White supremacist accelerationism is a school of thought within some segments of the white supremacist movement (primarily neo-Nazi and alt-right white supremacists) that argues that, because white supremacists seem unable to reform or reshape modern society to... Read more

Adrenochrome is a real chemical compound produced by the oxidation of adrenaline. It is also a fictionalized drug in works by authors like William Burroughs and Hunter S. Thompson. QAnon believers claim that the elite, particularly in... Read more

The Afghan mujahideen were the religiously-motivated insurgents who banded together to oppose the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. Most of the major leaders in Islamist extremist groups initially trained, fought and rose to prominence during this... Read more

Ahmad Abousamra was a Syrian-American extremist, foreign fighter and editor-in-chief of ISIS's English language publication, Dabiq Magazine, which focused on recruiting Westerners as foreign fighters. He was killed by a U.S. drone strike in Syria in January... Read more

Ahmad Khan Rahimi (b. 1988) is an Afghan-born U.S. citizen who detonated two pipe bombs in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City on September 17, 2016, injuring 30 people. He placed a third bomb in New... Read more

Al Furqan Media is ISIS's oldest official media outlet, established in 2006. It releases attack reports and messages from ISIS leadership.

Al Hayat Media Center is an ISIS media branch which specifically targets a Western audience. Established in 2014, it releases English-language or English-subtitled propaganda videos. It has also issued releases in French, German and Russian. Most of... Read more

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) is an Al Qaeda affiliate group based in the Arabian Peninsula and was formed in January 2009. It operates primarily in Yemen and occasionally recruits from Saudi Arabia. Of all... Read more

Al Sahab Media is the official Arabic-language media wing of Al Qaeda's central leadership. The channel mainly releases publications, sermons and lessons from Al Qaeda leadership, and sometimes includes footage from Al Qaeda operations.

Al Shabaab is an Al Qaeda-affiliated Islamist terrorist organization based in Somalia. Al Shabaab is a brutal terrorist group which controls large swathes of the country and frequently projects attacks into neighboring countries, including Kenya and Uganda... Read more

Al Walaa' wal Baraa' is an Arabic phrase which translates to "loyalty and disavowal" and is a key concept which jihadists use to justify violent attacks. It refers to what jihadists understand as their requirement to show... Read more

Alexander Dugin is a far-right, ultra-nationalist Russian philosopher and political scientist who is the founder of the "Eurasian movement," which theorizes that Russia, with the help of former Soviet bloc countries and Central European nations, will challenge... Read more