This report, written by the Change Institute and commissioned by DG JLS of the European Commission reviews European member state approaches to cooperation with civil society for the prevention and response to violent radicalisation. There are a range of specific history and development paths for civil society organisations, particularly organisations…

This document gives examples of the encouraging work on empowering Muslim women that is going on across the UK . The document brings together inspiring case studies on women finding their voice, supporting each other, improving their skills, starting businesses, and learning to be leaders. The case studies detailed are…

The project Recognising and Responding to Radicalisation set out to explore the question: what would assist front line professionals, and community activists, develop an enhanced understanding of the process of radicalisation? The project was specifically concerned with the process of radicalisation leading to support for or engagement in acts of…

This action plan has two main objectives: through a direct, preventive effort, it must be ensured that we as a society are prepared to identify and address speci?c problems related to extremism in a timely manner. Extremist propaganda should be met with factual information and alternative offers for the young…

This report is an exploration of multiple factors that contribute to, or undermine, community cohesion in local urban areas. It analyses new data on the lived experience of everyday cohesion in three areas in England where proportionally large numbers of Muslims and people of other faiths and of no faith…

In February 2008, the UK Government published guidance to local partners on preventing violent extremism that emphasised the importance of working with children and young people and encouraged local partnerships to engage with schools and colleges. This toolkit supplements that guidance, responding to calls for more practical advice specifically focused…

This paper looks at the relationship between poverty and ethnic background of the population living in Birmingham wards. The aim is to draw a picture based on the existing statistical evidence and describe the different dimensions of deprivation at local level and across ethnic groups. The extent to which the…

Founded in 2008 following a conference in Albany, New York, Project SALAM (Support and Legal Advocacy for Muslims) was initiated to investigate and challenge the pre-emptive persecution and prosecution of Muslims following the September 11th attacks. They have examined each prosecution on the basis of terrorism-related charges post-9/11 to determine…

Following the Bali bombing in 2002, which claimed 227 victims and injured many more, the Bali Peace Park Association Inc. has sought to raise $3 million to erect a memorial garden on the Sari Club Site in Kuta, Bali. The Association also encompasses the Beyond Bali Project, funded by the…

Douglas McLeod is professor of journalism and mass communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He joins Inside Islam on the blog to write a guest entry about his research on the Internet and media in the Islamic world.

In late 2006, the European Commission charged one of ICSR’s partners, King’s College London, with conducting an in-depth study of the ways in which Islamist militants in Europe were being recruited and mobilised. The resulting ICSR study – ‘Recruitment and Mobilisation for the Islamist Militant Movement in Europe’ – was…

This paper examines the complex relationships between gender, education, extremism and security. After defining extremism and fundamentalism, it looks first at the relationship of gender to violence generally, before looking specifically at how this plays out in more extremist violence and terrorism. Religious fundamentalism is also shown to have gendered…