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GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Sturmabteilung Symbol

The Sturmabteilung (or SA) emblem was used by Hitler's so-called "Brownshirts," paramilitary formations Hitler utilized to intimidate political opponents before and after his rise to power in Germany. Today it is used by neo-Nazis and other modern-day... Read more
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Swastika

The swastika is an ancient symbol that emerged independently among many cultures. Before the 20th century, its use was almost always benign, and it is still a common religious symbol across Asia associated with good fortune. However... Read more
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Syed Rizwan Farook a…

Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik are domestic terrorists who committed a mass shooting at the San Bernardino Inland Regional Center on December 2, 2015. The attack killed 14 and injured 22. The husband and wife reportedly... Read more
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Abdul Alim Musa

Abdul Alim Musa, born Clarence Reams, is an American Islamist extremist who founded the radical group As-Sabiqun as well as the Islamic Institute of Counter-Zionist Psychological Warfare. Musa has claimed that the Jews ran the Trans-Atlantic slave... Read more
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GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE

Tawhid Emoji

The tawhid emoji or hand gesture is frequently used by Islamists, and ISIS members in particular, to signify their membership. The single finger is meant to reference "tawheed," a religious term for the belief that there is... Read more
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Terry Nichols

Terry Nichols is an an anti-government extremist who played a key role in helping Timothy McVeigh conduct his terrorist bombing of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City in April 1995. Nichols was convicted on multiple charges... Read more
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The Beatles

Mohammed Emwazi, Aine Davis, Alexanda Kotey, and El Shafee Elsheikh were four London-raised men who traveled to join the ISIS. They became infamous for their presence in ISIS beheading videos, during which they killed at least 27... Read more
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Thomas Robb

Thomas Robb is an Christian Identity preacher who has led the Knights Party (also known as the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan), an Arkansas-based Klan group, since 1989. Robb specializes in using the media to try... Read more
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Thomas Stockheimer

Thomas Stockheimer was an anti-government extremist and prominent Posse Comitatus leader in Wisconsin in the 1970s and 80s. He was also involved in an assault on an IRS agent in the 1970s as part of the tax... Read more
People Anti-government
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