British state spies on Muslims *

Summary:

After 9-11 and the 2005 bombings in the Britain metro, the government came up with a anti-terrorist strategy in 2007, called Prevent. This consisted of funding Muslim organizations to turn the community away from radicalization. Now, it is focused on countering ideas of ‘the enemy’, Muslims, who believe in a political form of Islam. This more or less gives the state a carte blanche approach to go around intercepting or investigating anybody they wish, based on a series of indicators that the state has created themselves. Because of this, British Muslims have been kept under surveillance by the British police and MI6 agents. An example of this way of working is people going undercover in families, resulting in the arrest of alleged terrorists.  

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Own opinion:

I find it hard to have a clear opinion on this subject. It is perfectly understandable that, after several terrorists attacks, any state or any country, will do anything to keep their civilians safe. I believe that is their core duty. It somehow feels wrong if this is solely pointed at one religious group. But when they have real suspicions and feel they have to infiltrate in a community, in a family, to keep the rest of the people safe, they should. I do believe this should be done with the utmost care, because you can ruin lives in so many ways. Families can be torn apart and trust cannot be rebuild easily.

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Source:

(11 February 2013). Press TV. Infiltration. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOOWPFfyyiU