Your Views on the News: Somali Terror Law (Part 1)

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Channel: Islam Channel · 2013 · News & Politics

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Your Views on the News 3 January (part 1). 

What does Mo Farah have in common with Mahdi Hashi, the young British man stripped of his citizenship? The answer - they are both Somalian, and have both been targetted by counter-terror law. In this episode of Your Views on the News, presenter Azad Ali asks viewers whether people of Somali background are being disproportionately targetted by anti-terror policing. With Duale Yusuf from the Somali Unity Council, Mohamed Ibrahim from the London Somali Youth Forum and Somali Channel presenter Abukar Awale. Julian Richards, Co-Founder of the Centre for Security and Intelligence Studies at the University of Buckingham, joined the debate by phone.

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