Dr Martyn Frampton

Senior Fellow, Security and Extremism Unit

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Dr Martyn Frampton is a Reader in Modern History at Queen Mary University of London. He is the author of 3 books on ‘the Troubles’ in Northern Ireland and more recently has completed a lengthy book on the history of the relationship between the Muslim Brotherhood and the West, published by Harvard University Press in 2018. He has also written on the contemporary challenges of counter-terrorism and counter-extremism, most significantly with the 2009 pamphlet for Policy Exchange, ‘Choosing our Friends Wisely: Criteria for engagement with Muslim groups’ and his 2016 paper, ‘Unsettled Belonging: A survey of Britain’s Muslim communities’.

Understanding Islamism

by Dr Martyn Frampton | Nov 28, 2020

Related Content What word should we use to describe those who resort to violence in the name of Islam? This question has recently been the cause of much angst and uncertainty in official circles – and nowhere more so than within the ranks of the British police. In...

The Trial: the strange case of Trevor Phillips

by Dr Martyn Frampton | Mar 8, 2020

Related Content How the accusation of Islamophobia is used to stifle free speech The startling revelation that the Labour Party is threatening to expel Trevor Phillips on grounds of ‘racism’ and ‘Islamophobia’ will be received in different ways. On the one hand, it...

On Islamophobia

by Dr Martyn Frampton | May 15, 2019

Related Content The Problem of Definition The question of ‘Islamophobia’ has risen to the top of the political agenda. Calls for an inquiry into the alleged pervasiveness of ‘Islamophobic’ sentiment within the Conservative Party have been paralleled by demands for the...

Back to the Future – with Max Hill QC

by Dr Martyn Frampton | Feb 1, 2018

Max Hill QC yesterday appeared in Parliament before the Joint Committee on Human Rights to discuss his role as the UK’s Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation. While stressing that his remit is restricted to four anti-terrorism statutes, Hill nonetheless made...

The New Netwar: Countering Extremism Online

by Dr Martyn Frampton | Sep 23, 2017

Read Publication Download the summary questionnaire used for polling In this major new report, Policy Exchange provides a comprehensive analysis of the struggle against online extremism – the ’new Netwar’. The spate of terrorist attacks in the first half of 2017...