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Misogynist terrorism is terrorism that is motivated by the desire to punish women. It is an extreme form of misogyny —the policing of women's compliance to patriarchal gender expectations. [ 1 ] Misogynist terrorism uses mass indiscriminate violence in an attempt to avenge nonconformity with those expectations or to reinforce the perceived ...
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.
Julia Ebner (born 1991) [1] is an Austrian researcher and author based in London. [2] She has written the books The Rage: the Vicious Circle of Islamist and Far-Right Extremism, Going Dark: the Secret Social Lives of Extremists and Going Mainstream: how extremists are taking over.
Extremist veterans take these qualities, plus their combat training, and twist them towards terrorist ends. “They have this expertise and you saw it in both of these events,” Via said. “You ...
Wray mentioned the "elevated" threat posed by "homegrown violent extremists, that is jihadist-inspired, extremists, domestic violent extremists, foreign terrorist organizations, and state ...
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.
A pervasive threat . The FBI has focused heavily on the risk of terrorism posed by domestic and homegrown violent extremists, as it noted in its most recent "Worldwide Threats to the Homeland" report.
Anti-abortion extremists in the United States have committed violence against individuals and organizations that provide abortions or abortion counseling, acts that are considered terrorism. Incidents have included crimes against people, such as murder , assault , kidnapping , and stalking ; crimes which affect both people and property, such as ...