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Wednesday, 10 November 2010
'Prevent'
The Register, Counter-terror review to consider net jihadis, 9 Nov 2010 "The government has today launched a review of its controversial "Prevent" counter-terrorism strategy, which includes measures to tackle extremist material online."
Saturday, 6 November 2010
Abu Hamza al-Masri
VOA, Radical British Imam Wins Citizenship Appeal, 5 Nov 2010 "A controversial Islamic cleric in Britain has won an appeal against the government's attempt to strip him of his British passport. The decision creates further obstacles for U.S. authorities who want to extradite the cleric on terrorist charges. "
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Abu Hamza
Friday, 5 November 2010
'Radicalisation via YouTube'?
Jonathan Githens-Mazer, Comment is free, Guardian, 'Radicalisation via YouTube'? It's not so simple, 4 Nov 2010 "Segments of the media and thinktank land have proclaimed that this was 'radicalisation through the internet', that Choudhry acted because radical preaching on the internet told her to. This is an oversimplified explanation that offers more populist hot air than meaningful insight."
Thursday, 4 November 2010
“Multiculturalism in a Globalised Society: European Muslims, Identity and Citizenship” : Euro-Islam: News and Analysis on Islam in Europe and North America
Euro-Islam, Call for Papers: “Multiculturalism in a Globalised Society: European Muslims, Identity and Citizenship” : deadlines for papers have passed, but the conference looks interesting.
Roshonara Choudhry
The Guardian, Roshonara Choudhry: I wanted to die … I wanted to be a martyr, 4 Nov 2010 transcript, with an indication of the role of al-Awlaki's sermons on Choudhry's stabbing of Stephen Timms. The transcript also refers to RevolutionMuslim.
"She began listening to his sermons in November 2009, and finished the last in the first week of May, days before she carried out the attack. "I downloaded the full set of Anwar al-Awlaki's lectures," Choudhry told police, saying that she listened to more than 100 hours of them."
"She began listening to his sermons in November 2009, and finished the last in the first week of May, days before she carried out the attack. "I downloaded the full set of Anwar al-Awlaki's lectures," Choudhry told police, saying that she listened to more than 100 hours of them."
Tuesday, 2 November 2010
Net 'radicalization'
Telegraph, Stephen Timms stabbing: how internet sermons turned quiet student into fanatic, 2 Nov 2010 "But what makes Choudhry’s crime all the more disturbing is her transformation over a period of just six months from a moderate Muslim enjoying her English degree studies into a fully-fledged al-Qaeda operative, as a result of simply sitting in front of her computer and listening to the sermons of Anwar al-Awlaki, readily available on YouTube."
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east London,
Newham,
prosecutions
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