Stand for Peace
Stand for Peace is a British organisation engaged in what it calls 'exposing and fighting extremism'. It syas it 'provides a platform for rational discussion of the Middle East' and 'challenges the extremism that additionally manifests right here in Britain, especially in our universities.'
History
Although co-founder Sam Westrop has expressed opposition to interfaith organisations and described them as a manifestation of 'European sickness'[1], he and Hasan Afzal established Stand for Peace, which calls itself 'a Jewish-Muslim interfaith organisation' in 2011.
In February 2011, Westrop wrote in a Jerusalem Post blog: StandforPeace is a new project - designed by students, policy makers and political activists – to bring moral clarity to the discussion of human rights, in particular with regards to the Middle East. We also exist to fight extremism in our universities, whether it is perpetuated by Islamist ideologues, the far right, the Palestinian Solidarity Movement or any of the delegitimisation network.[2]
It claims to consist of 'students and young professionals' and says it aims to 'prevent both violent and nonviolent forms of extremism through education and awareness raising'.[3]
Incorporated on 10 June 2011, Stand for Peace is a private limited company.[4]
Activities
Stand for Peace's website features a selection of what it calls 'extremist photos', including students, activists and Muslim preachers and listing left-wingers alonsgide English Defence League leader Stephen Lennon.
Westrop has said that Stand for Peace has worked 'closely' in the past with Student Rights, another Britsih anti-extremism pressure group concentrating on universities.[5]
Affiliations
People
- Sam Westrop - co-director
- Hasan Afzal - co-director[6]
Contact
- Website:http://standforpeace.org.uk/sfp
Notes
- ↑ Interfaith Apostate, The Propagandist, accessed 16 July 2012
- ↑ Islamism in British Universities, Jerusalem Post, accessed 17 July 2012
- ↑ About Us, Stand for Peace, accessed 16 July 2012
- ↑ Stand for Peace, Bizzy.co.uk, accessed 17 July 2012
- ↑ Islamism in British universities, Jerusalem Post, accessed 16 July 2012
- ↑ STAND FOR PEACE LIMITED 07666073, Company Check, accessed 17 July 2012
