Muslims were told to reserve judgement of the Shawcross review of Prevent until its findings were released. It is already turning out to be exactly what was feared - a direct attack on Muslims Excellent article by @shahedezaydi. inews.co.uk/opinion/muslim…

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The government's war on free speech may escalate further in months to come:

The Govt's controversial Review of the UK's counterterror programme 'Prevent' is overdue by nearly two years. However, for months it has been deadlocked as lawyers try to work out if the Govt will get sued upon its release as it names Muslim individuals & groups 'extremist'.

Reckless Whitehall leaks have turned the Shawcross review into Prevent, supposedly crucial for Britain's domestic security, into a shambles amidst Tory infighting and cynical culture wars. My latest column for Middle East Eye: middleeasteye.net/opinion/uk-pre…

Today the Home Office released new PREVENT data. Some thoughts... 🧵 1/ gov.uk/government/sta…

🧵1/13 The Shawcross “Independent review" into Prevent perfectly exemplifies how this Tory government ignores the gravest of concerns of Muslim communities; pencilled in to publish today, what have been its problems?

Shawcross review of Prevent is 'deeply prejudiced and has no legitimacy' 'This review is riddled with biased thinking, errors, and plain anti-Muslim prejudice - frankly, the review has no legitimacy' - Ilyas Nagdee amn.st/60173cozf

The so-called independent review seeks to expand state powers through the securitisation of Muslims, reaffirming what our communities have been saying since the inception of Prevent. It's a tool used by the gov & authorities to suppress the free expression of the Muslim faith.

The Independent Review of Prevent has been published today. More on that to come, but there is a key mistake on p.3, which claims all UK attacks since 2019 have been "Islamist in nature" They have not.

In the Prevent review, William Shawcross specifically cites Douglas Murray & Melanie Phillips as unfairly characterised by a Prevent Officer Did Shawcross disclose how these individuals were known to him & had helped him on his book, before he published this in their support?

MEE sits down with Dr Layla Aitlhadj, the director and lead campaigner of Prevent Watch, a Muslim-led initiative representing those impacted by the Prevent programme, some of whom are as young as four years old middleeasteye.net/video/how-prev…

The Prevent review urges the British government to adopt France's approach to tackling 'non-violent extremism'. Peter Oborne, Dr Layla Aitlhadj and Prof John Holmwood discuss its implications in this special episode of Preventing Prevent Cambridge: youtube.com/watch?v=QIKuvr…

The Shawcross review of Prevent urges the destruction of any semblance of free expression and multiculturalism in Britain. I spoke to Peter Oborne, Dr Layla Aitlhadj and Prof John Holmwood about it for Preventing Prevent Cambridge:

This is very important to listen to; British gov. is doubling down on its ineffective, oppressive Prevent policies with no thought for the mountain of evidence that's piled up against it.