#FreeKaren: Australians mock anti-radicalisation booklet
Source: BBC
#FreeKaren: Australians mock anti-radicalisation booklet
25 September 2015 Australia
A government booklet linking environmental activism and alternative music to violent extremism has been widely ridiculed by Australians.
Australia's anti-terror minister Michael Keenan launched the Radicalisation Awareness Kit on Monday, urging it be shared in schools.
But the use of a case study of a girl called Karen - who gets into music and student politics before getting involved in criminal protests - has sparked both concern and humour.
The #freeKaren hashtag started trending on Friday, and inspired offshoots #IamKaren and #JeSuisKaren.
'Rebellion went further'
The publication, Preventing Violent Extremism and Radicalisation, says young people can become violent because of ideologies such as "environment or economic concerns, or ethnic or separatist causes".
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An image of a shark cull protest was used in the anti-radicalisation booklet