Muslim Community 'Making Less Than 10%'Of Referrals To Controversial Anti-Radicalisation Prevent Programme

Source: http://ift.tt/zP5LE8 - Saturday, December 26, 2015
A fraction of referrals to a key Government anti-terror scheme are being made from within the Muslim community, according to reports. Less than 10% of referrals to the Prevent programme, a central plank of the Government's counter-terrorism strategy, come from within the Muslim community, according to figures obtained by The Times. The collapse in referrals means the bulk of tip-offs are originating from public services, such as schools or doctors, breeding distrust and disillusionment among some Muslim communities, it is claimed. A Home Office minister insisted it had worked with "mosques, faith groups and community organisations", as well as placing a duty on public bodies to refer cases. The Prevent programme has been widely criticised Data reportedly released by the National Police Chiefs Council revealed that of the 3,288 referrals to Prevent in the first half of the year, just 280 - or 8.6% came from within the Muslim community, or from family, friends and faith leaders. Nearly 2,200 referrals were made by public bodies outside policing, such as social services and the health or education sectors. SEE ALSO: The Prevent strategy won't work if it is seen as spying 17 signs you're a young person 'ripe' for radicalisation The rest were said to have come from within prisons or from police investigations. One north London faith group representing tens of thousand of Muslims is said to have called for a boycott of Prevent, while M

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