Information about the UAE government’s initiatives and centres for countering violent extremism – the International Institute of Tolerance, Hedayah, and Sawab.

In recent times, terrorist groups such as Al-Qaida, Boko Haram and Islamic State have reshaped our perception of Violent Extremism (1) (VE) as well as it initiated the debate about how to tackle with this emerging threat. Also, their message of intolerance – cultural, religious and social – has just…

Mehdi Nemmouche has been convicted of carrying out Europe’s first terror attack by an Islamist fighter returning from the war in Syria. But his journey from a French foster home to a Brussels court began not in a Middle Eastern desert but in a run-down industrial town in northern France.

Mehdi Nemmouche has been convicted of carrying out Europe’s first terror attack by an Islamist fighter returning from the war in Syria. But his journey from a French foster home to a Brussels court began not in a Middle Eastern desert but in a run-down industrial town in northern France.

“Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) incorporates a range of policy responses aimed at countering terrorism, which, as the name implies, essentially focus on preventative measures. Beginning as a domestic response to terrorism in Western states, today CVE incorporates a broader range of actors than ever before, as states and societies are…

Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) incorporates a range of policy responses aimed at countering terrorism, which, as the name implies, essentially focus on preventative measures. Beginning as a domestic response to terrorism in Western states, today CVE incorporates a broader range of actors than ever before, as states and societies are…

As Islamic State (IS) loses control of its so-called Caliphate, the question on what to do with foreign fighters and their families has become more pertinent. The announcement of the US withdrawal from Syria in December, as well as Trump’s tweets mid-February that the US would release 800 fighters captured…

Hollyoaks airs a special episode next week devoted to the radicalisation storyline in which Ste Hay (Kieron Richardson) is introduced to Jonny Baxter’s (Ray Quinn) group of friends unaware they are dangerous far right extremists intent on grooming him.

Many of those who were shocked by the Home Secretary’s decision to bar Shamima Begum — who ran away from this country to join Islamic State — from returning to the UK are the same people who have vehemently opposed the Government’s Prevent strategy since its launch in 2003. But…

Ever since the first police departments were formed in the 1800s, there has been continuous debate over the appropriate model of policing to address criminal behavior and activities. The criminal threat, combined with the demands of an ever changing society, drive this debate and dictate the desired model for law…

Ever since the first police departments were formed in the 1800s, there has been continuous debate over the appropriate model of policing to address criminal behavior and activities. The criminal threat, combined with the demands of an ever changing society, drive this debate and dictate the desired model for law…

Many of those who were shocked by the Home Secretary’s decision to bar Shamima Begum — who ran away from this country to join Islamic State — from returning to the UK are the same people who have vehemently opposed the Government’s Prevent strategy since its launch in 2003. But…