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The bombing attempt on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 was condemned by Muslim groups. In Canada, a group of Canadian and U.S. Islamic leaders issued a fatwa, or religious edict, condemning any attacks by extremists or terrorists on the United States or Canada and declaring that an attack by extremists on the two countries would constitute an attack on Muslims living in North America.
Violent extremism is a form of extremism that condones and enacts violence with ideological or deliberate intent, such as religious or political violence. [6] Violent extremist views often conflate with religious [12] and political violence, [13] and can manifest in connection with a range of issues, including politics, [1] [4] religion, [7] [14] and gender relations.
Extremist Groups: An International Compilation of Terrorist Organizations, Violent Political Groups, and Issue-Oriented Militant Movements is a reference book compiling information on over 200 groups classified as extremist.
Other sources have defined the typology of terrorism in different ways, for example, broadly classifying it into domestic terrorism and international terrorism, or using categories such as vigilante terrorism or insurgent terrorism. [62] Some ways the typology of terrorism may be defined are: [63] [64] Political terrorism. Sub-state terrorism
Not every terrorist was motivated by Islamist extremism. On August 12, 2017, a white supremacist used his car to kill a counterprotestor at the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va.
Islamic extremism refers to extremist beliefs, behaviors and ideologies adhered to by some Muslims within Islam. The term 'Islamic extremism' is contentious, encompassing a spectrum of definitions, ranging from academic interpretations of Islamic supremacy to the notion that all ideologies other than Islam have failed and are inferior.
Wray mentioned the "elevated" threat posed by "homegrown violent extremists, that is jihadist-inspired, extremists, domestic violent extremists, foreign terrorist organizations, and state ...
The terrorist who plowed a truck into a crowd of New Year’s Eve revelers in New Orleans, killing at least 15 people, had an extensive military background — which is the "No. 1 predictor" for ...