Can radicalisation be defeated? Yes, if we understand that it happens when people’s bonds are broken: Police officers parade suspected Boko Haram militants. AUDU ALI MARTE/AFP via Getty Images Radical extremism has increased by 320% in the last five years and cost the world an estimated US$ 14.1 trillion as of 2018. It’s a worldwide …
Capitol riots: Ashli Babbitt and the far-right radicalisation of women: In the wake of the attack on the US Capitol, there has been a lot of discussion of the role of the 35-year-old US Air Force veteran Ashli Babbitt, who was one of the five people killed during the violence that day. Right-wing posters on …
Teaching anti-terrorism: how France and England use schools to counter radicalisation: The murder of the schoolteacher Samuel Paty, beheaded by 18-year-old Abdoullakh Abouyedovich Anzorov in October 2020 after Paty had shown caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad during a civic education lesson, has understandably caused shock and fear among teachers in France. Many teachers were already …
Radicalisation is not just a terrorist tactic – street gangs do it every day: Shutterstock/SydaProductions The word radicalisation has been hijacked by the war on terror and become interchangeable with extremism. But radicalisation is happening in our towns and cities every day as marginalised teenagers and children – left isolated from opportunity – join street …
Four things schools can do to help tackle extremism and radicalisation: shutterstock The terrorist attacks in Manchester and London renewed discussions about how to stop young Muslims being radicalised. A lot of the ideas focus on closing down social media sites, reporting “at-risk” individuals or organisations, and educating pupils on the evils of extremism. But …