An independent review of the British government’s Prevent strategy has found it is “not doing enough to counter non-violent Islamist extremism” and “has a double standard when dealing with the extreme right-wing and Islamism.”
The review was ordered by former Home Secretary Priti Patel in 2019 but on Wednesday her successor, Suella Braverman, said the government would be accepting all 34 recommendations in the report.
Braverman described the 188-page review, led by the former Chairman of the Charity Commission, William Shawcross, as “superb” and “unflinching,” and she said it showed that the Prevent strategy had been influenced by “cultural timidity” and “institutional hesitancy” for fear of being accused of Islamophobia….
The review was ordered by former Home Secretary Priti Patel in 2019 but on Wednesday her successor, Suella Braverman, said the government would be accepting all 34 recommendations in the report.
Braverman described the 188-page review, led by the former Chairman of the Charity Commission, William Shawcross, as “superb” and “unflinching,” and she said it showed that the Prevent strategy had been influenced by “cultural timidity” and “institutional hesitancy” for fear of being accused of Islamophobia….
