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Revision as of 13:18, 25 November 2009
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The Preventing Violent Extremism Programme is the official name of Prevent strand of the British government's counter-terrorism strategy - Contest 2. It is sometimes abbreviated as PVE.
It is managed and funded by the Department for Communities and Local Government, the Foreign Office, the Police services and the Home Office and its affiliates, such as the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism and Research, Information and Communications Unit
Objectives
The fundamental objectives of PVE are to engage and work with Muslim communities to:[1]
- Undermine extremist voices and ideologies so that mainstream voices can speak for the majority of Muslims, who are peaceful and law-abiding citizens
- Disrupt those who promote violence as a methodology for change by strengthening moderate voices and their ability to counter the simplistic arguments and solutions to perceived and real grievances.
- Work with law-enforcement agencies, communities and community leaders to help bring back individuals who may be showing signs of radicalisation and/or extremism through programmes such as the Preventing Violent Extremism Pathfinder Fund
- Strengthen the Muslim community as a whole to counter the ideas and beliefs of extremists
- Address the grievances that extremists may use to justify their arguments and actions, such as the Iraq war.
Criticisms
In October 2009, the Guardian reported that Preventing Violent Extremism was being used "to gather intelligence about innocent people who are not suspected of involvement in terrorism".[2]
Institute of Race Relations published a report [3] which highlighted how the PVE programme was being used
Notes
- ↑ Preventing Violent Extremism: A Strategy for Delivery HM Government, Date unknown - accessed 25 November 2009
- ↑ Government Anti-Terrorism Strategy Spies on Innocent 16 October 2009, the Guardian - accessed 25 November 2009
- ↑ Arun Kundnani, Spooked: How Not to Prevent Violent Extremism, October 2009, Institute of Race Relations - accessed 24 November 2009
