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Terrorism in the UK: A Workshop on Radicalisation
09:00, 2 May 2007RUSI, 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
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,
Home-Grown Nihilism: The Clash Within Civilisations
Bill Durodié
Senior Lecturer in Risk and Security, Resilience Centre,
Understanding and Countering Extremism in the Community
Sheikh Musa Admani
University Imam,
Irfan Chishti
Director of Citizenship, Sufi Muslim Council. Imam at HMP Buckley Hall Prison,
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Event manager: Dawn Williams, +44(0) 20 7747 2615