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Okay Hand Gesture (S…

In 2017, a 4chan trolling campaign falsely claimed that the okay hand gesture had been appropriated by white supremacists as a symbol meaning "white power." The campaign succeeded in convincing many people that it was, leading to... Read more

Numbers / Symbols White supremacist

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Omar Shafik Hammami …

Omar Shafik Hammami (1984-2013), aka Abu Mansoor al Amriki, was an American foreign terrorist fighter who traveled to Somalia to join al Shabaab. Hammami was raised as a Christian in Alabama and converted to Islam sometime during... Read more

People Islamist

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Osama bin Laden

Osama bin Laden (1957-2011) is perhaps the most influential and infamous terrorist leader in history. He originally became involved in the jihadist sphere when he traveled to Pakistan from his home in Saudi Arabia to help organize... Read more

People Islamist

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Othala Rune

The othala rune is part of the runic alphabet system, a system of writing used (with many variations) across pre-Roman Europe. In the 20th century, Nazis in Germany adopted the othala rune, among many other similar symbols... Read more

Numbers / Symbols White supremacist

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Pamela Geller

Pamela Geller is an anti-Muslim bigot who often exploits concern over terrorism to promote anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant conspiracy theories. She runs the website Geller Report and is one of the leaders of the group Stop Islamization of... Read more

People Single-issue

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Patrick Casey

Patrick Casey was Identity Evropa's chief of staff when he replaced Elliot Klien as the group's leader in November 2017. In March 2019, Casey rebranded Identity Evropa as the American Identity Movement (AIM) which he led until... Read more

People White supremacist

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Patrick Crusius

Patrick Crusius is a white supremacist who allegedly killed 23 people and injured 23 others in the El Paso, Texas Walmart shooting in 2019, saying it was "a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas." The shooting... Read more

People White supremacist

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Patrick Little

Patrick Little is an unabashed antisemite who made an unsuccessful run for U.S. Senate in 2018. After his crushing defeat he cried foul and launched a nationwide "Name the Jew" tour, visiting cities across the country, spewing... Read more

People Antisemitism

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Thomas Rousseau

Thomas Rousseau is the founder and leader of Patriot Front, a Texas-based alt right group that split from neo-Nazi Vanguard America in 2017.

People White supremacist

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Tim Gionet

Live-streamer Tim "Treadstone" Gionet, aka "Baked Alaska," is a white supremacist internet personality who attended the 2017 "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville and participated in the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol Building.

People White supremacist