Major Nidal Hasan
Major Nidal Hasan went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas in 2009, killing 13 people and injuring more than 30 others. Hasan was in contact with Anwar al-Awlaki, the influential American-born terrorist idealogue. In his 16 emails to al-Awlaki, Hasan asked if attacking military personnel and "indiscriminately killing civilians" were good ideas. He also expressed that hatred of Israel could unify "all Muslims regardless of... difference."
Other terms tagged with Islamist
Hate Group
An organization whose goals and activities are primarily or substantially based on a shared antipathy towards people of one or more other different races, religions, ethnicities/nationalities/national origins, genders, and/or sexual identities. The mere presence of bigoted members... Read more
Colleyville Synagogu…
On January 15, 2022, a gunman entered Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, during services, taking three congregants and a rabbi as hostages. The standoff ended more than ten hours later with all hostages released, unharmed, and... Read more
Aafia Siddiqui
Siddiqui is a Pakistani woman who studied neuroscience at Brandeis and MIT in the 1990s and returned to Pakistan in 2003. She allegedly worked as a courier and financier for Al Qaeda. She was taken into custody... Read more
Black flags
Black flags are inspired by descriptions of the Prophet Muhammad's battle flag, which was reportedly a black flag with white lettering on it. Therefore, many Islamist extremist groups adopt various interpretations of this image to use as... Read more