Henry Jackson Society
22 July 2017
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June 9, 2017
Blind, bovine hope will get us nowhere – it’s time to change our response to Islamic extremism
By Douglas Murray. This article originally appeared in The Daily Mail. Last Sunday, I appeared on the BBC’s Sunday Politics to discuss the aftermath of the Manchester attack. I said what I thought, and various Muslim groups promptly went bananas. This was not ...June 7, 2017
Hate speech spreads too easily in online spaces – here’s how social media can stop it
By Nikita Malik. This article originally appeared in The Telegraph. The last few months have seen three tragic terrorist attacks occur in the United Kingdom in quick succession. The question we now find ourselves asking is what more could have been done to prevent ...June 6, 2017
Why Trump’s wrong to obsess over terrorists’ nationality rather than developing a smart plan to defeat their ideology
This article originally appeared in the New York Daily News. By Nikita Malik. As the most recent terrorist attacks unfolded in London, President Trump took to Twitter to express anger and frustration towards the resistance to the travel bans he has sought ...January 18, 2017
Chelsea Manning betrayed the US and endangered innocent lives – she is no hero
Originally published in the International Business Times. It might have been thought that a consistent opposition to treason was not all that difficult. But President Barack Obama’s surprise decision last night to commute the sentence of Bradley, now Chelsea, Manning, showed ...May 23, 2017
Manchester bombing: Isis claims responsibility for concert attack as part of ‘shock and awe’ tactics, analysts say
This article originally appeared in The Independent Isis’ claim it was behind an attack that left at least 22 people dead in Manchester is part of a “shock and awe” strategy to maintain momentum as its territories shrink, analysts have said. The terrorist group ...November 28, 2016
Prevent gets a bad press, but it’s a crucial tool against the far-right that killed Jo Cox
Originally published by Left Foot Forward. Recent reports that there has been a worrying rise in the number of far-right referrals to the government’s counter-radicalisation programme, Prevent, have been given a grim postscript this week by the conviction of neo-Nazi terrorist, ...Research
July 11, 2017
Understanding CONTEST: The Foundation and the Future
CONTEST, the UK’s counter-terrorism strategy, was made publicly available in 2006, and revisions followed in 2009 and 2011. It is split into four work streams – Prevent, Pursue, Protect and Prepare. In light of the recent attacks in Westminster, Manchester, London ...July 5, 2017
Foreign Funded Islamist Extremism in the UK
A new report from The Henry Jackson Society, “Foreign Funded Islamist Extremism in the UK”, has highlighted the need for a public inquiry into the foreign-based funding of Islamist extremism.
We report on a growing body of evidence on the considerable ...March 5, 2017
Infographic: Islamist Terrorism: Analysis of Offences and Attacks in the UK (1998-2015)
Click here to see an infographic based on the conclusions of our report, ‘Islamist Terrorism: Analysis of Offences and Attacks in the UK (1998 – 2015)‘.
Sources for the infographic can be found the full report, which is available for purchase ...March 5, 2017
Islamist Terrorism: Analysis of Offences and Attacks in the UK (1998-2015)
Islamist Terrorism: Analysis of Offences and Attacks in the UK (1998-2015), a new research project from The Henry Jackson Society, presents the most comprehensive ever overview of the threat from Islamism-inspired terrorism in the United Kingdom.
Islamist terrorism remains the principal ...November 17, 2014
Banking Restrictions on Extremism-Linked Muslim Groups
As part of our ongoing examination of factors enabling extremists’ abuse of civic space, HJS’ Centre for the Response to Radicalisation and Terrorism published a briefing titled: Banking Restrictions on Extremism-Linked Muslim Groups. The briefing investigates charities and groups to ...September 25, 2014
Disrupting Extremists: More Effective Use of Existing Legislation
In raids across London, a total of nine men – including hate preacher Anjem Choudhury – have been arrested by the Metropolitan Police on suspicion of being members of a proscribed organisation, presumed to be al-Muhajiroun. In its first public release, ...