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Why don’t most people become radicalised?
Interview with Professor Hilary Pilkington on Horizon Magazine
To understand what leads people into violent extremism, scientists are turning the question on its head and asking why it is that most young people don’t become radicalised. ‘Understanding pathways to non-radicalisation is as important to us as those that lead to radicalisation,’ said Professor Hilary Pilkington, a sociologist from the University of Manchester in the UK. Continue reading here.
Interview with Professor Hilary Pilkington on Horizon Magazine
To understand what leads people into violent extremism, scientists are turning the question on its head and asking why it is that most young people don’t become radicalised. ‘Understanding pathways to non-radicalisation is as important to us as those that lead to radicalisation,’ said Professor Hilary Pilkington, a sociologist from the University of Manchester in the UK. Continue reading here.
Why does a person become radicalised? That's the million dollar question.
Interview with Ajmal Hussain
Hussain said researchers and governments have for years been trying to find an answer to what makes a person become radicalised. He dubs this the “million dollar question”, believing there is no one answer. Read more.
Interview with Ajmal Hussain
Hussain said researchers and governments have for years been trying to find an answer to what makes a person become radicalised. He dubs this the “million dollar question”, believing there is no one answer. Read more.
Opinion Piece: Radicals with a cause? Young Muslims and the underbelly of the city.
By Ajmal Hussain
The attack on the Manchester Arena in May this year plunged the city into a scenario similar to that experienced in a handful of European cities over the past decade. The sudden interruption of public life by a troubled young person who inhabited a complex and contradictory sense of self – a local rendered extraneous through links to his parent’s homeland – has cast a shadow on the city’s Muslim population, and particularly its younger cohort. Read more.
Opinion Piece: Income Security may increase secularity, but not vice versa
By Ingrid Storm
Dr Ingrid Storm from The University of Manchester examines economic decline and church attendance in Britain. She found that despite regular churchgoers being able to cope better with economic loss; economic decline does not increase church attendance. Read more.
New Commission Launched in Greater Manchesters to tackle extremism and promote a stronger and more cohesive Manchester
An ex-member of the far-right group Combat 18 who has turned his back on hate, the chair of the review into the 2011 riots, and the North West’s former top lawyer are amongst a panel of experts.
Salafist Identity Formation between Objective Determinants and Personal Experience
by Samiha Hamdi
As we attempt to detect some signs of the social transformations taking place in Tunisia particularly after the 2011 uprising, we find the expansion of Salafism and its effects on the process of identity formation among Tunisian youth to be one of the most important social changes.
By Ajmal Hussain
The attack on the Manchester Arena in May this year plunged the city into a scenario similar to that experienced in a handful of European cities over the past decade. The sudden interruption of public life by a troubled young person who inhabited a complex and contradictory sense of self – a local rendered extraneous through links to his parent’s homeland – has cast a shadow on the city’s Muslim population, and particularly its younger cohort. Read more.
Opinion Piece: Income Security may increase secularity, but not vice versa
By Ingrid Storm
Dr Ingrid Storm from The University of Manchester examines economic decline and church attendance in Britain. She found that despite regular churchgoers being able to cope better with economic loss; economic decline does not increase church attendance. Read more.
New Commission Launched in Greater Manchesters to tackle extremism and promote a stronger and more cohesive Manchester
An ex-member of the far-right group Combat 18 who has turned his back on hate, the chair of the review into the 2011 riots, and the North West’s former top lawyer are amongst a panel of experts.
Salafist Identity Formation between Objective Determinants and Personal Experience
by Samiha Hamdi
As we attempt to detect some signs of the social transformations taking place in Tunisia particularly after the 2011 uprising, we find the expansion of Salafism and its effects on the process of identity formation among Tunisian youth to be one of the most important social changes.
Michael Privot (Director) and Ojeaku Nwabuzo (Senior Research Officer) - ENAR
Partner Focus! ENAR – the European Network Against Racism – is a strong pan-European network of anti-racism NGOs combining Europe-wide advocacy for racial equality and the facilitation of cooperation among civil society anti-racist actors across Europe.
ENAR is the only pan-European network where organisations combating different forms of racism can exchange and plan common actions. The organisation was set up in 1998 by grassroots activists on a mission to achieve legal changes at European level and make decisive progress towards racial equality in all EU Member States.
DARE is a great opportunity for ENAR to be directly engaged with and contribute to an active and committed research community looking into (in)equality, exclusion and radicalisation. ENAR has long been making the case that inequalities, exclusion and disenfranchisement are among the key drivers of radicalisation towards extreme political views, both on the “jihadi” or on the “far-right” sides, down to various forms of violence, including terrorism. DARE allows ENAR and other partners to explore in depth correlations between these different elements and bring more scientific evidence in an area that is paradoxically little researched, but also develop solutions based on the research outcomes. ENAR will therefore actively contribute to the design of toolkits for street workers, teachers, educators and youth workers that will support them in empowering youth to stay away from ideologies that might drag them into forms of violence, while ensuring they are equipped to voice democratically their life-options for a better and more equal world. This will part of the Work Package 9 (Countering radicalisation through dialogue).
ENAR will also contribute to the dissemination of outcomes of the various research, support their formulation into policy recommendations with the view to increase the impact of the project. DARE is not only about world-class research: it’s also about improving the design and impact of public policies by providing sound evidence and turn-key proposals to ensure that policies do not have any disproportionate effect on specific minority groups, that they are fully inclusive and Human Rights based. ENAR will therefore co-lead the Work Package 10 (Societal impact, scientific and public engagement) with the People for change Foundation. As present, Ojeaku (Senior Research Officers) and Michael (Director) are involved in the DARE Project. A third person will join the team in 2019 to work specifically on the DARE project. To read more about ENAR and their contribution to the team visit the partners page.
ENAR is the only pan-European network where organisations combating different forms of racism can exchange and plan common actions. The organisation was set up in 1998 by grassroots activists on a mission to achieve legal changes at European level and make decisive progress towards racial equality in all EU Member States.
DARE is a great opportunity for ENAR to be directly engaged with and contribute to an active and committed research community looking into (in)equality, exclusion and radicalisation. ENAR has long been making the case that inequalities, exclusion and disenfranchisement are among the key drivers of radicalisation towards extreme political views, both on the “jihadi” or on the “far-right” sides, down to various forms of violence, including terrorism. DARE allows ENAR and other partners to explore in depth correlations between these different elements and bring more scientific evidence in an area that is paradoxically little researched, but also develop solutions based on the research outcomes. ENAR will therefore actively contribute to the design of toolkits for street workers, teachers, educators and youth workers that will support them in empowering youth to stay away from ideologies that might drag them into forms of violence, while ensuring they are equipped to voice democratically their life-options for a better and more equal world. This will part of the Work Package 9 (Countering radicalisation through dialogue).
ENAR will also contribute to the dissemination of outcomes of the various research, support their formulation into policy recommendations with the view to increase the impact of the project. DARE is not only about world-class research: it’s also about improving the design and impact of public policies by providing sound evidence and turn-key proposals to ensure that policies do not have any disproportionate effect on specific minority groups, that they are fully inclusive and Human Rights based. ENAR will therefore co-lead the Work Package 10 (Societal impact, scientific and public engagement) with the People for change Foundation. As present, Ojeaku (Senior Research Officers) and Michael (Director) are involved in the DARE Project. A third person will join the team in 2019 to work specifically on the DARE project. To read more about ENAR and their contribution to the team visit the partners page.
