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GLOSSARY OF EXTREMISM AND HATE
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Islamist extremism
Islamist extremism is a marginal and rigid interpretation of Islam which refuses to acknowledge the legitimacy of other faiths and secular forms of government. Instead, Islamist extremists declare anyone who does not adhere to their restrictive interpretation... Read more
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Al Walaa' wal Baraa'
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
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1993 World Trade Cen…
On February 26, 1993, terrorists affiliated with Al Qaeda detonated a 1,336 lbs truck bomb underneath the North Tower of the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan. The bomb was intended to bring down the North Tower... Read more
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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
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Boston Marathon Bomb…
The Boston Marathon Bombing was a domestic terrorist attack that occurred on April 15, 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts. Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, two Kyrgyz-American brothers of Chechen descent, created two pressure cooker bombs using instructions published by... Read more
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Charlie Hebdo terror…
The Charlie Hebdo terror attack occurred on January 7, 2015 in Paris, France, when two brothers forced their way into the offices of the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and opened fire, killing 12 people and injuring... Read more
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Dzhokhar and Tamerla…
Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev were domestic terrorists who committed the Boston Marathon bombing on April 15, 2013. The Kyrgyz-American brothers were radicalized in part by the lectures of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's (AQAP) extremist cleric... Read more
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San Bernardino shoot…
The San Bernardino, California shooting took place on December 2, 2015, when Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik opened fire at Farook's workplace, the Inland Regional Center targeting municipal health workers attending a Christmas party. Both perpetrators... Read more