WHITE HOUSE PLANS CONFERENCE ON COUNTERING VIOLENT EXTREMISM
White House to hold global security summit Feb 18: U.S. official
White House sets delayed anti-extremism summit
This last article hasn't been posted as a thread yet, but Politico uses the acronym "CVE."
"violent extremism"
"countering violent extremism"
"CVE"
White House’ strategic approach to CVE
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AUGUST 2011 EMPOWERING LOCALPARTNERS TO PREVENTVIOLENT EXTREMISMIN THE UNITED STATES
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3. Countering Violent Extremist Propaganda While Promoting Our Ideals
Radicalization that leads to violent extremism includes the diffusion of ideologies and narratives thatfeed on grievances, assign blame, and legitimize the use of violence against those deemed responsible.We must actively and aggressively counter the range of ideologies violent extremists employ to radicalizeand recruit individuals by challenging justifications for violence and by actively promoting the unifyingand inclusive vision of our American ideals.
Toward this end, we will continue to closely monitor the important role the internet and social network-ing sites play in advancing violent extremist narratives. We protect our communities from a variety ofonline threats, such as sexual predators, by educating them about safety on the internet, and we areusing a similar approach to thwart violent extremists. We will work to empower families and communi-ties to counter online violent extremist propaganda, which is increasingly in English and targeted atAmerican audiences.
For example, in the case of our current priority, we must counter al-Qa’ida’s propaganda that the UnitedStates is somehow at war with Islam. There is no single profile of an al-Qa’ida-inspired terrorist, butextensive investigations and research show that they all believe: (1) the United States is out to destroyIslam; and (2) this justifies violence against Americans. Al-Qa’ida and its supporters spread messages of
hate, twist facts, and distort religious principles to weave together a false narrative that Muslims mustattack Americans everywhere because the United States is waging a global war against Islam. Whileal-Qa’ida claims to be the vanguard of Islam, the overwhelming majority of its victims are Muslim.We will challenge this propaganda through our words and deeds, defined by the very ideals of who weare as Americans. As the President has stated repeatedly, the United States is not, and never will be, atwar with Islam. Islam is part of America, a country that cherishes the active participation of all its citizens,regardless of background and belief.
We live what al-Qa’ida violently rejects—religious freedom andpluralism. We have emphasized a paradigm of engagement with Muslim communities around the world,based on mutual respect and interest manifest in our new partnerships and programming to promoteentrepreneurship, health, science and technology, educational exchanges, and opportunities for women.
But we must remember that just as our words and deeds can either fuel or counter violent ideologiesabroad, so too can they here at home. Actions and statements that cast suspicion toward entire com-munities, promote hatred and division, and send messages to certain Americans that they are somehowless American because of their faith or how they look, reinforce violent extremist propaganda and feedthe sense of disenchantment and disenfranchisement that may spur violent extremist radicalization.The Federal Government will work to communicate clearly about al-Qa’ida’s destructive and bankruptideology, while dispelling myths and misperceptions that blame communities for the actions of a smallnumber of violent extremists.