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Mojahedin Khalq (MEK) presence in Albania highlights security risks for Europe
Massoud and Anne Khodabandeh, Balkans Post, July 23, 2018 Advertising campaigns don’t come cheap and those paying want value for money. The Mojahedin Khalq (MEK) annual event at Villepinte in France to celebrate so-called armed struggle and promote violent regime change against Iran is about showcasing the MEK to build a brand presence in political … Continue reading Mojahedin Khalq (MEK) presence in Albania highlights security risks for Europe
Pssst, Whisper It, Even Iran’s Enemies Don’t Want Regime Change
By Massoud and Anne Khodabandeh September 17, 2017 Following President Rouhani’s re-election in May 2017 many Middle East analysts arrived at the conclusion that the 78% turnout and clear majority was a clear enough indication that while the people of Iran do want greater political and social freedoms, they are prepared to seek this incrementally through … Continue reading Pssst, Whisper It, Even Iran’s Enemies Don’t Want Regime Change
Following new stalking protections we need to tackle cultic abuse
Anyone who has suffered the fear and helplessness of being stalked will welcome Home Secretary Amber Rudd’s stalking prevention orders. Along with laws to protect against coercive control, grooming for sex and modern slavery, it is gratifying to see that the psychological element in exploitative and damaging relationships is at last being recognised. But there … Continue reading Following new stalking protections we need to tackle cultic abuse
Study of CEGEP students shows vulnerabilities to violent radicalization
[This is an interesting study which comes close to identifying how people can become susceptible to cultic abuse. That is, the way that cults and violent extremist groups target susceptible people and use deceptive recruitment techniques followed by various stages of psychological manipulation in order to enthral and enslave followers. Open Minds Ed] Catherine Solyom, Montreal … Continue reading Study of CEGEP students shows vulnerabilities to violent radicalization
Cults In the Workplace
[This article demonstrates that classic cult-forming tactics won’t work if the victim is aware of what is happening – the first step toward cultic abuse is deceptive recruitment – Open Minds Ed] CNS News By Bill Donohue, October 7, 2017 A federal judge has ruled that a Long Island health care company must submit to … Continue reading Cults In the Workplace
Far-right Combat 18 in ‘secret plan to recruit Birmingham teachers’
Birmingham Mail, 2 July 2016 BY MIKE LOCKLEY Ex-member Nigel Bromage claims feared group targeting ‘people with influence’ after Brexit … A FORMER leading light in the violent world of neo-Nazism has revealed a plot to recruit Birmingham and West Midlands teachers to the far-right. Nigel Bromage has documents from ultra-right wing group Combat 18 … Continue reading Far-right Combat 18 in ‘secret plan to recruit Birmingham teachers’
The trap: Cult thinking and conflict in the Middle East
The notion of ‘cult behaviour’ can explain the persistent cycle of violence in the Middle East. John Bell, Al Jazeera, July 28, 2014: In mid-June, I wrote an article about the attachment to identity in the Middle East and its deadliness in our times. Since then, a caliphate was announced from Aleppo to Tikrit, the … Continue reading The trap: Cult thinking and conflict in the Middle East
With Coercive Control, the Abuse Is Psychological
The methods used in Coercive Control can be used in Cultic Abuse to subjugate and control victims. Such recognised methods could become the basis of criminal legislation against Cultic Abuse [Open Minds]. The New York Times, By Abby Ellin, July 11, 2016 Lisa Fontes’s ex-boyfriend never punched her, or pulled her hair. But he hacked into her … Continue reading With Coercive Control, the Abuse Is Psychological
From Attraction to Action — How Young People Are Radicalized
Anne Khodabandeh “…To our eyes, the overt horror of terrorism and extremist violence appears a crude instrument. But recruiters are involved in a highly sophisticated game of mind control which we ignore at our peril. If we don’t take seriously the methodology behind the bloodied images, then we will continue to allow our young people … Continue reading From Attraction to Action — How Young People Are Radicalized
Letter to The Guardian – Pros and cons of the Prevent strategy
The NUT’s vote to reject the Home Office’s Prevent strategy is disappointing. It would be a disaster if the fallout from weak and incoherent training is allowed to blight the future of the Prevent duty… Anne Khodabandeh, Guardian Letters, March 29, 2016… As an ordinary Leeds lass who spent two decades embroiled in a foreign … Continue reading Letter to The Guardian – Pros and cons of the Prevent strategy
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Mojahedin Khalq (MEK) presence in Albania highlights security risks for Europe
Massoud and Anne Khodabandeh, Balkans Post, July 23, 2018 Advertising campaigns don’t come cheap and those paying want value for money. The Mojahedin Khalq (MEK) annual event at Villepinte in France to celebrate so-called armed struggle and promote violent regime change against Iran is about showcasing the MEK to build …Read More >
The Conflicts in the Middle East Workshop (Part 6) Anne Khodabandeh
Gazeta Impakt, Tirana, Albania, December 02, 2017 Anne Khodabandeh explains how she was radicalised and turned into a terrorist by the Iranian Mojahedin and how the process of radicalisation takes place. [The presentation was given at the conference: CONFLICTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST: IDEOLOGIES AND RADICAL GROUPS, organised by the …Read More >
Massoud Khodabandeh responds to MEK defamation in Albania’s Gazeta TemA newspaper
Massoud Khodabandeh responds to MEK (Rajavi cult)’s defamations in the Gazeta TemA newspaper November 12, 2017 Dear Sir/Madam I have been informed by colleagues in Tirana that you have published a defamatory post http://www.gazetatema.net against me (Massoud Khodabandeh) and my wife (Anne Khodabandeh nee Singleton). This is not entirely unexpected since the …Read More >