Some quick Notes about how the CTS Bill can affect us in practice:
The problem with this Bill is the definition of extremism. Can suspect you of holding 'extremist' ideas, if for example
- you made zakat payment to Syria to help orphans,
- your child writes poems about injustice in Palestine,
- you attend a mosque in which they say Homosexuality is Haram and sinful
- you attend a demonstration against British army fighting Muslims even though being polite and not agressive
- you send a text or What'sApp message, Facebook or Twitter post about any of the above, it gives them reasons for suspicion
This is very dangerous because the idea is to change the way we think, speak about Islam until they are happy.
Problems if they suspect you:
1. Passports can be seized at discretion of the Home Office without notice,or any evidence for up to 14 days - if a Muslim wanted to travel to say Turkey, Egypt, Pakistan, Bangladesh even, they can seize your passport at the airport and prevent you from flying. They do not need to give you a reason.
2. Exclusion order - again if you went to a Muslim country for example Turkey, Egypt, Pakistan, Bangladesh, all it takes is someone that dislikes you to tell the authorities that so and so went to this country to fund certain or support certain activities. No proof needed, the authorities can stop you from returning for up to 2 years.
***You might even be innocent but still will be inconvenience and you will have no right to do anything about it***
3. If you are suspected, under TPIMs they can force you to relocate from where you live. So someone in East London can be forced to move to away from London and in the middle of nowhere away from friends, family and relatives.
4. They will force schools, colleges, hospitals, doctors, nurses, dentist, police, etc to report you or your children for signs of extremism.
****Eg. Clean shaven man suddenly grows a beard, a girl who suddenly decides to wear hijab, if people suddenly decide to show interest in praying fasting in schools or in the workplace, basically demonstrating any "sudden change" in religiousness must indicate that this person "may be" under the influence of radicalisation.***
5. De-radicalisation - this could mean a child can be taken into social care to prevent influence of parents sending him or her to a madrasah which teaches with what is deemed 'anti British values'
6. Airlines will need to disclose personal info to the authorities in advance to help with point 1. and 2.
Hopefully some of these examples will give an indication as to how dangerous this Bill is, and the inconvenience it will have based on pure suspicion and not evidence. Any evidence that exist, is behind closed doors. Neither the suspect or their lawyers will have access to this evidence and therefore will not be able to make a case against it.
The problem is with definition and secrecy of evidence.
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