Terrorism in the UK: A Workshop on Radicalisation

09:00, 2 May 2007
RUSI, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET

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About the event:

Workshop taking place from 0900 to 1700

 

There is no single cause explaining the terrorist threat faced in the United Kingdom today. Nor is there any discernible set of rules or conditions describing why some individuals become involved in activity culminating in violence against the state.

 

Instead, multifarious factors, none of which are sufficient and not all necessary, combine to facilitate the journey down a particular path. This process, which has become known as the ‘radicalisation process’, as a consequence offers little promise as a encompassing concept to analysts and policy-makers.

 

The greater value lies in dissecting the various notions and components of ‘radicalisation’, examining where they apply and in what context. By doing so we can extract and develop elements to improve investigation, intelligence, communications and relevant social conditions.

 

This workshop aims to develop the debate in this area. Presentations by key experts will take on the subject in a discussion which aims to provide important wide-ranging, details and context for those studying or involved at a policy level in particular elements of the process.

 

Confirmed speakers:

 

The Virtual Propagation of Jihadist Media and its Effects

Dr Akil N Awan

RCUK Fellow in Faith, Power and Terror, Lecturer in Contemporary Islam, Dept. of History/Dept. of Politics & International Relations, Royal Holloway, University of London

 

The Role of Religious Fundamentalism in Terrorist Violence: A Social Psychological Analysis

Dr Brooke Rogers

The King’s Centre for Risk Management, King’s College London

 

Pathways to Radicalization and De-Radicalization

Professor Anne Speckhard

Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Georgetown University Medical Center, Brussels

 

Home-Grown Nihilism: The Clash Within Civilisations

Bill Durodié

Senior Lecturer in Risk and Security, Resilience Centre, Cranfield University, Defence Academy of the United Kingdom

 

Understanding and Countering Extremism in the Community

Sheikh Musa Admani

University Imam, London Metropolitan University

 

Irfan Chishti

Director of Citizenship, Sufi Muslim Council. Imam at HMP Buckley Hall Prison, Rochdale. Principal Light of Islam Academy, Rochdale. Teacher of Religious Education, Wardle High, Rochdale

 

 

For further information and sponsorship opportunities contact Garry Hindle tel: + 44(0) 207 747 2646 email: garryh@rusi.org or visit the RUSI website.

 

Event manager: Dawn Williams, +44(0) 20 7747 2615