This article provides the argument that political and security interventions (such as CVE interventions) risk shifting the aims of religous education to the aims and purposes of political and security interest. In other words, the author provides an argument as to why interventions in religious education for the purposes of security can unintentionally securitize the religious education sector. The author criticizes that in past instances of the intersection between religion, education and security, there is often an over-emphasis on Islam. The author then contrasts religious extremism of the present age with what he identifies as political extremism from the early 21st century (Fascism, Nazism etc.) and reviews attempts by the international community to overcome political extremism in an educational setting. In this regard, the author argues that the West’s focus on religious education as a security concern is questionable at best, and ultimately undermines civil liberties that the West hopes to promote.