A Study into the Policing of
Terrorism in UK
Since the
July 7th London Bombings
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Customer’s Name
Contents
Abstract
Chapter One
1 Introduction
1.1 Terminology
1.2 Aims & Hypotheses
1.3 Methodology
1.4 Literature Review
Chapter Two
2 Historical Background of
Terrorism in the UK
2.1 The IRA 1969-2005
2.1.1 Al-Qaeda: 1988 –
Present
2.2 The Rise of Fundamental
Islam in the UK
2.2.1 Introduction
2.2.2 A Shift in Political
Ideology
2.3 Conclusion
Chapter Three
3. Policing Terrorism in the UK
3.1 The War on Terror
3.2 Great Britain
and the War on Terror
3.3 Policing Ethnic
Minorities
3.3.1 Community Policing –
Judging a Book by its Cover
3.3.2 Muslims, Police
Relations, and the Effects of the Media
3.3.3 Difficulties in Policing
– What Kind of Police Service do we Want?
Chapter Four
4. What Do Muslims Want?
4.1 Results of the Survey
4.2 Conclusion
Bibliography
Tables and Figures
A Study into the Policing of
Terrorism in UK
Since the
July 7th London Bombings
Abstract
    Britain’s security concerns
following the terrorist acts on September
11th 2001, and the London
bombings on July 7th
2005, have meant that the British Muslim community living in the United Kingdom
has come under the spotlight. The present focus on policing ethnic minorities, which
tends to be targeted towards British Arabs, has led to the introduction of
various new laws. Giving the police wider powers in their investigation of
possible terrorist activities, they have enabled far stronger policing tactics.
These, according to many reports, have left many British Muslims feeling that
they are victims of disproportionate racial profiling, and victims of double
standards in relation to receiving fair treatment in matters concerning the recent
changes in anti-terrorist law.
    This project seeks to explore the way in
which terrorism has been policed since the July 2005 bombings in London, and the way in
which this is effecting the British Muslim population. It attempts to gauge the
perceptions of the Muslim community in relation to citizenship, and whether
British Arabs have confidence in Britain’s legal justice system and the
policing methods that have evolved out of ‘the war on terror’. It will argue
that by combining the issues of assimilation and security, the British
government may well be obstructing both concerns, while also proposing that the
British policies that have been introduced to fight terrorism, are effectively
threatening to dislocate the majority of Muslims who consider themselves as
British citizens.
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