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THE GUARDIAN: Phrasebook designed to avoid blaming Muslims for extremism
A new counter-terrorism phrasebook has been drawn up within Whitehall to advise civil servants on how to talk to Muslim communities about the nature of the terror threat without implying they are specifically to blame.
Reflecting the government's decision to abandon the "aggressive rhetoric" of the so-called war on terror, the guide tells civil servants not to use terms such as Islamist extremism or jihadi-fundamentalist but instead to refer to violent extremism and criminal murderers or thugs to avoid any implication that there is an explicit link between Islam and terrorism.
It warns those engaged in counter-terrorist work that talk of a struggle for values or a battle of ideas is often heard as a "confrontation/clash between civilisations/cultures". Instead it suggests that talking about the idea of shared values works much more effectively. Whitehall draws up new rules on language of terror >>> By Alan Travis, home affairs editor
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THE GUARDIAN: Phrasebook designed to avoid blaming Muslims for extremism
A new counter-terrorism phrasebook has been drawn up within Whitehall to advise civil servants on how to talk to Muslim communities about the nature of the terror threat without implying they are specifically to blame.
Reflecting the government's decision to abandon the "aggressive rhetoric" of the so-called war on terror, the guide tells civil servants not to use terms such as Islamist extremism or jihadi-fundamentalist but instead to refer to violent extremism and criminal murderers or thugs to avoid any implication that there is an explicit link between Islam and terrorism.
It warns those engaged in counter-terrorist work that talk of a struggle for values or a battle of ideas is often heard as a "confrontation/clash between civilisations/cultures". Instead it suggests that talking about the idea of shared values works much more effectively. Whitehall draws up new rules on language of terror >>> By Alan Travis, home affairs editor
Mark Alexander (Paperback)
Mark Alexander (Hardback)
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This is exactly what we have been saying here at Infidel Bloggers Alliance for years. Of course, we are more specific and draconian about it. We say, anyone caught advocating Sharia law is guilty of Sedition and the penalty ought to be death/life imprisonment,...
- The Gathering Storm Report
Microphone courtesy of Google Images Walid Shoebat and I (Mark Alexander) will be Always On Watch and WC’s special guests on this week’s ‘Gathering Storm Report’ on Friday March 14, 2008. The show will be broadcast between 3pm and 5pm, EST. Please...
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The genie of life presented Britain with three difficult situations, and instead of choosing to man-up and take responsibility for their situation, the British have chosen to make three wishes (from Daniel Pipes): Beneath the deceptively placid surface...
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