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20-10-2009

Invitation to House of Lords discussion on Preventing Violent Extremism (PREVENT)


Tuesday 27th October 2009

Lord Ahmed and The Cordoba Foundation invite you to a discussion on Preventing Violent Extremism (PREVENT) to address recent revelations of spying on the Muslim community and the ramifications on present and future security and community relations.

Also see Spooked: how not to prevent violent extremism

Speakers include:

Arun Kundnani, Institute of Race Relations (IRR)
Robert Lambert MBE, Co-Director of the European Muslim Research Centre
Dr Muhammad Abdul Bari, Secretary General of the Muslim Council of Britain
Oliver McTernan, Director of Forward Thinking
Saleh Mamun, Campaign Against Criminalising Communities
Dominic Grieve QC, MP, Shadow Home Secretary (tbc)
amongst others to be announced shortly

The meeting will be held on Tuesday 27th October 2009 at 6.45pm in Committee Room 3 at the House of Lords. Entrance is via the St Stephen's Entrance, please allow 15 minutes for security checks.

Limited Places

For further information and media enquiries, please contact The Cordoba Foundation email: info@thecordobafoundation.com tel: 020 8991 3372

http://www.thecordobafoundation.com