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'''Project Rich Picture''' is the code name given to a covert Security Service ([[MI5]]) and Police  project aimed at collating intelligence and information relating to the radicalisation of British Muslims.<ref>Jason Bennetto [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/mi5-conducts-secret-inquiry-into-8000-alqaida-sympathisers-406435.html MI5 conducts secret inquiry into 8,000 al-Qa'ida 'sympathisers'] ''The Independent'', 3 July 2006, accessed 15.03.2010</ref>   
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'''Project Rich Picture''' is the code name given to a covert Security Service ([[MI5]]) and Police  project aimed at collating intelligence and information relating to the radicalisation of British Muslims.<ref>Jason Bennetto, [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/mi5-conducts-secret-inquiry-into-8000-alqaida-sympathisers-406435.html MI5 conducts secret inquiry into 8,000 al-Qa'ida 'sympathisers'] ''The Independent'', 3 July 2006, accessed 15.03.2010</ref>   
  
 
The UK Government's [[Contest]] strategy states that the objective of Project Rich Picture is to:  
 
The UK Government's [[Contest]] strategy states that the objective of Project Rich Picture is to:  

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This article is part of the Counter-Terrorism Portal project of Spinwatch.

Project Rich Picture is the code name given to a covert Security Service (MI5) and Police project aimed at collating intelligence and information relating to the radicalisation of British Muslims.[1]

The UK Government's Contest strategy states that the objective of Project Rich Picture is to:

"Provide a wider understanding of the context of terrorist activity and radicalisation in this country. Under this programme information is collected on issues related to violent extremist activity in local communities".[2]

The Independent reported that the instigation of Project Rich Picture has led the Security Services and the Police to investigate up to '8,000 suspected al-Qa'ida sympathisers' in 'colleges, mosques and internet websites' in order to ensure that those individuals who may be trying to 'groom or radicalise those sympathetic to the aims of al-Qa'ida' are apprehended and prevented.[3]

Expansion

According to Contest 2, Project Rich Picture will be expanded in the future across policing and the security services and will also include 'external partners'.[4] These external partners could include Muslim community groups and community representatives.


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