http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=24174 First Published 2008-02-04 <http://www.middle-east-online.com/pictures/big/_24174_Muslims_Britain.jpg> <http://www.middle-east-online.com/furniture/blank.gif> The phrasebook aims to promote a more effective method
New Muslim-friendly phrasebook to counter-terror New phrasebook advises on how to communicate with Muslim communities to counter terror in UK. LONDON - British ministries have been advised on how to communicate with Muslim communities without unknowingly threatening or alienating them with a new phrasebook, The Guardian reported on Monday. Citing a copy of the phrasebook, aimed at making government communication more sophisticated and prevent misunderstandings, the newspaper said the guide instructed civil servants to "avoid implying that specific communities are to blame" for extremist activities. "This is not intended as a definitive list of what not to say but rather to highlight terms which risk being misunderstood and therefore prevent the effective reception of the message," the guide, compiled by the Home Office (interior ministry), reads. "This is not about political correctness, but effectiveness -- evidence shows that people stop listening if they think you are attacking them." The guide advises civil servants not to use terms such as "Jihadi/fundamentalist" because they suggest there is "an explicit link between Islam and terrorism" and suggests terms such as "criminal/murder/thug" instead. A Home Office spokeswoman confirmed that the guide had been forwarded to "key delivery partners", such as police chief constables, local authorities and government departments in the last few weeks. "The pack is the first of a series of communications intended to brief partners about recent work to develop the 'prevent' strand of the Government's counter-terrorism strategy and help them to identify further contributions they can make to this agenda," she said. "Coherent and effective cross-government communications are important in relation to countering terrorism. Language is part of this work. "To engage effectively with local communities, we need consistent, clear and appropriate communications. If our messages are ambiguous or untargeted they will not reach or be understood by those who need to hear them and we risk having a negative impact on our audiences." [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
