This article reports on an intervention designed to prevent violent extremism in young UK
Muslims, and provides an empirical assessment of its effectiveness. The course was designed
to expose participants to the multiplicity of value priorities that influential Muslims embody,
and to structure group activities that allow participants to explore all value positions on issues
central to radical Islamist discourse, free from criticism or social pressure. The intervention, a
16 contact hour course using films and group activities that enables participants to problem
solve according to a broad array of their own values, was pre and post tested with 81 young
Muslims (mean age 19.48; SD=2.14) across seven pilot groups around the UK. As
hypothesised, value spread and integrative complexity increased significantly by the end of
the course in group discussions, and in written responses to moral dilemmas, conflict
resolution style shifted towards collaboration and compromise