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BBC Focuses on Alleged Stereotyping of “Asians” Rather than Jihadists in the UK

The Asian label disguises the fact that there are many “Asian” Muslims (Pakistani, Bangladeshi) in the UK.

BY Bruce Cornibe · | August 30, 2016

A BBC News article written by Divya Talwar gives the impression that stereotyping is a bigger problem in the UK than jihadists recruiting young Asian Muslims to join them in Syria.

The article discusses how the amount “of under-18s detained under the Terrorism Act when entering or leaving the UK has more than tripled over two years[.]” Apparently, the number of individuals under eighteen years of age detained when trying to enter or exit the UK in 2015 was forty-six, which is up from the thirteen detained in 2013. Talwar seems to be out to expose the Terrorism Act “which grants police special powers to question and detain for up to six hours any individual passing through a UK port, airport, international rail terminal or border area.” Talwar also mentions:

The figures show those identifying as Asian or Asian British were six times more likely to be detained than those who were white.

Under the Act, there is no requirement for an officer to have a “reasonable suspicion” that someone is involved with terrorism before they stop an individual. Failure to co-operate with officers can result in three months in prison, a fine or both.

Is there possibly a jihadist problem within the Asian community? The Asian label disguises the fact that there are many “Asian” Muslims (Pakistani, Bangladeshi) in the UK, and within that community radical Islam has made significant inroads over the years.

BBC News released an article a couple weeks ago revealing that about “850 people from the UK have travelled to support or fight for jihadist organisations in Syria and Iraq, say the British authorities.”

After reviewing the profiles pics of some of the UK jihadists compiled by BBC News, one can see that ISIS has had success in recruiting “Asian” Muslims in the UK.

If we go back to an October 2013 BBC News article MI5 (British Intelligence) said “there could be as many as 200 British fighters in Syria.” That’s over a fourfold increase in the amount of jihadist fighters from the 2013 figure to the 2016 figure (*2016 figure includes Iraq and Syria).

Maybe there’s a reason why the detention of under eighteen-year-old kids has more than tripled from 2013-15? In addition, the 2013 article reveals that “most British jihadists are in their 20s, university-educated and Muslims of British Pakistani origin.”

Even though that group is a little older than the eighteen and younger crowd that Talwar talks about, it still shows that groups like ISIS are targeting the younger “Asian” demographic in the UK. So, if people like Talwar want to raise awareness about the alleged stereotyping of a certain people in the UK they need to give more of the facts and explain the whole story.

There’s an Asian-Muslim jihadist problem in the UK, and trying to expose the ‘intrusiveness’ of certain anti-terrorism techniques is not going to solve the jihadist issue.

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