“David Toube, of the think tank Quilliam, said: “Civil servants should be actively engaged in disrupting the activities of this organisation, not hosting its founder as an honoured guest.””
One of the more pernicious aspects of the oppression of the Uyghur in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) by the Chinese Communist Party is that they are forced, in effect, to pay for their own persecution. The mistreatment of minorities in XUAR involves a considerable expenditure of resources by the governing Chinese Communist Party
David Toube, director of policy at the counter-extremism think tank Quilliam, accused Ms Anderson’s critics of “over policing” speech. “This isn’t a problem. Jews aren’t upset by this sort of thing,” he said on Monday.
The starting point of any new government counter-extremism strategy should be understanding the ideology that motivates hatred, not the speech that it encourages, says David Toube
The Labour Party is, as Keir Starmer has said, under new management. A grand clear-out of activists who were emboldened and empowered during the Corbyn era is underway. In the last couple of days, two officers of the Liverpool Wavertree Party have been expelled. One of those given his marching orders was Kevin Bean, secretary
For vulnerable migrants and refugees, arrival in the host society ought to signify the start of a more stable and positive existence. Yet in reality, it throws up a plethora of issues, from the inability to find secure employment to the social isolation that comes with being alone in an unfamiliar country. With statutory support
David Toube, director of policy at Quilliam, said: “We thoroughly oppose any attempt to make blasphemy a crime. It is incompatible with any freedom of belief and expression. This law would be unworkable and anachronistic in any society which values pluralism.
Given that everybody else has been doing so, I feel I ought to say something about the strange campaign that Miqdaad Versi is currently running against the reporting of the fact that two members of the public spotted the Manchester Bomber, Salman Abedi, praying in the foyer of a pop concert, prior to detonating his
L’esperto di terrorismo Liam Duffy scrive sullo Spectator di aver partecipato all’incontro dicendosi rammaricato che «l’uso del termine islamismo sia stato inquadrato nell’attuale dibattito sulla razza» E c’è di più: secondo il centro studi Quilliam, citato dal Times, raccontare una verità parziale, edulcorata, rischia anche di sfilacciare il rapporto di fiducia tra polizia e cittadini.
The Middle East is facing an information problem. There are approximately 420 million Arabic speakers in the world, and yet some estimates suggest that only 0.7% to 0.9% of the internet exists in Arabic. According to the United Nations’ Arab Human Development Report (2003), the number of books translated into Arabic in the last 1,200
Gunmen have killed six people including a priest as Mass was being celebrated in a church in Dablo in northern Burkina Faso, officials say.
Europe’s far-right politicians are reportedly using Russia’s tactics to spread disinformation and fear before crucial May vote.
The Army is waging a secret war to stop soldiers being radicalised by far-right extremists.
A new Danish far-right party that wants Islam banned and hundreds of thousands of Muslims deported could win seats in Denmark’s parliament in an upcoming election, an opinion poll showed on Monday.
