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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.
[3] [4] In the film Deeyah tries to get behind the hatred and the violent ideology, to try to understand why people embrace far right extremism. After covering a Ku Klux Klan rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, she received permission to meet with Jeff Schoep, the leader of the National Socialist Movement (NSM).
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the past and present terrorism in the United States: . Although terrorism has been given several different definitions, it is most commonly defined as the use of violence to achieve political goals.
Carrying a gun, for example, is more likely to be understood as violent when Black Americans do it. No other major country in the world locks up as large a share of its population as we do.
Violent extremists motivated by a range of political grievances and racial biases pose an “elevated threat” to the United States, officials said Wednesday in an unclassified intelligence ...
The United States legal definition of terrorism excludes acts done by recognized states. [10] [11] According to U.S. law (22 U.S.C. 2656f(d)(2)) [12] terrorism is defined as "premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents, usually intended to influence an audience".
The number of U.S. mass killings linked to extremism over the past decade was at least three times higher than the total from any other 10-year period since the 1970s, according to a report by the ...
United States of Jihad has been well-received, with former Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano declaring that "Bergen's book is the best one-volume treatment available on the current state of jihad in America."