One can’t help but feel a little uneasy about ‘Counter-terrorism Awareness Week’.

The idea is about sharing with communities information about how they can help in the fight against terror. It is also hoped to create more awareness of the dangers of travelling to Syria.

Police have been quick to point out that this is ‘not about scaring people’. But who exactly is this initiative for?

Is this aimed at the wider general public who are expected to pick-up tell-tale signs about terrorism? And how are they best to do this?

In which case they are essentially saying that if you spot a suspicious Muslim or anyone who you might think is a terrorist threat you should report this to the authorities. Why not be completely open about the intentions here?

Why mask this in this in some grand public awareness project?

Is this aimed at Muslims and aiming to help them understand about how they can and should help in ‘the fight against terror’?

In what way are police really going to reach out to young minds? More than likely they will be targeting predominantly Muslim schools and communities. Thus, effectively telling young people about a problem they read constantly about on the internet.

Through speaking to people at grassroots level are they really going to stop signs of ‘radicalisation’? I’m sorry to say, even if as a British Muslim you have done nothing wrong the very last people you trust are the security forces.

The idea of this awareness campaign simply seems to add weight to the arguments that ‘Muslims are under siege’.

Critics have been quick to point out how this awareness campaign is taking place at a time when the government is looking to unveil a new set of terror laws.

I am all for protecting Britain but it seems there is an underlying almost ‘Orwellian’ theme to this exercise.

The government state aiming to force in to the public conscious a threat level coming from its own people.

Be good citizens now.