Dear readers, I am pleased to inform you that I start to blog again today. Since my last blog, many things have changed both in the world and in my life.As you can see from the title, the scope of the blog is more comprehensive than before. In this blog, I will also share my... Continue Reading →
Indefinite detention for advocating jihadi violence
The Sydney Morning Herald contacted me for a comment on former judge Anthony Whealy's suggestion to imprison terrorists and terrorist advocates indefinitely till proven de-radicalised. A short quote from my interview can be read here. Yet I wish to explain my strong objection, as a scholar whom knows well the process of radicalisation within prison, against that advice. First allow me to... Continue Reading →
British Prisons and terrorism: the foretold failure
A few days ago, the head of MI5 Jonathan Evans has undertaken the unusual step of revealing, among other aspects linked to the security of the UK, his own concerns that a number of soon-to-be-freed inmates are still 'committed extremists and likely to return to terrorist activities.' As an anthropologist who has conducted one of... Continue Reading →
A note on the new Centre for the Study of Contemporary Muslim Societies (University of Western Sydney)
On the 16th of July, UWS launched a new Centre for the Study of Contemporary Muslim Societies as part of its partnership with NCEIS (National Centre for Excellence in Islamic Studies). I have received emails and queries about my involvement and position with the centre, as well as questions about its program and agenda. Since I have... Continue Reading →
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