
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’.

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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...Support Us
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