Universities urged to spy on Muslims

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Universities urged to spy on Muslims

Vikram Dodd
Monday October 16, 2006
The Guardian


Lecturers and university staff across Britain are to be asked to spy on "Asian-looking" and Muslim students they suspect of involvement in Islamic extremism and supporting terrorist violence, the Guardian has learned.
They will be told to inform on students to special branch because the government believes campuses have become "fertile recruiting grounds" for extremists.

http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,,1923325,00.html

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Worth reading the full article, raises some interesting issues:

1. FOSIS, which is British govt aligned, does not have control on the campuses despite having many Islamic Societies affiliated to it for them to resort to this.

2. Fosis provide Govt linked individuals such as Tariq Ramadan but there message is obviously not getting through.

3. There are sufficient sincere Muslims on Campus who carry the truth.

4. Their main Strategy is to monitor societies, leaflets and events. They will not obviously have to worry about Fosis who are actively backed by the British govt. The Foreign & Common wealth Office financed and established the www.radicalmiddleway.co.uk project of which Fosis is a part.

For the rest, they would have to continue to speak the truth without compromise by carrying Islam intellectually.

5. These are some of the key points in the article:

* It claims that Islamic societies at universities have become increasingly political in recent years....

Alhamdulillah.

* students who study in their home towns could act as a link between extremism on campuses and in their local communities

The Dawa carriers need to pursue this one systematically, sounds like a good idea.

* universities and colleges provide a fertile recruiting ground for students...Campuses provide an opportunity for individuals who are already radicalised to form new networks, and extend existing ones.

That is common knowledge from decades ago - they have caught on a bit late!

"The document says potential extremists can be talent-spotted at campus meetings then channelled to events off campus."

Not a bad idea, assuming it was unknown - identify responsive students and take them to activities and circles off campus for intensive culturing. Also a good way of staying off the radar.