What is the best way to prevent the radicalisation of young people? As each week brings news of young men and women leaving their homes in the UK to travel to Syria and Iraq, it’s a question that has received a lot of airtime. Proposed solutions range from harsh punishments and stripping citizenship, to ever-increasing online surveillance, to engaging young people and providing better role models.
This week, the community organisation Minhaj-ul-Quran International (MQI) is launching a “counter-terrorism curriculum” in the UK, which aims to counter Isis recruitment. It is rooted in Islamic texts, drawing heavily on Quaranic verses and the hadith. MQI is run by the Pakistani theologian (and one-time revolutionary) Dr Tahir-ul-Qadri, who shot to prominence in the west in 2010 when he published the first ever fatwa against terrorism. He is the author of ten books on counter-terrorism, which emphasise the Islamic values of compassion, mercy, and peace.
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