Human rights debate to help launch professor’s new book
Human rights debate to help launch professor’s new book
03/12/2014
Middlesex professor to launch book on birth of radical jihadism, following a human rights debate featuring Professor Phil Shiner discussing the role of human rights in keeping our societies safe.
A new book uncovering the ongoings inside Finsbury Park Mosque where
Abu Qatada and Abu Hamza were preaching will be launched at Middlesex
University on 8 December – written by Middlesex University Professor of Journalism
Kurt Barling.
The book, 'Guilty - The fight against radical Islam', discusses the experiences
of two journalists – Professor Kurt Barling and Réda Hassaïne who went
undercover in the Mosque and 'identifies the signs that were missed and the
consequences that the world faces as a result'.
Professor Kurt Barling wrote the book with Réda Hassaïne, a journalist
and former Algerian, French and British Security Service informant who was
employed to gather information on Abu Hamza at Finsbury Park Mosque in north
London.
By sheer coincidence, Professor Barling was also working undercover at
Finsbury Park Mosque in the 1990s and early 2000s and both became eye-witnesses
to the birth of British jihadism and the attempts to radicalise young men and
build a global jihadi movement to inflict harm on the West.
The launch event will include a debate on whether human rights are important
in the dignity and worth of every individual and that the effective functioning
of rights contribute to a heightened sense of well-being for most if not all,
resulting in safe societies.
The debate panel includes:
Professor Phil Shiner - Public Interest Lawyers and Middlesex University
Professor Kurt Barling – Middlesex University
Professor Helena Wray - Middlesex University
Dr Maureen Spencer - Middlesex University
Chair: Professor Joshua Castellino - Dean of The School of Law
Agenda:
4.30pm – light refreshments
5pm – the debate
6.30pm – book launch including a cheese and wine reception
Tickets are free and can be booked through Eventbrite.
Human rights debate to help launch professor’s new book
The book, 'Guilty - The fight against radical Islam', discusses the experiences of two journalists – Professor Kurt Barling and Réda Hassaïne who went undercover in the Mosque and 'identifies the signs that were missed and the consequences that the world faces as a result'.
Professor Kurt Barling wrote the book with Réda Hassaïne, a journalist and former Algerian, French and British Security Service informant who was employed to gather information on Abu Hamza at Finsbury Park Mosque in north London.
By sheer coincidence, Professor Barling was also working undercover at Finsbury Park Mosque in the 1990s and early 2000s and both became eye-witnesses to the birth of British jihadism and the attempts to radicalise young men and build a global jihadi movement to inflict harm on the West.
The launch event will include a debate on whether human rights are important in the dignity and worth of every individual and that the effective functioning of rights contribute to a heightened sense of well-being for most if not all, resulting in safe societies.
The debate panel includes:
Agenda:
Tickets are free and can be booked through Eventbrite.
For further information on the event please contact c.rose@mdx.ac.uk or l.huggett@mdx.ac.uk