Asim Qureshi responds to Nazir Afzal’s critique of those campaigning against UK’s counter-extremism strategy Prevent.


Asim Qureshi is the Research Director at CAGE, a UK-based advocacy organisation working to empower communities impacted by the War on Terror. He has a... background in International and Islamic Law and is author of the book 'Rules of the Game'.
Asim Qureshi responds to Nazir Afzal’s critique of those campaigning against UK’s counter-extremism strategy Prevent.

The recent assassination of an imam in Mombasa fans the flames of existing grievances among Kenya’s Muslims.
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Passport removal becomes the newest measure in the British Home Secretary’s ever-expanding arsenal.
![UK Home Secretary Theresa May, unable to prove any of the terror allegations against radical Islamist Abu Qatada, tried to deport him for being 'undesirable' [Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/2013106124244489734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)