terrorism
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‘Radical Christian Terrorism’: Doesn’t Sound Nice, Does It?
Radical Islamic terror. Islamic. Terror. When you separate those words, they can’t be any more diametrically opposed. The dictionary defines terrorism as “the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion,” or as “the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in pursuit of political, religious or ideological aims.” Islam—the religion…
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Watch: Victims of African Terrorism Matter, Too
When terrorists killed 300 people and injured hundreds more in Somalia during a horrific single attack, the world was silent. No talk-show posturing. No wall-to-wall coverage even though it was one of the most devastating terrorist attacks anywhere in the world for many years. Why this double standard? Watch the short video above for more…
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At Least 277 Dead After Double-Car Bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia
A devastating double-car bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia, has left at least 277 confirmed dead in what officials are calling one of the deadliest attacks in the country’s modern history. According to CNN, some 300 injured people remain hospitalized after Saturday’s dreadful attack. Some 40 of those wounded had such severe injuries that they were not…
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Why Aren’t White Supremacists on the Terror Watch List?
On Feb. 11, 2016, federal agents escorted 38-year-old Safya Roe Yassin out of her Buffalo, Mo., home and charged her with multiple terror-related crimes that could ultimately result in five years’ imprisonment, three years’ supervised release and $250,000 in fines. Yassin’s charging documents (pdf) reveal how she operated multiple social media accounts that sympathized with…
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The President of the United States Is a Terrorist Sympathizer. Now What?
On Tuesday, Donald Trump’s equivocation on the Charlottesville, Va., white supremacist rallies that plunged into violence and acts of terrorism forced America to accept an unmistakable, undeniable and utterly horrifying fact: Donald Trump, president of the United States, is a terrorist sympathizer. You can use whatever euphemisms you’d like—Trump is a terrorist supporter, Trump is…
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FBI Investigating Stabbing of Police Officer at Flint, Mich., Airport as Possible Act of Terrorism
A police officer was stabbed Wednesday at the Flint, Mich., international airport, and the FBI says it is investigating the incident as a possible act of terrorism because of statements the suspect reportedly made before attacking the officer. The assailant in the Wednesday-morning attack that prompted an evacuation and shutdown of Bishop International Airport has…
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Apparently, Senate Republicans Don’t Believe White Men Are Terrorists
Hours after a white male opened fire on members of Congress, Senate Republicans hosted a hearing on violent extremism. Aside from a perfunctory mention of James T. Hodgkinson’s violent extremist act that very morning, GOP members of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs called on a number of Islamophobic “experts” to sidestep…
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James Hodgkinson Proves White Men Are Bulletproof
Today you will probably see one of the many thousands of articles positing the reasons a man took a rifle and opened fire at a congressional baseball practice in Arlington, Va. Every cable news pundit will explain how this newly toxic political environment fomented the hate and rage that led to James T. Hodgkinson’s brutal…
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Un-American Terrorists Are Planning a Major Event for This Weekend
The man who applauded the actions of the 9/11 hijackers has teamed up with white supremacist organizations across the country to hold rallies in at least 26 American cities this weekend. The Southern Poverty Law Center—the country’s leading watcher of hate groups—reports that the hate group ACT for America and terrorist sympathizer Billy Roper have…
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Meet ‘Y’all Qaeda,’ the Right-Wing Militias a Republican Wants to Hire for Security
A Portland, Ore., leader responded to a white supremacist terrorist attack in his city by offering an interesting solution to the recent rise of violence by right-wing extremists: He wants to hire more right-wing extremists. After authorities say 35-year-old Jeremy Christian stabbed to death Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche and Rick Best on a Portland train Friday,…