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The Camp of the Sain…

A racist novel by French author Jean Raspail, which many white supremacists see as reflective of threats to white populations by non-white immigrants.

Publications White supremacist

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The Clashing of Swor…

"The Clashing of Swords" is a pair of propaganda films released by ISIS in 2014. These two videos featured graphic violence and scenes of life under ISIS. They became some of the group's most popular releases, and... Read more

Publications Islamist

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Mike Peinovich

Mike Peinovich, who uses Mike Enoch as a pseudonym, is the leader of the virulently antisemitic, white supremacist National Justice Party and founder of The Right Stuff (TRS), a racist and antisemitic website. He participated in the... Read more

People White supremacist

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Garland, TX Terroris…

The Garland, Texas terrorist plot, also known as the "Draw Mohammed Art Contest" plot, refers to a May 3, 2015 incident in which two men — Elton Simpson and Nadir Soofi — entered the Curtis Culwell Center... Read more

Incidents / Events Islamist

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Muhammad Youssef Abd…

Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez (1990-2015) was an Islamist extremist who opened fire at two military sites in Chattanooga, Tennessee on July 16, 2015, killing four Marines and a Navy sailor. Abdulazeez, a Kuwaiti-born U.S. national, is believed to... Read more

People Islamist

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Mujahid/Mujahideen

Mujahid is the Arabic term for someone undertaking jihad. Many Islamist extremists will refer to themselves as the mujahideen (the plural of mujahid) to evoke religious meaning to their violence. In particular, this term is used to... Read more

Key Concepts / Definitions Islamist

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Mullah Mohammed Omar

Mullah Mohammed Omar (1960-2013) was the founder of the Taliban. He was born in Khakrez, Afghanistan in 1960. Starting in 1994, the Taliban began to seize large parts of Afghanistan, and Mullah Omar was appointed as head... Read more

People Islamist

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Najibullah Zazi

Najibullah Zazi is an Afghan-American who drove from his home in Colorado to New York City on September 9, 2009 with the intention of detonating explosives above the New York City subway during rush hour as part... Read more

People Islamist

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Nazi Eagle

The Nazi Eagle, an eagle clutching a swastika, emerged as a symbol during the Nazi era in Germany. Since the end of that regime, it has been adopted by white supremacists and neo-Nazis worldwide.

Numbers / Symbols White supremacist

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Nikolas Cruz

Nikolas Cruz is the perpetrator of the Parkland, Florida shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, where he was a former student. He killed 17 people and wounded 17 others. Following the shooting it was revealed that... Read more

People White supremacist

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No Race Mixing Symbol

White supremacists fear and hate the concept of multiracial couples, relationships or families, believing that such relationships "pollute" the "pure" white race. As a result, a fairly common white supremacist symbol depicts a multiracial couple or family... Read more

Numbers / Symbols White supremacist

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National Rebirth of …

NOP is the Polish acronym for the National Rebirth of Poland, a right-wing Polish extremist group. It includes some followers in the United States.

Slogans / Code words Right-wing

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Normie

In the incel community, a "normie" is a someone of average attractiveness and/or intelligence. "Normies" are viewed by incels as superior and in the incel hierarchy, "Normies" fall between "Chads" and "incels."

Slogans / Code words Single-issue

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NSM Legacy Logos

The National Socialist Movement (NSM) is a longstanding neo-Nazi group that has changed its logo several times during its existence. Older versions of its logo can still be found on clothing, printed materials, and even tattoos.

Numbers / Symbols White supremacist

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Nutella and Kittens

Nutella and kittens was among ISIS's more inventive and disturbing media tactics. In 2015, the group paired calls to join the Islamic State with innocuous images that were popular on the internet, including pictures of kittens or... Read more

Tactics Islamist

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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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Oklahoma City bombing

On April 19, 1995, anti-government extremist Timothy McVeigh detonated a truck bomb in front of the Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to retaliate against the federal government for its handling of the Branch Davidian standoff... Read more

Incidents / Events 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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Men's Rights Activis…

Men's Rights Activists or MRAs are a subset of extremist misogynist culture that thrives in the online "manosphere." The movement initially emerged as a reaction to second-wave feminism and the belief that men are being victimized by... Read more

Groups / Movements Single-issue

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Open borders for Isr…

"Open borders for Israel" is a belief common among white supremacists that American Jews are hypocritically demanding a pure Jewish ethnostate in Israel. They claim that American Jews are manipulating US immigration policy in order to undermine... Read more

Slogans / Code words Antisemitism