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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:<ref>[http://security.homeoffice.gov.uk/news-publications/publication-search/prevent-strategy/preventing-violent-extremism?view=Binary Preventing Violent Extremism: A Strategy for Delivery] HM Government, Date unknown - accessed 25 November 2009</ref>
 
 
 
* 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".<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/oct/16/anti-terrorism-strategy-spies-innocents Government Anti-Terrorism Strategy Spies on Innocent] 16 October 2009, the [[Guardian]] - accessed 25 November 2009</ref>
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[[Institute of Race Relations]] published a report <ref>[http://www.irr.org.uk/pdf2/spooked.pdf Arun Kundnani, Spooked: How Not to Prevent Violent Extremism], October 2009, Institute of Race Relations - accessed 24 November 2009</ref> which highlighted how the PVE programme was being used
 
 
 
 
 
===Notes===
 
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