Union of Teachers PREVENT: tackling extremism or criminalising dissent?
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Simon Natas, Human Rights Lawyer PREVENT: tackling extremism or criminalising dissent?
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Key message from @PSCupdates event on #Prevent: this affects everyone. We need to fight this together. pic.twitter.com/TbSe3qVKzg

— Rachel Diamond (@racheldiamonds) June 25, 2015

@racheldiamonds @PSCupdates When you say "we need to fight this *together*" do you mean working with the Far Right? #prevent

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 26, 2015

@racheldiamonds @PSCupdates The influence of the Far Right is now so negligible, but how about working with libertarian @UKIP? @UKIPFOP

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 26, 2015

@ntfem @PSCupdates @UKIP @UKIPFOP We're fighting racist policy so obviously wouldn't work with racists to fight it. But as broad as possible

— Rachel Diamond (@racheldiamonds) June 26, 2015

@racheldiamonds @PSCupdates @UKIPFOP Which @UKIP policy would you say is racist?

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 26, 2015

@racheldiamonds @PSCupdates @UKIPFOP It is just childish to call @UKIP racist. Even @GoodwinMJ has said he wouldn't call them Far Right.

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 26, 2015

@racheldiamonds @PSCupdates @UKIP @UKIPFOP What would be helpful is to make sure that words such as racist etc are more tightly defined.

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 26, 2015

@racheldiamonds @PSCupdates I would define racist as the belief that one race is inherently superior or inferior to another.

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 26, 2015

@racheldiamonds @PSCupdates @UKIP @UKIPFOP Would you define racist as anyone concerned about immigration? That is a very wide definition.

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 26, 2015

@racheldiamonds @PSCupdates If definitions of extremist, racist etc are left deliberately vague then law neither accessible nor foreseeable.

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 26, 2015

@racheldiamonds @PSCupdates I suggested to Simon Natas that the best way of opposing Police State Bill was to insist on tight definitions.

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 26, 2015

@racheldiamonds @PSCupdates @UKIP @UKIPFOP For some reason Simon Natas dismissed my idea out of hand and said "It would never work".

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 26, 2015

@racheldiamonds @PSCupdates @UKIPFOP Any lawyer would know all rights have to be defined and I was taken aback by Natas' dismissive attitude

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 26, 2015

@racheldiamonds @PSCupdates @UKIPFOP Simon Natas actually told me he thought "nothing could be done" and "nothing would ever work".

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 26, 2015

@racheldiamonds @PSCupdates Perhaps I misunderstood what Simon Natas said but I walked way wondering why he bothers if he is so fatalistic.

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 26, 2015

@racheldiamonds @PSCupdates @UKIP @UKIPFOP I on the other hand think much can be done if the right arguments are advanced.

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 26, 2015

@racheldiamonds @PSCupdates The concept of British values as defined by HMG can be challenged on a philosophical and logical basis.

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 26, 2015

@racheldiamonds @PSCupdates Our values r just whatever they r: the result of laws/religion/ideology/custom/culture n will always be *fluid*.

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 26, 2015

@racheldiamonds @PSCupdates It is nonsensical/irrational for HMG to state that British values are whatever they say they are FOR ALL TIME.

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 26, 2015

@racheldiamonds @PSCupdates @UKIP @UKIPFOP Have u noticed British values are EXACTLY THE SAME as Australian values? https://t.co/IV7BcOJUTQ

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 26, 2015

@racheldiamonds @PSCupdates @UKIP @UKIPFOP My proposed definition of extremist - someone whose solutions are obviously disproportionate.

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 26, 2015

@racheldiamonds @PSCupdates Simon Natas also dismissed my proposal at https://t.co/JiYPcJ5CkV. You may wish to get a second opinion though.

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 26, 2015

@racheldiamonds @PSCupdates If UK values OFFICIALLY defined at https://t.co/ZDmdD7JDFC then any proposed departure is arguably "extremist".

— Claire Khaw (@ntfem) June 26, 2015

£140 million's worth of advice to the UK government

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/02/prevent-anti-muslim-extre_n_342827.html

"... the 140 million pound ($230 million) Preventing Violent Extremism (Prevent) program is now facing serious criticism, not just from within the Muslim community, but from civil liberties groups."

If they gave me the money I would tell the government exactly how to prevent violent extremism.

1. Withdraw British soldiers from Afghanistan and apologise to the Afghans.
   
2. Withdraw British presence from Iraq and apologise to the Iraqis.
   
3. Dissociate the UK from the US and formally declare an end to the Special Poodle Relationship.
   
4. Declare that the UK is now steadfastly neutral on Israel's right to exist.
5. Declare that the government will promote social cohesion through family values thereby decreasing the likelihood adolescent angst likely to result in explosive acts of violence.
   

There. £140 million, please!